DA Process and Lifecycle Management 3

Question 1

In Disciplined Agile, what is the PRIMARY purpose of the Inception phase?

Accepted Answer

To align the team on vision, feasibility, and initial architecture before full construction

Answer

Inception aligns stakeholders and the team on project vision, feasibility, initial architecture, and team formation before construction begins.

Question 2

A DA team wants to experiment with a new business model before committing to full development. Which lifecycle MOST directly supports this?

Accepted Answer

Exploratory (Lean Startup) lifecycle

Answer

The Exploratory lifecycle uses Lean Startup principles—build-measure-learn—to validate business hypotheses with minimum viable experiments.

Question 3

According to DA, which factor is MOST important when choosing a team's lifecycle?

Accepted Answer

The context of the team including domain, risk, and team experience

Answer

DA's 'Choose your WoW' principle means teams select lifecycles based on their specific context, not a one-size-fits-all mandate.

Question 4

In DA's Agile lifecycle, what happens during the Transition phase?

Accepted Answer

The solution is deployed, users are trained, and the team hands off or winds down

Answer

The Transition phase covers production deployment, user training, support handoff, and project closure activities.

Question 5

Which DA concept describes the idea that teams should continuously refine their process rather than selecting a framework and rigidly adhering to it?

Accepted Answer

Choose Your WoW (Way of Working)

Answer

'Choose Your WoW' embodies DA's philosophy that teams should own, tailor, and continuously evolve their way of working to fit their context.

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