Operating Systems & Platforms Flashcards

A distributed agile team needs a shared digital board that mirrors the physical task board. Which characteristic matters MOST for the tool to support agile principles?

Answer: Real-time visibility of work status to everyone

Agile tooling should make work transparent and current for all team members, like a physical information radiator.

Which practice does a continuous integration (CI) platform primarily enable?

Answer: Merging code frequently with automated builds and tests

CI automatically builds and tests every merge so integration problems are found within minutes.

A team's burndown chart is generated automatically by their work-tracking platform. What is the main risk of relying on it without conversation?

Answer: The team may treat the tool output as a substitute for collaboration

The Manifesto values individuals and interactions over processes and tools, so tools should support rather than replace talking.

Which environment setup best supports fast feedback for an agile team?

Answer: Production-like test environments that can be provisioned on demand

On-demand, production-like environments shorten the feedback loop and reduce integration surprises.

A team uses a wiki as its main documentation platform. Which approach fits agile documentation principles?

Answer: Keep it lightweight and updated just in time as the product evolves

Agile favors working software over comprehensive documentation, so documentation is lean and kept current.

Which metric is easiest to derive from a Kanban platform's cumulative flow diagram?

Answer: Where work-in-progress is accumulating (bottlenecks)

Widening bands in a cumulative flow diagram reveal queues and bottlenecks in the workflow.

When selecting an agile project management platform, what should the team do first?

Answer: Define how the team wants to work, then choose a tool that supports it

Tools should follow the team's working agreements, and the team should have a say in choosing them.