Agile and Hybrid Methodologies Flashcards
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Which agile value from the Agile Manifesto prioritizes adapting to new information over rigidly following the original project plan?
Answer: Responding to change over following a plan
The Agile Manifesto explicitly values responding to change over following a plan, recognizing that requirements evolve and plans must adapt.
What is the primary purpose of a 'spike' in agile development?
Answer: To conduct a time-boxed investigation that reduces uncertainty before committing to a solution
A spike is a time-boxed research or prototyping effort used to answer a specific question and reduce uncertainty before estimating or building a feature.
In a hybrid project, the project manager wants to apply earned value management (EVM) to agile iterations. Which adaptation is most appropriate?
Answer: Use story points as the planning value unit and measure completion per sprint
Agile EVM maps story points to planned value, tracking earned value by counting completed story points each sprint for cost and schedule performance.
Which technique is used in Scrum to estimate backlog items relative to each other without committing to specific hours?
Answer: Planning Poker with story points
Planning Poker uses story points to create relative size estimates, with team members simultaneously revealing cards to prevent anchoring bias.
A hybrid project team uses sprints for software development but a Gantt chart for construction milestones. What is the greatest risk of this approach?
Answer: Misaligned timelines between iterative and predictive tracks causing integration failures
The main risk is that predictive milestones and agile sprint outputs may not synchronize, causing delays or integration failures at handoff points.
What distinguishes an agile project's 'release plan' from its 'sprint plan'?
Answer: Release plans cover multiple sprints and higher-level roadmap objectives; sprint plans detail work for a single sprint
A release plan provides a longer-horizon forecast of which features will be delivered by what date, while a sprint plan details specific tasks for the next two weeks.
In the context of agile risk management, what is the advantage of short sprints for handling project uncertainty?
Answer: They create frequent inspect-and-adapt opportunities, surfacing risks earlier when they are cheaper to address
Short sprints create regular checkpoints where risks become visible quickly, allowing teams to pivot or mitigate before problems compound.