Software Development Lifecycle Flashcards
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A newly formed Scrum team includes two members with very high Extraversion and low Patience scores. What team dynamic risk should a TOC flag?
Answer: Tendency to rush decisions without sufficient deliberation
Extraversion paired with low Patience can produce a team bias toward fast action, risking insufficient analysis before committing to solutions.
Which SDLC phase produces the most measurable output for evaluating a team's execution capability against its design intent?
Answer: Implementation
The Implementation phase converts design artifacts into working software, directly revealing the gap between planned capability and actual execution.
A Talent Optimization Consultant is helping hire a QA lead for an SDLC team. Which behavioral profile is MOST aligned with the demands of systematic testing?
Answer: High Patience, High Formality
QA work demands methodical consistency and attention to process, aligning with high Patience (steady pace) and high Formality (rule adherence).
In an SDLC context, 'technical debt' accumulates fastest when which talent condition exists?
Answer: High performer turnover disrupts institutional knowledge continuity
When high performers leave, undocumented decisions and workarounds get embedded in the codebase without anyone understanding the rationale.
A TOC is asked to redesign a software team's RACI matrix for an upcoming SDLC project. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this intervention?
Answer: Clarify role expectations to reduce ambiguity-driven conflict
A RACI matrix clarifies who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed, directly reducing conflict from unclear ownership.
Which SDLC phase benefits MOST from involving end users in the talent optimization framework's stakeholder alignment process?
Answer: Testing/UAT
User Acceptance Testing directly engages end users, making it the natural phase for validating that team output aligns with actual user needs.
A software team consistently delivers features on time but receives poor satisfaction scores from internal clients. A TOC would investigate which SDLC gap FIRST?
Answer: Misalignment between the team's design assumptions and stakeholder expectations
On-time delivery with low satisfaction indicates the team is building the right thing efficiently but the wrong requirements were agreed upon with stakeholders.