Agile + Scrum

What is the scrum method

- A meeting that is effectively like "standup" - All team members huddle together to make a plan, and then break to go their separate ways

Why are scrum meetings beneficial to clients

- Clients are part of the scrum meetings. - Therefore, Scrum check-ins keep clients informed about (and happy with) how progress is being made - and also keep designers adapting to change in real time.

What is a sprint backlog?

- For each product backlog, you estimate how long it will take to make. - It's just an estimate-after the first sprint you will have a better idea of how much time certain tasks will take. - Generally, each feature will be given a "t-shirt size" (XL, L, M, S) and number of different "sizes" will be put into a sprint.

What is the goal of each sprint

- To deliver "shippable increments". - This terms applies broadly to many industries and is, in theory, difficult to achieve. - It's effectively a "slice of the product" something that has an increment of product functionality.

What are the 4 steps within a sprint

1. Discover 2. Design 3. Develop 4. Test

What is Project Velocity?

A measure of how much work is getting done on your project

In agile, what is a product backlog?

A product backlog has all the features that will be in the final product. - These features are based on user needs and translate to some benefit.

What is the waterfall method?

A traditional approach to product development that is carried out sequentially and is more rigid (and less effective)

What is Scrum

A type of Agile workflow

What is agile?

A type of philosophy, and workflow methodology

Kanban

A visual information system that controls the flow of work

How was the Agile philosophy invented

By a group of developers who wrote the Agile Manifesto

Three 'C's of a user story

Card, conversation, confirmation

What is the structure of the product backlog and give an example.

Each feature is placed on an individual index card and is semantically structured, often from the perspective of personas, in a certain way for consistency and clarity. For example, "As Bob, I can.. so that I can...."

What is the biggest benefit of using Agile

It is flexible. If requirements regularly change, or if the customer doesn't have a clear end goal in mind, agile web development can be a huge boon. As a result, designers can easily adapt and incorporate new ideas

What is the purpose of the daily scrum meeting

It's a good chance to touch base in the morning and set direction for the day to come

What is a weakness of the waterfall method

It's rigidity. If a project design changes, the process stops and the developers must rewrite the plan and the project

What is the Agile method centered on?

Iterative, incremental cycles

Artifacts in Scrum

Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Scrum Board Burndown Chart

Roles in Scrum

Product owner Scrum Dev. Team Scrum Master

Burndown Chart

Shows the cumulative work remaining in a sprint on a day-by-day basis

Meetings in Scrum

Spring Planning Spring Review Spring Retrospective Daily Scrum

What is the advantage of using agile over waterfall

The final product is released faster to market, it is more collaborative and it requires incremental investments

Who is the team leader with agile?

With agile, the team is self-organizing and highly collaborative, in that no one person is the team leader; instead, team members collectively decide on how to tackle issues

Acceptance Criteria

Written by the customer; can be functional, non-functional, or performance

Acceptance Tests

Written by the developers