Chapter 9 - Summary & Exam Essentials

What are the 3 primary roles of Agile project management teams?

3 primary agile roles: Product Owner Scrum Master Project Team

What are standups?

Agile uses daily standups aka scrum meetings which assess progress.

What is a burn-down chat?

Burn-down charts are used to display work progress during the sprint

What does CCB stand for

Change Control Board

What are the types of common project changes?

Common project changes include: timeline funding risk events requirements quality resources scope changes

Name the types of contracts

Contract types include: fixed-price costreimbursable time and materials

Describe elements of a change management process

Elements of a change management process include: identifying and documenting the change w/ templates and a change log evaluating impact obtaining approvals from the CCB implementing the change validating the change updating the project management plan docs communicating

Describe make-or-buy analysis

Make-or-buy analysis is performed in order to determine the cost-effectiveness of either making or buying the goods and services you need for the project

What is the product owner?

Product Owner - Voice of customer and determines backlog (known as user stories) and prioritizes the backlog

What is a project team?

Project Team - works on backlog items during the sprint and participates in the daily standups

What is a restrospective meeting

Retrospective meeting is held at the end of the sprint to determine what was was completed and to perform a lessons-learned session

What is the scrum master?

Scrum Master - Removes obstacles that are in the way of the team doing its role and provides education to Agile process

What is sprint planning?

Sprint planning occurs at the beginning of each sprint to determine which backlog items to work on.

What are the basic aspects of the Agile methodology?

Standups aka scrum meetings Sprint planning Retrospective meeting Burn-down charts

Explain the purpose of a CCB

The change control board reviews, approves, denies, or delays change requests

Describe the project management plan

The project management plan is the final, approved, and documented plan that's used in the "Executing" and "Monitoring and Controlling" phases to measure project progress

What are types of organizational change?

The types of organizational change include: business merger acquisition demerger split business process change internal reorganization relocation outsourcing

Name the types of vendor-centric documents

The types of vendor documents include: nondisclosure agreements case-and-desist letter letters of intent statements of work memorandum of understanding service level agreements purchase orders warranties

Describe the Agile methodology

agile is an iterative approach to managing projects that adapts to new and change requirements. Provides continuous requirements gathering and continuous feedback. Agile teams are self-organized and self-directed