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
