Deck 14: Agile Project Management and Lean

Question 1

Changes in requirements in TPM are handled (circle one)

A) Through the change-control process
B) Through planned iterations f design-built-test

Answer 1

Through the change-control process

Question 2

Which of the following is true?

A) TPM can be described as a learn-as-you-go approach.
B) APM can be described as a learn-as-you-go approach.

Answer 2

APM can be described as a learn-as-you-go approach.

Question 3

In a Scrum team, every team member

A) works in the team only for as long as needed to perform his/her task
B) should be able to do a little of everything as required
C) is assigned to do a particular task and works only on that task

Answer 3

should be able to do a little of everything as required

Question 4

Traditional project management (TPM)-the waterfall approach (circle all that are true):

A) Applies when the problem/goal and the solution/end-item are well-understood and can be clearly defined early in the project.
B) The Definition and Execution phases each happen just once
C) TPM projects are plan-driven projects; Execution means "execute the plan".

Question 5

With Incremental TPM (circle all that are true):

A) The end-item is implemented in steps, piece by piece.
B) Elements of the end item can be put to use before the entire end-item is completed.
C) The end-item and its increments are fully planned early in the project.

Question 6

What happens during each iteration in APM? (circle all that are true apply)

A) Each iteration includes focusing on a limited set of (perhaps poorly-defined)
B) Each iteration nominally lasts 6-8 months
C) Each concludes with a partial but fully functional

Question 7

Describe the planning process in APM. (circle all that are true)

A) At the start of the project a high-level plan is prepared
B) The high-level plan contains all detailed requirements that must be met in the project
C) Each iteration the customer and team assess progress made so far and create plans for upcoming iterations.
D) The emphasis in planning and execution is on creativity and delivering a solution of value
E) Budgets and schedules are of primary importance in the planning process.

Question 8

How is APM different than Incremental TPM? (circle all that are true)

A) In incremental TPM, the overall end-item is not expected to evolve
B) In incremental TPM portions of the end-item might evolve, but the overall end-item will not
C) With APM, details of the solution and end-item system expand and evolve with each iteration.
D) With APM, the solution each iteration and builds on knowledge gained from the releases of previous iterations.

Question 9

What are some of the major elements of Scrum?

A) Upfront detailed projects planning and requirements definition
B) Product backlog
C) Sprints
D) Incremental product releases
E) Review/retrospective meetings

Question 10

What are the key roles in Scrum?

A) Product owner
B) Project team member
C) Project manager
D) Scrum master

Question 11

What is a "batch" in a project? (Circle all that apply)

A) A group of people working on a task
B) The project team
C) A physical quantity of work to be completed before beginning the next step.
D) The quantity of material needed to do a job

Question 12

With smaller batches (Circle all that apply)

A) The project finishes sooner since stages of the project overlap.
B) Quality decreases because defects are discovered later.
C) Earlier stages of the project can get feedback from later stages.
D) Work variability across departments in the project tends to increase.
E) Motivation increases because task deadlines are sooner.

Question 13

Circle all that are true:

A) TPM is large-batch, single-iteration: do each stage once and complete everything before moving to the next stage.
B) APM is small-batch, many-iteration: repeat stages in iterations; in each iteration address only a portion of the solution/end-item.
C) Stage-gate process is large batch.

Question 14

A self-managed team is (circle all that are true)

A) A team of workers empowered make decisions without direction from supervisors or managers.
B) A team with a built-in manager or supervisor to guide it.
C) A team where the manager makes decisions about what to do, but the team itself determines how to do it.
D) A team of low- to mid-level managers that act upon the mandates of senior managers.

Question 15

Statement: There are no projects to which both APM and TPM would apply.

Question 16

Statement: Roles and responsibilities of team members in a scrum team are tentative because members are expected to provide assistance wherever it is needed.

Question 17

Statement: The PO works as part of the scrum team during each sprint.

Question 18

Statement: The PO determines how the team is to achieve its work and monitors the team during each sprint.

Question 19

Statement: In Sprint planning meetings the team meets each morning of a sprint for 15 minutes to review progress and update the white board and burn down chart.

Question 20

Statement: In the daily scrum meeting the team reviews the work done and presents or demonstrates the completed parts to the PO.

Question 21

Statement: The team can use a white board divided into columns to track progress on jobs/tasks during a sprint.

Question 22

Statement: The white board can be used for tracking project costs.

Question 23

Statement: To use the burn down chart to track progress, some measure of effort must be assigned in advance to each job or task to be done.

Question 24

Statement: If a sprint is falling behind, common practice is to work the team overtime until it is completed.

Question 25

Statement: APM conforms to none of the project management principles as practiced in TPM

Question 26

Statement: Unlike in manufacturing where products move through a factory, it makes no sense to think of anything as "flowing" through a project.

Question 27

Statement: Queue size and waiting time are proportional to batch size.