Intro to Software Project Management Test 2

What does Release Planning Do

Helps set expectations for stakeholders and ensures a steady flow of value to the customers

Increment Planning Sessions

Define increment goals, solidify estimates, and identify external dependencies.

How is Total Project Capacity Estimated

based on resources available for each team

How do you Calculate Capacity for Increment by product

X points for Product A, Y points for Product B, Z points for Product C, Total Points = X + Y + Z

How do you Calculate Total Capacity for Increment

(points_per_sprint x N sprints) for each Product

What is on a High-Level Schedule

Requirements submitted and finalized by Due Dates, Conduct quarterly releases with maintenance releases in between (sprints), and Major Phases and SETR events

What is the main purpose of a high-level schedule?

To communicate to customer, stakeholder and team about the key milestones of the project

What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

A hierarchical decomposition of a project into smaller, more manageable components or tasks. Each level of the WBS provides a more detailed breakdown, from major project phases to individual tasks. Basically a table of contents

What is the purpose of a WBS

It organizes and defines the total scope of the project by breakingdown the deliverables and work into smaller elements, oftenrepresented as a tree structure

What does the Project Time Management include

the processes required to accomplish timely completion of the project

What are the 6 Scheduling Basics

Activity Definition, Activity Sequencing, Activity Resource Estimating, Activity Duration Estimating, Schedule Development, Schedule Control

What are Work Packages in the Activity Definition Process

planned into smaller components call schedule activities to provide a basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, and monitoring and controlling the project work

What are the 3 types of dependencies in diagramming

Mandatory, Discretionary, and External

What are the 6 benefits of Network Diagramming

Show interdependencies, Show workflow, Aid in effective planning, organizing and controlling, Compress the schedule, Show program progress, Help justify time estimate

What are the 4 Artifacts involved in creating a project schedule in Agile

Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Burndown Charts, and Release Plan

How are the 4 steps to create a project schedule

Define project start and end dates, Add tasks based on our Agile Product Backlog, Set task durations and dependencies, Assign team members to each task

How do you Monitor Progress in MS Project

Update task status regularly, Review Gantt charts and reports to assess progress, Identify and resolve potential delays, Adapt the plan if required based on feedback and changes

Release Planning

deciding which items from the Product Backlog will be included in a release

What are the Increment Planning Objectives by Session

Requirements elicitation, prioritization, and product management executed in close collaboration with stakeholders.

What are the Primary Goal of an Increment Functional Review

Ensures that product backlog items are clearly identified and the release functional baseline is established.

What does an Increment Functional Review act as?

acts as the SRR for each increment and acts as the PDR for the upcoming increment release to ensure the system proceeding into development can meet requirements within the iron triangle

What is a WBS a Blueprint for?

laying out a project schedule

What is the Purpose of the Activity Definition Process

identify the deliverables at the lowest level in the Work Breakdown Structure, which is call theWork Package

What are MS Project Dependencies

dependencies between activities define the sequence and relationships between different tasks or activities in a project

What is the purpose of MS Project Dependencies

help determine the order in which tasks should be executed and how they affect one another

What are the 4 Main Types of MS Project Dependencies

finish-to-start, start-to-finish, start-to-start, finish-to-finish

What is Finish-To-Start

the successor activity cannot start until the predecessor activity is completed

What is Start-To-Start

the successor activity cannot start until the predecessor activity begins

What is Finish-To-Finish

the successor activity cannot finish until the predecessor activity is completed

What is Start-To-Finish

the successor activity cannot finish until the predecessor activity begins

What is Arrow Diagraming Method (ADM)

Task to Task when Activity A happens

What is Activity on Arrow (AOA) Method

Activity A goes to Activity B

What is MS Project

Project Management Tool that helps with planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and progress tracking

How do you represent Agile Sprints in MS Project

Set up the first Sprint phase, Add User Story tasks to the Sprint, Assign resources to each User Story, Set the duration for each User Story task

Primary Goals of Release Planning

Establish what is to done during release, Set Primary Plan, Set Stretch Plan, and Identify Dependencies and Risks

What is the goal of Increment Planning Sessions

to mitigate risks and present increment plans to stakeholders for review.

What is an Increment Functional Review

review to be conducted when all increment planning sessions are completed

Why Do we need a Stretch Plan?

In case we get blocked for some stories, In case dependencies dont meet agreed upon need dates, or In case our Velocity is running faster than planned

What is Activity Sequencing

identifying and documenting the logical relationships among schedule activities

What is a Sprint Backlog

a subset of the Product Backlog items selected for a specific sprint. It contains the tasks necessary to complete the selected items and is created during the Sprint Planning meeting.

What does Sprint Planning in JIRA Involve

assigning user stories to specific sprints based on their priority and the team's capacity

What does JIRA allow you to do

create and manage sprints, which are time-bound iterations of work

What happens during Sprint Planning

user stories are selected from the backlog and added to the sprint based on their priority and estimated effort

What are some of the artifacts needed for a Sprint Plan brief?

Schedule Overview, Dashboard Status, Sprint Objectives with target velocity, Demo Plans

What is the purpose of Agile Project Metrics

help measure progress, identify bottlenecks, and track the team's performance

What are some common agile project metrics

Velocity and Burn-Down Chart

What is a Cycle Time

Measures the time it takes to complete a user story from start

What is a Burn-Down Chart

tracks the progress of the team's work during a sprint

Role of PM in Design

Overseeing the design process, Managing the development of design documents, and Collaborate with the Development Team

Role of PM in Implementation/Development

Track progress, Facilitate Communication, Address Roadblocks and Risks

What is Design Thinking

a problem-solving approach that emphasizes empathy, creativity, and iterative prototyping to address complex problems

What are the Phases of Design Thinking

Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test & Iterate

What is the Empathize Phase in Design Thinking

Understanding the needs, wants, and challenges of end-users through observation, interviews, and research (e.g. creating empathy maps)

What are the common artifacts of the Empathize Phase

User Personas, User Stories, and Business Process Modeling

What is the Define Phase in Design Thinking

Synthesizing user research findings to define the problem statement and identifying goals (e.g. Creating Journey Maps and Defining design principles)

What are the common artifacts of the Define Phase

Problem Statement, User Needs, and User Goals

What is the Ideate Phase in Design Thinking

generating a wide range of ideas to address the defined problem statement (e.g. Mind mapping, Sketching, and Crazy 8s technique)

What are the common artifacts of the Ideate Phase

Brainstorming, Ideation techniques, Divergent thinking, and User Goals

What is the Prototype Phase in Design Thinking

creating low-fidelity representations of the ideas to quickly test and gather feedback (e.g. Creating a clickable prototype)

What are the common artifacts of the Prototype Phase

Paper prototypes, Wireframe diagrams, and Mock-ups

What is the Test & Iterate Phase in Design Thinking

gathering feedback from users on the prototypes to refine and improve the design (e.g. Conducting usability tests and A/B Testing)

What are the common artifacts of the Test & Iterate Phase

Usability Testing, Feedback collection, and Iteration

What is A/B Testing

Two different versions are tested with two groups to see which performs better based on metrics

How to Apply Design Thinking to SW Project Management?

Integrate it into the SDLC, Use it to understand user needs and align project goals, Apply iterative prototyping and user feedback

What is Crazy 8 Technique

fast-sketching exercise that challenges people to sketch 8 distinct ideas in eight minutes

What are Agile Design Practices

design approaches that prioritizecollaboration, adaptability, user-centered design and iterative development

What are the 3 Agile Design Practices

Collaborative, User-Centered, and Iterative and Incremental

What are Working Groups in Agile Design Practices

time-boxed series of collaboration meetings to define functionality, user experience, and content that empowers successful completion of project

What is a Special Topic Working Group

Chartered by a Process Owner to enable Self-service feature execution of workflows, members gather requirements, determine a suitable Minimum Viable Product, and create demand signals for required data and system interfaces

What are Technical Working Groups

members identify technical enablers and supporting systems to accelerate capability development

What are Content Working Groups

Members identify content owners, create production-ready content, and propose guidelines and governance to ensure content remains "evergreen"

What are the 3 Working Groups

Special, Technical, and Content

What elements does Agile use

user stories, sprints, and regular sprint reviews and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement

What is a Product Backlog

ordered list of tasks, features, and bugs that the team maintains project.

What is Increment planning

The process used to identify the scope of tasks to be completedduring the Increment

What is Sprint Planning

planning session to select what work will be done in the sprint

Daily Scrum Meeting

very short team meeting to communicate what was done the day before, what is planned to be done during the day, and any issues that may impede work

Clean Code and Refactoring

Writing simple, maintainable code that adheres to standards like SOLID principles

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

tests are written before the actual code, ensuring that the code is aligned with expected behavior

Test-Driven Development Process

Write a failing test case that defines desired functionality, write code to pass the test case, refactor code to improve quality

Benefits of Test-Driven Development

Clear requirements, safer refactoring, higher code quality, and faster debugging

Pair Programming

collaborative coding approach where two developers work together, switching roles as driver and navigator to enhance code quality and reduce errors

What are the 3 Agile Coding Practices

Clean Code and Refactoring, TDD, and Pair Programming

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

An approach to automate the build, testing, and deployment processes to ensure reliable, frequent releases of working software

Agile Metrics

crucial for tracking progress and ensuring delivery goals are met

Velocity

Measures the number of story points or features completed in each sprint

Burn-Up and Burn-Down Charts

Track progress toward completing the project scope

Cycle Time and Lead Time

Measure how quickly features are completed andmoved into production

Defect Density and Code Coverage

Track the quality of the code and the levelof testing performed

Code Reviews

systematic examinations of the code to improve quality and ensure compliance with standards

Agile testing

emphasizing continuous feedback and iterative improvements

Key Testing Types

Unit, Integration, User Acceptance, and Regression

Unit Testing

Validates individual components; typically conducted by developers

Integration Testing

Ensures components work together; detects interface issues

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Conducted by stakeholders to validate business requirements

Regression Testing

Ensures new code does not break existing functionality

Specialized Testing Types

UI, Performance, Security, Automated

UI Testing

Focuses on the user interface, checking layout, and usability across devices

Performance Testing

Assesses responsiveness, scalability, and stability under load

Security Testing

Identifies vulnerabilities to prevent potential attacks