week 4 - analyze and design

Flashcards covering key vocabulary from the lecture on Analyzing and Designing IT Solutions, focusing on seeding the backlog and feature prioritization.

Zones

Represents different activities in a work process.

Lanes

Represents time periods in a work process.

Seeding the backlog

The process of creating Epics and Features to populate a project's backlog.

Epics

Large bodies of work that are broken down into smaller, manageable features.

Features

Specific, independent functionalities or components of an Epic, defined during backlog seeding.

Feature Independence

The principle that features should be defined so they don't depend on each other, allowing for easier prioritization and re-prioritization.

Role-Feature-Reason template

A template used to define features in the format: 'As a [user role], I want to [function] so that [business value]'.

Feature Attributes

Common characteristics used to define features, including Description, Acceptance Criteria, Estimate, Order/Priority, Value, WSJF prioritization, and Cost of delay.

Cost of Delay

The full value of a feature, determined by summing User & Business Value, Time Criticality, and Risk Reduction & Opportunity Enablement Value (RR & OE).

User Value

The value an item or feature brings to the end-user.

Business Value

The value a feature brings to the organization.

Time Criticality

A measure of how a feature's value diminishes over time.

RR & OE (Risk Reduction & Opportunity Enablement Value)

The value a feature provides by reducing risks or creating new opportunities.

WSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First)

A prioritization method that balances the total value (Cost of Delay) of a feature against its implementation cost (Job Duration), calculated as Cost of Delay / Job Duration.

Acceptance Criteria

A set of conditions a feature must meet to be considered complete and satisfy the user and business value.