Summary AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS

AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS

Acceptancemcriteriam-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmThemchecklistmthemprojectmmanagermusesmtomdecidemwhether
mamstorymismdone

Adaptationm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAdjustingmproject,mproduct,mormprocessesmtomminimizemanymfu
rthermdeviationmormissues;monemofmthemthreempillarsmofmScrum

AgilemManifestom-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmcollectionmofmfourmvaluesmandm12mprinciplesmthatmdefinemt
hemmindsetmthatmallmAgilemteamsmshouldmstrivemfor

Agilemprojectmmanagementm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAnmapproachmtomprojectmandmteammmanagementmthatmembod
iesm"agility"mbasedmonmthemAgilemManifesto

Ambiguitym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmstatemwheremconditionsmandmrootmcausesmofmeventsmormci
rcumstancesmaremunclear,mleadingmtomthempossibilitymofmmisunderstanding

Backlogmrefinementm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmThemactmofmkeepingmthemBacklogmprioritized,mestimated,mand
mdescribedmsomthemScrummTeammcanmoperatemeffectively

Burndownmchartm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmvisualmthatmmeasuresmtimemagainstmthemamountmofmworkm
donemandmthemamountmofmworkmremaining

Businessmagilitym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmRefersmtomincorporatingmAgilemprinciplesmintomthemwidemspher
emofmmanagement

Businessmcollaborationm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmThemconceptmthatmcollaboratingmwithmcustomersmgetsmcriticalm
businessminformationmtomthemteammimmediately,mallowingmthemmtomadjustmandmadaptmne
wminformationminstantly;monemofmthemfourmthemesmofmthemAgilemprinciples

Capacitym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmThemamountmofmworkmamteammcanmhandleminmamgivenmamo
untmofmtime

Casemstudiesm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmIn-depth,mdata-
drivenmanalysesmofmambusiness,mcommunity,mormorganization

Changemcontrolmboardm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmformalmandmrigorousmprocessmtommanagemanymchangesmto
mrequirements

Changemmanagementm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmThemprocessmofmgettingmpeoplemtomadoptmamnewmproduct,mp
rocess,mormvaluemsystem

, Coachingm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmtwo-
waymcommunicationmstylemaimedmatminfluencingmandmdevelopingmemployees'mskills,mmotiva
tion,mandmjudgment

Complexitym-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmRefersmtomthemhighmnumbermofminterrelatedmforces,missues,mo
rganizations,mandmfactorsmthatmwouldminfluencemamproject

Continuousmintegrationmandmcontinuousmrefactoringm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmThemExtrememProgrammingmpracticemofmmergingmproductmchan
gesmintomamsharedmversionmseveralmtimesmamdayminmordermtomgetmquickmfeedbackmonmt
hemqualitymofmthemcodemormproduct

CSVmfilem-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmfilemtypemthatmholdsmamspreadsheet'smdata;mstandsmform"C
ommamSeparatedmValue"mbecausemitmusesmcommasmtomseparatemvalues

Cynefinmframeworkm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmframeworkmusedmformmeasuringmprojectmcomplexity;mpinpoi
ntsmfivemsectionsmofmcomplexitymthatmvariousmprojectsmmaymfallminto:mobvious,mcomplex,
mcomplicated,mchaotic,mandmdisorder

DailymScrumm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmbriefmmeetingmofmupmtom15mminutesmthatmtakesmplacemev
erymdaymofmthemSprintmtominspectmprogressmtowardmthemgoal;malsomcalledmamstand-up

DefinitionmofmDonem-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAnmagreed-
uponmsetmofmitemsmthatmmustmbemcompletedmbeforemamprojectmormusermstorymcanmbe
mconsideredmcomplete

Deliverablem-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmtangiblemoutcomemfrommamproject

DevelopmentmTeamm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmInmScrum,mthempeoplemwhomdomthemworkmtombuildmthempro
duct;malsomcalledmDevelopers

DevOpsm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAnmorganizationalmandmculturalmmovementmthatmaimsmtomincr
easemsoftwaremdeliverymvelocity,mimprovemservicemreliability,mandmbuildmsharedmownership
mamongmsoftwaremstakeholders

DisciplinedmAgilemDeliverym(DAD)m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmhybridmapproachmthatmcombinesmthemstrategiesmfrommvario
usmAgilemframeworks,mincludingmKanban,mLeSS,mLeanmDevelopment,mExtrememProgramming,
mandmAgilemModeling;mguidesmpeoplemthroughmprocess-
relatedmdecisionsmandmhelpsmdevelopmamscaledmAgilemstrategymbasedmonmcontextmandmde
siredmoutcomes

Empiricismm-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmThemideamthatmtruemknowledgemcomesmfrommactual,mlivedmex
perience

Epicm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmgroupmormcollectionmofmusermstories

ExtrememProgrammingm(XP)m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmmAmmethodologymthatmaimsmtomimprovemproductmqualitymandm