GUIDEWIRE ASSOCIATE EVALUATION EXAMS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Name some common examples of InsuranceSuite integrations. - ✔✔User
authentication
Geocoding
Check printing
Document production
Document management
Address verification
✔✔What tasks are commonly performed by non-developers for integrations? - ✔✔Non-
developers often prepare data mapping documents and screen mockups needed to
support integration development.
✔✔Which phases in the Guidewire project lifecycle are divided into sprints? -
✔✔Inception
Development
Stabalization
✔✔What is the typical duration of a sprint in the Inception phase? - ✔✔One week
✔✔During the Stabilization phase, what is the purpose of performance testing? -
✔✔Run tests to check how well the system works in anticipated and peak loads.
✔✔During the Deployment phase, what happens during the Pilot step? - ✔✔- Allow a
subset of users to use the system
- Gather feedback
- Triage feedback
- Implement changes as needed
✔✔During the support phase, who is responsible for monitoring business processes? -
✔✔Support team
✔✔What are the Project Manager's responsibilities? - ✔✔Support the sprint team,
facilitate the agile process, enable self-organization, resolve impediments, shield
outside interference, is a participatory leader and not a dictating manager; servant
leader
✔✔What are the Product Owner's responsibilities? - ✔✔Key stakeholder representing
the voice of the customer, business authority to make decisions (can delegate to key
SMEs), shares vision with the development team, collaborates with the teams to
develop and deliver the work, defines requirements and answers the development
, team's questions promptly and with authority, responsible for signing off on user stories
and defects.
✔✔Who are the most common team members? - ✔✔Business Analysts
Developers
Quality Analysts and Testers
✔✔What is a user story? - ✔✔A high level set of requirements from a user's
perspective.
✔✔What are the three components of a user story? - ✔✔A role, an action, and a
reason.
✔✔What does it mean to elaborate a user story? - ✔✔Conversations occur between the
users and the team to ensure all requirements are understood.
✔✔What is the importance of acceptance criteria? - ✔✔It tells us when a user story is
done.
✔✔Who uses the acceptance criteria during a sprint? - ✔✔Everyone: Business
Analysts, Developers, Testers, and Product Owner.
✔✔What is the best practice for project planning? - ✔✔Plan for what you know and re-
evaluate your plan as needed.
✔✔What is theme? - ✔✔A common process with each product.
✔✔Themes are broken down into what components? - ✔✔Features, user stories, and
tasks.
✔✔What does Guidewire provide as a starting point for your project? - ✔✔Guidewire
provides approximately 5000 reusable assets/tools to facilitate progress during the
implementation project.
✔✔What does Guidewire mean by Inception? - ✔✔Guidewire projects include an
inception phase to confirm the scope of the project, produce an initial sizing, and create
the project baseline.
✔✔What are the key objectives from Inception? - ✔✔1. Formally kick off the project
2. Train the team on base product and methodology
3. Introduce the team to agile concepts
4. Determine an approach to address any product gaps
5. Document the high-level design (HLD) for integrations
6. Explain estimation changes as a result of the workshops
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Name some common examples of InsuranceSuite integrations. - ✔✔User
authentication
Geocoding
Check printing
Document production
Document management
Address verification
✔✔What tasks are commonly performed by non-developers for integrations? - ✔✔Non-
developers often prepare data mapping documents and screen mockups needed to
support integration development.
✔✔Which phases in the Guidewire project lifecycle are divided into sprints? -
✔✔Inception
Development
Stabalization
✔✔What is the typical duration of a sprint in the Inception phase? - ✔✔One week
✔✔During the Stabilization phase, what is the purpose of performance testing? -
✔✔Run tests to check how well the system works in anticipated and peak loads.
✔✔During the Deployment phase, what happens during the Pilot step? - ✔✔- Allow a
subset of users to use the system
- Gather feedback
- Triage feedback
- Implement changes as needed
✔✔During the support phase, who is responsible for monitoring business processes? -
✔✔Support team
✔✔What are the Project Manager's responsibilities? - ✔✔Support the sprint team,
facilitate the agile process, enable self-organization, resolve impediments, shield
outside interference, is a participatory leader and not a dictating manager; servant
leader
✔✔What are the Product Owner's responsibilities? - ✔✔Key stakeholder representing
the voice of the customer, business authority to make decisions (can delegate to key
SMEs), shares vision with the development team, collaborates with the teams to
develop and deliver the work, defines requirements and answers the development
, team's questions promptly and with authority, responsible for signing off on user stories
and defects.
✔✔Who are the most common team members? - ✔✔Business Analysts
Developers
Quality Analysts and Testers
✔✔What is a user story? - ✔✔A high level set of requirements from a user's
perspective.
✔✔What are the three components of a user story? - ✔✔A role, an action, and a
reason.
✔✔What does it mean to elaborate a user story? - ✔✔Conversations occur between the
users and the team to ensure all requirements are understood.
✔✔What is the importance of acceptance criteria? - ✔✔It tells us when a user story is
done.
✔✔Who uses the acceptance criteria during a sprint? - ✔✔Everyone: Business
Analysts, Developers, Testers, and Product Owner.
✔✔What is the best practice for project planning? - ✔✔Plan for what you know and re-
evaluate your plan as needed.
✔✔What is theme? - ✔✔A common process with each product.
✔✔Themes are broken down into what components? - ✔✔Features, user stories, and
tasks.
✔✔What does Guidewire provide as a starting point for your project? - ✔✔Guidewire
provides approximately 5000 reusable assets/tools to facilitate progress during the
implementation project.
✔✔What does Guidewire mean by Inception? - ✔✔Guidewire projects include an
inception phase to confirm the scope of the project, produce an initial sizing, and create
the project baseline.
✔✔What are the key objectives from Inception? - ✔✔1. Formally kick off the project
2. Train the team on base product and methodology
3. Introduce the team to agile concepts
4. Determine an approach to address any product gaps
5. Document the high-level design (HLD) for integrations
6. Explain estimation changes as a result of the workshops
