Agile Product Manager Questions and Answers 2024
Design Thinking - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..An iterative Solution development process that
promotes a holistic approach to delighting all stakeholders
Data strategy considerations - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..► The choices Product Management
makes in how they and their Customers will:
- Create and manage data and metadata
- Own , access , use, and share data and metadata
► This includes supporting any necessary regulations associated with the Solution
Context, such as GDPR (EU), or HIPAA or COPPA (US).
- Data monetization can vastly increase the long-term value of products
- Data strategy requires close connections with Architects and will likely create unique
demands on the Architectural Runway
Solution Intent - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The repository for storing, managing, and
communicating the knowledge of current and intended Solution behavior. Where
required, this includes documented, fixed, and variable specifications and designs;
reference to applicable standards, system models, functional and nonfunctional tests;
and traceability.
Customer-centric REQUIREMENT ARTIFIACTS - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Preview or brief - A
short document describing the intended behavior and providing context for subsequent
development activities (also known as a mini-Vision) .
Epic- A container for a Solution development initiative that is considered large enough
or expensive enough to require reasonable up-front analysis , the definition of a
minimum viable product (MVP) , and financial approval before implementation .
Feature - A delivered piece of business functionality that fulfills a stakeholder need .
Each Feature includes a benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria and is sized or split
as necessary to be delivered by a single Agile Release Train (ART) in a Program
Increment (Pl) .
Capability - is a higher-level Solution behavior that typically spans multipleARTs .
Capabilities are sized and split into multiple Features to facilitate their implementation in
a single Pl.
Story maps - capture collections of Stories that together define a workflow .
Story - A short description of a small piece of desired functionality written in the user 's
language
, Technical requirement artifacts - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Enablers - support the activities needed
to extend the Architectural Runway to provide future business functionality .
Nonfunctional requirements (NFRs) - define system attributes such as security ,
reliability , performance , maintainability , scalability , and usability. They serve as
constraints or restrictions on the design of the system across the different backlogs .
Roadmaps help answer key questions - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..► Who are my desirable
markets (segments)?
► What do they care about? What will they pay for?
► When and how frequently should I release the Solution?
► How should my architecture evolve?
► Are there any external factors I need to
manage?
► What versions are supported?
Four types of roadmaps - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Solution Roadmaps - promote clarity in long-
range planning and help Product Managers collaborate with Portfolio Management.
Supported Versions Roadmaps - promote clarity in managing Solutions that have
multiple versions and/or are deployed within complex environments that may require
specialized support policies .
The Pl Roadmap - consists of a series of planned Pis with Milestones identified .
Prune the Product Tree - is an Innovation Game® designed to help Product Managers
understand stakeholder perceptions of growth . These insights inform the development
of Roadmaps
two broad motivations for research - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Understand : Market research
Focuses on the who, what , and why
• Determines concepts , opinions, and values
• Assesses value provided and what internal/external customers will pay
• Influences marketing and sales
Design: User Research
Focuses on the how
• Observes and evaluates what
customers and users do
• Determines how customers use or will use the product
• Influences Capabilities and Features
Continuous Exploration (CE) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The process that fosters innovation and
builds alignment on what should be built by continually exploring market and Customer
Design Thinking - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..An iterative Solution development process that
promotes a holistic approach to delighting all stakeholders
Data strategy considerations - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..► The choices Product Management
makes in how they and their Customers will:
- Create and manage data and metadata
- Own , access , use, and share data and metadata
► This includes supporting any necessary regulations associated with the Solution
Context, such as GDPR (EU), or HIPAA or COPPA (US).
- Data monetization can vastly increase the long-term value of products
- Data strategy requires close connections with Architects and will likely create unique
demands on the Architectural Runway
Solution Intent - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The repository for storing, managing, and
communicating the knowledge of current and intended Solution behavior. Where
required, this includes documented, fixed, and variable specifications and designs;
reference to applicable standards, system models, functional and nonfunctional tests;
and traceability.
Customer-centric REQUIREMENT ARTIFIACTS - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Preview or brief - A
short document describing the intended behavior and providing context for subsequent
development activities (also known as a mini-Vision) .
Epic- A container for a Solution development initiative that is considered large enough
or expensive enough to require reasonable up-front analysis , the definition of a
minimum viable product (MVP) , and financial approval before implementation .
Feature - A delivered piece of business functionality that fulfills a stakeholder need .
Each Feature includes a benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria and is sized or split
as necessary to be delivered by a single Agile Release Train (ART) in a Program
Increment (Pl) .
Capability - is a higher-level Solution behavior that typically spans multipleARTs .
Capabilities are sized and split into multiple Features to facilitate their implementation in
a single Pl.
Story maps - capture collections of Stories that together define a workflow .
Story - A short description of a small piece of desired functionality written in the user 's
language
, Technical requirement artifacts - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Enablers - support the activities needed
to extend the Architectural Runway to provide future business functionality .
Nonfunctional requirements (NFRs) - define system attributes such as security ,
reliability , performance , maintainability , scalability , and usability. They serve as
constraints or restrictions on the design of the system across the different backlogs .
Roadmaps help answer key questions - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..► Who are my desirable
markets (segments)?
► What do they care about? What will they pay for?
► When and how frequently should I release the Solution?
► How should my architecture evolve?
► Are there any external factors I need to
manage?
► What versions are supported?
Four types of roadmaps - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Solution Roadmaps - promote clarity in long-
range planning and help Product Managers collaborate with Portfolio Management.
Supported Versions Roadmaps - promote clarity in managing Solutions that have
multiple versions and/or are deployed within complex environments that may require
specialized support policies .
The Pl Roadmap - consists of a series of planned Pis with Milestones identified .
Prune the Product Tree - is an Innovation Game® designed to help Product Managers
understand stakeholder perceptions of growth . These insights inform the development
of Roadmaps
two broad motivations for research - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Understand : Market research
Focuses on the who, what , and why
• Determines concepts , opinions, and values
• Assesses value provided and what internal/external customers will pay
• Influences marketing and sales
Design: User Research
Focuses on the how
• Observes and evaluates what
customers and users do
• Determines how customers use or will use the product
• Influences Capabilities and Features
Continuous Exploration (CE) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The process that fosters innovation and
builds alignment on what should be built by continually exploring market and Customer
