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Q1. In the essential resource Mueller discusses a concept called ‘The Andon Cord'. This is a concept about empowering team members to resolve quality problems.
Mueller, E. and Gaekwad, K. (2017, October 9). What is Lean? [Video file].
Do some web exploration - what is the origin of the Andon Cord? Where does it come from, and how is it used? What cultural philosophy is in intended to support? How would you feel to pull down on the Andon Cord if it was required of you?
Describe each of these in no more than 200 words each.
Post your answer to the Module 2.1 Andon Cord discussion forum.
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Q2 Self-organising teams are central to how Agile teams work. This is very different from traditional command-and-control teams. If you have not worked this way before it may feel counter-intuitive. Why do you think that self-organised teams improve team performance?
Share your thoughts in no more than 100 words each.
Post your answer to the Module 2.2 Self-organizing teams discussion forum.
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Q3. Select one of the ceremonies: Stand-ups, Sprints, Reviews, Retrospectives or Show Cases.
Now look at the 12 Agile Principles of the Agile Manifesto. Each ceremony supports the achievement of multiple of these principles. Work through the principles and align the to them ceremony you have chosen to understand better.
Describe the ceremony briefly and which agile principle you believe that it supports and your reasons for saying this.
Post your answer to the Module 3.1Ceremonies and agile principles discussion forum. Please read other students' posts and comment on why you agree, disagree or can provide help with another students' post. Please reply to at least two other students' posts
Q4. Epics, features and stories - these are well described in your essential resources, but sometimes web exploration helps in clarify and doubts that one might have.
Describe what each of these are and what they are in relation to each other in no more than 75 words each.
Post your answer to the Module 3.2 Epics, features and stories discussion forum.
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Q5 You will be submitting an assignment this week. If you are to think about your assignment as a product to satisfy your target audience - who might this target audience be, and what characteristics would they have as a persona? Because understanding your target audience will help you to build a better product.
Describe each of these in no more than 100 words each. Post your answer to the Module 4.1 Personas discussion forum.
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Q6. What do you believe are the key difference between burnup and burndown charts?
Describe each of these in no more than 100 words each. Further web exploration may prove helpful for this activity.
Post your answer to the Module 4.2 Burnup and burndown charts discussion forum.
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Q7 Review the following essential resource about Inputs into Planning Cycles.
Alt-Simmons, R. (2015). Agile by design : An implementation guide to analytic lifecycle management. John Wiley & Sons.
Why do you think that this cascade of information is required in large scale portfolios of work?
Please post your response into Module 5.1 Inputs into Planning Cycle Discussion Forum Post
Q8 It is best to complete this activity after you have worked through all the essential resources for this section. It may be worthwhile to review these two resources again before attempting this post:
Agile Planning
Wick, A. (2016, August 15). Agile Planning Overview [Video file]
Scrum-of-scrum approach
Cobb, C. G. (2015). The project manager's guide to mastering agile: Principles and practices for an adaptive approach. New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
Scaling Agile adds complexity. Wicks (2016) offers a clear and succinct view of how product vision and roadmap guides planning into release plans which then become sprint and daily plans. Looking at Figure 12.1 on p. 205 of the Scrum-of-scrums resource (Cobb 2015) - do you with scaling Agile creates additional work? Explain why you have answered the question this way.
Describe each of these in no more than 150 words each.
Post your answer to the Module 5.1 Scaling Agile discussion forum.
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Q 9 instead of following a two-week timebox for your Kanban activities, you have been following a weekly cadence. Can you map out what the sprints or iterations you have practiced within this shorter timebox. Would you use this timebox if you were part of a real Agile Team? What do you believe are the pros and cons of this length timebox?
Post your answer to the Module 5.2 Timebox discussion forum
Q10 In scaled Agile, release planning requires a greater effort or overhead to co-ordinate and synchronise teams. Do you think that this extra effort may have an impact on iteration or sprint planning? Why do you take this position?
Describe each of these in no more than 100 words each.
Post your answer to the Module 5.2 Agile planning discussion forum.
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