Why so Agile?
This is the primary measure of progress for an Agile development team.
What is Working Software?
Process control type in which only the past is accepted as certain and in which decisions are based on observation, experience, and experimentation.
What is Empiricism?
Originally released in 1973, 10 years later this version went on to reach No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped which band's album Metal Health become a number-one hit.
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Who is Quiet Riot?
The prioritized list of user stories the delivery team commits to working on during a 2-4 week development cycle.
What is the Sprint Backlog?
As the old saying goes, this city "wasn't built in a day"
What is Rome?
Waterfall projects have fixed requirements and usually negotiate Cost and Schedule. Agile projects negotiate this.
What is Scope?
The selection of items from the Product Backlog a Development Team deems feasible for implementation in a Sprint.
What is the Forecast?
As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk-rock hit.
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What is House Of The Rising Sun
The Animals (1964)
Five Finger Death Punch (2014)
A tool Scrum teams use to Inspect and Adapt at the end of every development cycle.
What is a Retrospective?
Sandy Cheeks wears a space suit & helmet underwater so she can hang out with this title guy
Who is Spongebob Squarepants?
This is the ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes.
What is Continuous Improvement?
The management principle that teams autonomously organize their work.
What is Self-Organization?
He originally recorded this song that American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch covered on their fourth studio album in 2014.
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Who is LL Cool J?
This high-speed event usually lasts between 2-4 weeks.
What is the Sprint?
Aka hump day, it was named for a Norse god
What is Wednesday?
The 2002 Standish Group study reported that 20% of features are used "often" or "always." This is a key reason why Agile projects focus on this.
What is Business Value?
The format is as follows: As a ___ I want to ___ so that ___.
What is a User Story?
Perhaps the most notable cover of this song, originally released by which artist, is by The Black Crowes, for whom it was a breakout hit single from their 1990 debut album Shake Your Money Maker.
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Who is Otis Redding?
At the end of the development cycle, the delivery team produces this.
What is a Potentially Shippable Product?
This utensil serves a dual purpose--butter the bread & get the ketchup out of the bottle
What is a knife?
This principle describes project visibility and establishes trust among all project participants.
What is Transparency?
A shared understanding of expectations that the Increment must live up to in order to be releasable into production.
What is the Definition of Done?
This artist originally recorded this song made famous in the 1992 film The Bodyguard
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Who is Dolly Parton?
At the end of a sprint, the team demonstrates the product at this meeting.
What is the Sprint Review?
Barbie's beau
Who is Ken?