Adaptive
What is the main advantage of choosing an adaptive lifecycle for a project?
What is flexibility?
Which meeting type is held daily in Agile lifecycles to keep communication flowing?
What is the daily stand-up meeting?
What does a hybrid lifecycle combine?
Best practices from different project management methodologies.
What is the primary focus of predictive (waterfall) project management?
Detailed planning and upfront requirements gathering
A significant point or event in a project, program, or portfolio
Milestone
How do regular feedback loops impact adaptive project management?
They shape the project’s direction and help ensure requirements are met by incorporating continuous stakeholder input.
How does sprint planning work in Agile projects?
The team and product owner select user stories from the backlog and define tasks for each story.
Why is the hybrid approach tailored to a project's needs?
It allows efficient and effective execution by adapting the process to specific requirements.
Why are changes discouraged during execution in predictive projects?
Because any changes require a formal process, and the environment is assumed to be stable.
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives
Risk
What does "incremental delivery" mean in adaptive lifecycles?
The project provides usable, valuable increments throughout its process rather than all at the end.
What is the purpose of sprint reviews and retrospectives?
To show completed work, gather feedback, and reflect on team performance for improvement.
How does communication play a role in hybrid projects?
It maintains transparency and helps address potential issues immediately.
How does adaptive management value stakeholder collaboration?
By emphasizing flexibility and continuous feedback, allowing requirements to change during execution
The series of phases that a project passes through from its start to its completion
Project lifecycle
How is empirical decision-making used in adaptive projects?
Decisions rely on experimentation, measurement, and analysis of data instead of intuition.
Why is continuous testing important in Agile development?
It ensures quality is maintained through frequent, often automated, testing.
Which benefit does the hybrid model provide over purely predictive or adaptive approaches?
It allows changes while maintaining structure and control.
What type of process does the traditional predictive method follow?
Sequential—each phase must be completed before the next begins.
the work performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions. It describes the project's objectives, boundaries, deliverables, and the work required to achieve them
project scope
How does continuous improvement play a role in the adaptive lifecycle?
Feedback identifies areas for improvement so the team can make necessary adjustments to optimize processes and efficiency.
How are adaptations made during the Agile lifecycle?
The product backlog is refined and adjusted regularly to meet changing needs and feedback.
How does a hybrid lifecycle promote team alignment?
Through collaboration and effective communication between all parties.
What key difference exists between predictive and adaptive approaches regarding project scope?
Predictive projects set scope at the beginning, adaptive projects expect scope to evolve throughout.
a cyclical, short, fixed period of time, often a few weeks, during which a project team works to complete a specific set of tasks and deliver a working, demonstrable increment of the product or project
iteration