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Fun Fact
100

This game involves aligning four pieces in a row while blocking your opponent's attempts, and is known for its vertical game board.

What is Connect 4?

100

Joined Ultra on 4/18/22 and now member of the PPM team. A New Mexico native who burst onto the scene as an intern for Sports Radio station 770 KKOB.

Who is Kristen Schwenke?

100

Joining the Agile team on 6/1923, this team member loves belly dancing and a huge fan of computer games.

Who is Thu Johnston?

100

Joining the Ultra team on 2/14/22 and a member of the PMO team. Huge fan of movies, traveling, drawing, and loves jigsaw puzzles.

Who is Del Chen?

100

This animated yellow character is known for his love of donuts and lives in the fictional town of Springfield.

Who is Homer Simpson?

200

This actor, known for his roles in Fight Club and Moneyball, also gained recognition as a producer with his company, Plan B Entertainment.

Who is Brad Pitt?

200
The activity of evaluating projects against the existing portfolio and then prioritizing accordingly.

What is BPL Prioritization

200

A status for tickets that had an initial refinement but require engineering alignment on technical approach/design before estimation.

What is Engineering Review?

200

An activity post blueprint that uses the project deadline to create a schedule that determines the tasks, deliverables and milestones needed to successfully deliver on time.

What is a Work-back Schedule?

200

This compact device, launched by Apple in 2001, became known for its innovative ability to play music on the go.

What is the iPod?

300

This British singer-songwriter gained international acclaim with her powerful voice and hits such as "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You."

Who is Adele?

300

A new tool developed in 2023 to streamline project scoring activities, Evaluate Goals, and enable Strategic Analysis

What is SAGE by PMO?

300

This metric measures the time it takes for a work item to move from the start to the end of the development process, offering early insight into the efficiency of the workflow and potential areas for improvement.

What is Cycle time?

300

Joined PMO team in 2021 and has a love for horses! Grew up in a farm environment with chickens, cows, and other farm animals!

Who is Brittany Walker?

300

A symbol, word, or phrase used to categorize posts and make them discoverable on social media

What is "Hashtag"?

400

This gas giant, the fifth planet from the sun, is known for its prominent rings and is the largest planet in our solar system.

What is Jupiter?

400

An activity facilitated asynchronously and analogously following Pre Steering ticket initiation and SAGE inputs received from the Product Manager or Business Stakeholder.  

What is the Blueprint Process?

400

During this agile process, agile teams members evaluate upcoming work and requirements, fine-tune release planning and effort estimates, and gain consensus on readiness factors that may impact the overall scope of work.

What is an Epic Readiness Review?

400

The process is used by PgMs if an identified project risk or issue requires a change in scope.

What is the Change Control Process?

400

This space mission, launched in 1969, was the first to land humans on the moon, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as the astronauts.

What is Apollo 11?

500

This recently sold social media platform was originally launched in 2006, allowing users to post short status updates and connect with friends.  

What is Twitter?

500

They joined Ultra on 8/15/22 and are a member of the PPM team. Has taught Kung Fu for almost 10 years, has seen the inside a space shuttle.

Who is Brett Thomas?

500

This software developer, known for his contributions to the Extreme Programming (XP) agile framework, introduced the concept of story points, which are now used across various agile methodologies, including Scrum

Who is Ron Jeffries?

500

This project management concept identifies the essential tasks needed to meet project deadlines, where any delay will impact the overall schedule, as it includes all the deliverables necessary for timely project completion.

What is Critical Path?

500

This fruit was once used as a natural dye for clothing, and its name is derived from the Latin word for "to dye."

What is a Blueberry?