Agile
This is a short, simple description told from the perspective of the person who desires the new capability, usually a user or customer.
What is a user story?
This can last 2 to 4 weeks.
What is a sprint?
This was Avista's original name.
What is the Washington Water Power Company?
This is an Agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation, with one writing code and the other reviewing it in real-time.
What is pair programming?
This role is responsible for defining the features of the product and prioritizing the Product Backlog to maximize value.
Who is the Product Owner?
This is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product, managed by the Product Owner.
What is the Product Backlog?
Located in Montana, this Avista Facility completed in 2002, is known for its advanced environmental controls.
What is the Noxon Rapids Dam?
These are the three pillars of Scrum.
What is Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation?
This is a declaration of four key values and twelve principles to guide an iterative and people-centric approach to software development.
What is the Agile Manifesto?
This is the group role that is responsible for delivering a potentially releasable increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint.
Who/what is the Development Team?
This was the first hydroelectric project developed by Avista.
What is the Monroe Street Dam?
This three-word description, is a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, ensuring transparency and quality.
What is a Definition of Done (DoD)?
These are two forms of Agile framework other than Scrum.
Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP).
***DAILY DOUBLE***
This ceremony is where the Scrum team discusses what went well, what didn't, and how to improve in the next timebox.
This facility, bearing the company's original 1889 name, is located in downtown Spokane.
The Post Street Substation?
This is a software development process where tests are written before code, ensuring that the code meets the test requirements.
What is Test-Driven Development?