7.5 Questionnaire
What are the typical unexpected changes during a project?
new stakeholders
new requirements
funding changes
What are typical wasteful project management practices?
excessive project administration
cross-functional teams
length and unproductive status meetings
never used documentations
artifical separation of functionally different groups
frequent communication between the stakeholders
What are the good properties of a first plan?
Expected to improve later
Not too detailed
Completely predefined
Expected to change later
Completely fixed
Which is a Lean phrase?
delivering value instead of delivering features
delivering features instead of delivering value
What holds to the initiation stage of Lean project management?
identify the requirements through the whole project
involve only the management
replace meeting room with the "real working place" and observe the users
fix requirements and follow the during the whole project
What holds to the plan stage of Lean project management?
plan short iterations with limited scope
plan in two-three iterations and reach a fixed scope
What holds to the execute stage of Lean project management?
short micro PDCA cycles for responding constant changes
continuous and proactive learning
What are typical wastes of software development?
never or very rarely used functionality
ambiguous requirements
too much software developers
task switching
What are the main components of Lean software development?
Amplify Learning
Empower the team
Decide as fast as possible
See the whole
Deliver as fast as possible
Eliminate Waste
What is the relation between "Deliver as fast as possible" (D1) and "Decide as late as possible" (D2) principles?
fast delivery (D1) is ensured by late decisions (D2)
collecting enough information in consequtive deliveries (D1) gives the basis for making good decisions (D2)
they are not related
What is perceived integrity?
external integrity of the system, e.g. deployment, intuitiveness, usability, etc.
internal integrity of the system, e.g. maintainability, flexibility, etc.