Agile Software Development (AL-703 (C)) - Important Questions

Define the Agile Manifesto and explain its key principles, highlighting their importance in modern software development.

Discuss the primary roles of Feature Driven Development (FDD) in agile with a neat sketch.

Who are the key stakeholders in Agile product development? Explain their responsibilities.

Differentiate Scrum vs Kanban.

How to monitor, control and adapt Agile products/projects (monitoring and adapting techniques)

Agile Retrospectives: steps/process and contribution to continuous improvement and risk management

Analyze the phases involved in the Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). How does feedback at each phase contribute to software quality?

Analyze the structure of a Scrum Team and discuss its roles and responsibilities.

Explain the process of creating a product backlog and prioritizing user stories in Agile project planning.

Describe the key Scrum events (phases) within a sprint cycle and explain the purpose of each.

Discuss the characteristics of a good user story and explain how acceptance tests verify these stories.

Discuss about the various scrum artifacts used during the main activities.

Discuss the principles of scrum planning in detail.

Explain the Extreme Programming (XP) lifecycle and analyze the significance of pair programming in XP.

Evaluate how technical debt affects Agile development and suggest management strategies.

Explain the different roles performed within an XP team.

Explain the following:

Explain the key phases in the Extreme Programming (XP) lifecycle and how XP differs from traditional software development methodologies.

Analyze Agile design principles and explain the need for continuous integration using automated build tools.

Discuss Test-Driven Development (TDD) and describe challenges faced during implementation.

Evaluate version control systems in Agile environments and their significance for team collaboration.

Define refactoring and discuss common refactoring techniques in Agile software development.

Analyze the role of Agile interaction design in improving software quality.

Write short notes on Agile topics including Continuous Integration, Burn down chart, Agile manifesto, and Technical Debt.

What is the need and significance of refactoring.

Explain how to ensure refactoring does not introduce new bugs or regression in an Agile project.