Month: May 2012

Agile Project Management, Books, Games, PMI-ACP

PMI-ACP Sample Questions

Listed below are 20 sample exam questions, which are aligned with topics on the PMI-ACP Exam Content Outline. People studying for the PMI-ACP exam should find them useful practice. The answers and accompanying explanations are provided at the end of this post. 1) Which of the following is an Agile Manifesto principle? A) Welcome changing requirements, early in development. Agile processes handle changes for the customer's competitive advantage. B) Welcome changing priorities, early in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. C) Welcome changing priorities, even late in development. Agile processes handle changes for the customer's competitive advantage. D) Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. 2) When […]

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Agile Project Management, Risk Management

Risk Driven Development

Trying to maximize business value while ignoring risks is a little like trying to heat your home with all the doors and windows open. Much harder work than it need be, unlikely to be successful, and just not very smart. Risks and opportunities are ever present on complex projects. We can rely on them occurring much like we can rely on the tide coming in. How we choose to deal with them–our risk management strategy–greatly influences whether we rise with the inevitable tide of issues and navigate successfully, or become overwhelmed by them and don’t reach our goal. Agile methods incorporate many mechanisms for dealing with late-breaking changes (an easily reprioritized backlog, short iterations, frequent inspection, replanning, etc.) that also […]

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