1.8: 1 Review and an Exercise - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems

<v ->In lesson 1, we discussed the history</v> of product and project management. It was a journey from the fixed scope and timeline based delivery to Agility. Traditional project management applied to software delivery is informally referred to as waterfall. This term originated due to the visual representation of the sequential phases in software delivery. Requirements analysis system design, implementation testing, deployment, and maintenance. Parallel to traditional project management, software delivery forward thinkers started adopting concepts introduced by manufacturing. Those concepts were implemented and enhanced by the Toyota production system, or TPS. The concept of optimizing software development and IT service delivery over the entire value stream became the foundation of Lean software delivery. The advancement of traditional project management and the power of Lean thinking made the emergence of Agile software delivery only matter of time. The Agile approach challenged the most fundamental concept of the waterfall delivery method. The reasoning was that in software delivery, it would take only hours, if not minutes, to alter code and if the user would be able to review the results right away, the amount of free work would significantly decrease. In lesson 1, we discussed the history of project management as a profession. We spoke about Lean and why value delivery became the foundation of Agile practices. We described Agile Manifesto, which was written in 2001, to specify the values and principles of software delivery. And then review the use case where Agility helped Netflix become the market leader in less than two years. We spoke about building the product right and described Agile framework. And most importantly, we spoke about building the right product, understanding the customer problem, and creating the solution to solve this problem working backwards from customer need. As we will do at the end of each lesson, I'm offering you a five question quiz. The way it works is that I will show and read the question. Please pause the video after you see the question and write down your answer before restarting the video and then I will reveal the answer to you. So this is the first question. When did project management form as a profession? Review the four answers on the screen. Pause if you need, write down the letter, and then proceed with the next slide. The correct answer is A, 2,570 years BC when the Great Pyramid of Giza was completed. Just think how ancient project management is as a profession and how fundamental it is. Hope you got it right. Now it's time to go to question 2. In which industry did Lean practices originate? Again, you are presented with four answers. Please write down the letter. I will reveal the answer in a few seconds. And the answer is car manufacturing. We spoke about Toyota production system, TPS, which allowed Toyota to be the leading car manufacturer in 1950s. Now question 3. Which is not a value from the Agile Manifesto? We know there are four values in Agile Manifesto, however one statement here is not one of them. Again, write down the letter, pause if you need and I will reveal the answer. And the answer is C, self-organizing teams over top-down management. Even though Agile is about self-organizing teams, there is no such principle. Let's go to question 4. What is a product manager? So think about the definition of the product manager role. Let's pause. I will reveal the answer in a few seconds. A product manager is a person responsible for guiding the success of a product and leading the cross-functional team that is responsible for improving it. This is the formal definition of a product manager role. Hope you got it right. Now over to question 5. What is a project manager? So you see three definitions and while an all-inclusive option here. Please write down the answer. And the correct answer to question 5 is project managers have the responsibility for the planning, procurement, and execution of a project. Project managers do not manage people on the team, and they're not responsible for hiring the team itself. I hope you got all the questions right and I will see you in lesson two.