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Small Releases

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Essential to XP, the small releases concept is all about offering new iterations of the product regularly. The goal is to have functional, yet minor updates ready to deploy every couple of weeks. This grants clients and teams the opportunity to gain feedback on the project's progress and direction.…

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Question 1

Your project team is working on a new software release. The team wants to deliver a significant number of features but realized that they will not be able to deliver them all in one go. According to the small releases principle, what should be their best approach?

Correct Answer: The team should prioritize the features based on their business value and user impact and plan to deliver them in multiple small releases.

The small releases principle encourages delivering features in smaller, manageable increments, which allows for quicker feedback, better software quality and reduced risk. This principle is based on delivering the features that have higher business value and user impact first. This way, even if the team cannot deliver all features at once, the most crucial ones are already in the users' hands, providing value. The answer suggesting the delivery of all features at once disregards this approach and can lead to overstretched timelines and compromised software quality. The response suggesting overtime work also does not conform with the principle's spirit, as it encourages sustainable work rather than crunch periods. The approach of delivering only minor features first may delay delivering significant value to the users, hence is also not preferred.

Question 2

During a project demo, stakeholders suggested some changes to the software, but the project team has a tight schedule for the next release. How should the project team best address the requested changes?

Correct Answer: Add the suggested changes to the product backlog and consider them for prioritization in the next iteration

The correct approach is to add the suggested changes to the product backlog and prioritize them for the next iteration. This allows the project to take stakeholder feedback into account, while still focusing on delivering value in small releases.

Question 3

Your project team completed a release and some improvements were suggested while gathering user feedback. What's the best approach for handling these improvements when using Agile and small releases?

Correct Answer: Include the improvements in the product backlog, prioritize, and implement them in the next iterations

When using Agile and small releases, the correct approach is to include improvements in the product backlog, prioritize them based on value and complexity, and implement them in the next iterations. This ensures continuous improvement and timely delivery of valuable software.

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