Agile SCRUM Mock Interview

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How does Incremental Development differ from Iterative Development?

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As with any software development methodology, agile SCRUM can be approached in several different ways. This question refers to two different development techniques used within the agile SCRUM process to create a software application. As an agile SCRUM developer, you should be intimately familiar with both of these techniques, be able to discuss each of them, and if asked, state your preference for one or the other. It would be helpful to know which process the organization you are interviewing uses or their preference. You may discover this in the job description or by contacting one of the current members of the software development team.

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"Incremental and iterative development are two processes used within the agile SCRUM methodology. While they are both good development processes, their approach differs. The incremental development processes segment the entire software development process into individual tasks. Each of the tasks is delivered incrementally after the code is fully developed and tested. When compiled together, they result in the finished software project. Iterative development focuses on single development cycles, or sprints and releases, repeated until the final software product is completed. Each iteration incorporates feedback from the testing process, end-users, or other project stakeholders. At each iterative stage, additional functionality is added to the software application."

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30Agile SCRUM Interview Questions & Answers

Technical

1.Can you define what Agile or an Agile Methodology is?

Technical

2.What are some of the essential aspects of the agile process?

Technical

3.Can you discuss the agile manifesto and its fundamental principles?

Operational

4.What, if any, are the disadvantages of utilizing the agile methodology in the software development lifecycle?

Technical

5.What are a burn-up chart and a burn-down chart, and how are they used in the agile SCRUM process?

Operational

6.In the context of an agile methodology, what is the daily stand-up, and what information is discussed?

General

7.What can you tell me about Scrum?

Operational

8.What are the different roles of the team members within the Scrum framework and what are their responsibilities?

Operational

9.Can you provide more details about the responsibilities of the Scrum Master?

Operational

10.Can you discuss agile testing and how it is used in the Scrum process?

Technical

11.What are some of the significant principals of agile testing?

General

12.What are some of the skills a professional agile tester needs to have?

Technical

13.Can you name some other frameworks associated with the agile?

Operational

14.In what circumstances would you recommend the use of Waterfall instead of Scrum as the framework for an agile development project?

Operational

15.Can you provide me some examples of the methodology is you've used while working on agile development projects?

Operational

16.What was the length of a typical sprint in the software development projects on which you have worked?

General

17.What is the most significant difference between agile development and the historic way software has been written?

Operational

18.What is the benefit of using automated testing for agile development projects?

Technical

19.Can you name the four different ceremonies and discuss their importance in Scrum?

Technical

20.Can you discuss what you know about Scrumban and what advantages it provides to an agile project?

Technical

21.Can you discuss some of the impediments to using agile which may delay a project?

Technical

22.Can you define the term increment as it is used within agile scrum?

General

23.We've talked a lot about the advantages of agile. Can you tell me some of the disadvantages?

Technical

24.Can you discuss the concepts of zero sprint and spike within the agile framework?

Operational

25.What is the role of the Scrum Master in an agile project?

Technical

26.What is meant by re-factoring, and how is it used within the agile methodology?

Technical

27.Can you discuss sprint backlog and product backlog and the differences between these two agile terms?

Technical

28.What does the term velocity mean in the context of agile?

Operational

29.How does Incremental Development differ from Iterative Development?

Technical

Agile SCRUM Mock Interview

How does Incremental Development differ from Iterative Development?

30Agile SCRUM Interview Questions & Answers

1.Can you define what Agile or an Agile Methodology is?

2.What are some of the essential aspects of the agile process?

3.Can you discuss the agile manifesto and its fundamental principles?

4.What, if any, are the disadvantages of utilizing the agile methodology in the software development lifecycle?

5.What are a burn-up chart and a burn-down chart, and how are they used in the agile SCRUM process?

6.In the context of an agile methodology, what is the daily stand-up, and what information is discussed?

7.What can you tell me about Scrum?

8.What are the different roles of the team members within the Scrum framework and what are their responsibilities?

9.Can you provide more details about the responsibilities of the Scrum Master?

10.Can you discuss agile testing and how it is used in the Scrum process?

11.What are some of the significant principals of agile testing?

12.What are some of the skills a professional agile tester needs to have?

13.Can you name some other frameworks associated with the agile?

14.In what circumstances would you recommend the use of Waterfall instead of Scrum as the framework for an agile development project?

15.Can you provide me some examples of the methodology is you've used while working on agile development projects?

16.What was the length of a typical sprint in the software development projects on which you have worked?

17.What is the most significant difference between agile development and the historic way software has been written?

18.What is the benefit of using automated testing for agile development projects?

19.Can you name the four different ceremonies and discuss their importance in Scrum?

20.Can you discuss what you know about Scrumban and what advantages it provides to an agile project?

21.Can you discuss some of the impediments to using agile which may delay a project?

22.Can you define the term increment as it is used within agile scrum?

23.We've talked a lot about the advantages of agile. Can you tell me some of the disadvantages?

24.Can you discuss the concepts of zero sprint and spike within the agile framework?

25.What is the role of the Scrum Master in an agile project?

26.What is meant by re-factoring, and how is it used within the agile methodology?

27.Can you discuss sprint backlog and product backlog and the differences between these two agile terms?

28.What does the term velocity mean in the context of agile?

29.How does Incremental Development differ from Iterative Development?

30.What are some of the tools you use to manage your agile development projects?