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Engineering Practice/Systems & practice

Agile Delivery

4 micro-topics in Engineering Practice, each with the evidence that proves you have it and the written reason behind every link. Before you start, it rests on 1 other domain. Nothing in the map rests on it yet — it is a leaf.

4 topics  ·  depth 0–2 of 16  ·  3 internal links  ·  1 in  ·  0 out

Before you start

Load-bearing links first. Each one says what in this domain rests on what outside it, and why.

Requirements

1 link

supporting

Explain agile principles rests on Write user stories with acceptance criteria

The practices make sense once you have written the artifact they produce.

What you will be able to do

In prerequisite order. Each idea names the artifact that closes it, the market demand that put it on the map, and what it stands on.

Depth 0  ·  conceptual  ·  unassisted  ·  M07 §7.3

Explain agile principles

Knows what the practices are for

Evidence
Distinguishes a ceremony's purpose from its ritual
Market anchor
Agile
Rests on
supporting

Write user stories with acceptance criteria · Requirements

The practices make sense once you have written the artifact they produce.

Depth 1  ·  meta  ·  unassisted  ·  M07 §7.3

Work in sprints

Participates in planning, standup and retro

Evidence
Completes a sprint with a demonstrable increment
Market anchor
Scrum · Agile
Rests on
load-bearing

Explain agile principles

Ceremonies are instances of the principles.

Depth 1  ·  meta  ·  unassisted  ·  M07 §7.3

Run a kanban board with WIP limits

Manages flow rather than assignment

Evidence
Keeps work in progress under the limit for a full cycle
Market anchor
Kanban · project management
Rests on
load-bearing

Explain agile principles

Flow management is an application of the principles.

Depth 2  ·  meta  ·  guided  ·  M07 §7.3

Estimate and track velocity

Sizes work and reads a burndown honestly

Evidence
Produces an estimate and reviews the variance after
Market anchor
Agile
Rests on
load-bearing

Work in sprints

Estimation happens inside planning.

What rests on this domain

Everything downstream that names an idea here as a prerequisite, grouped by where it lives.

Nothing in the map rests on this domain yet — it is a leaf.

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