MoSCoW prioritization and WSJF explained for the CAPM

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1. To build consensus, a team sorts the items in its backlog and roadmap into must haves, should haves, could haves and items it has agreed not to do. Which technique is used?

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   Your answerA.Affinity diagramAn affinity diagram groups similar ideas together; it does not assign must, should, could or will-not categories.Your answerB.Prioritisation quadrantGOV.UK suggests a prioritisation quadrant to make sure different kinds of work get prioritised, not to sort items into must, should, could and will-not haves.Your answerC.Story mappingStory mapping arranges stories under user activities and orders them by priority down the map; the four named categories are MoSCoW.The answerD.MoSCoW methodGOV.UK says the MoSCoW method is useful for building consensus within a team: it breaks the items in the backlog and roadmap into must haves, should haves, could haves and will not haves.

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2. The product backlog of a live government service holds user stories for new features, support tickets and tasks to address technical debt. The team wants each type of work to get enough attention when it orders the backlog. Which tool can be used?

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   Your answerA.Dot votingDot voting shows which items a group thinks matter. It does nothing to make sure support tickets and technical debt are not crowded out by features.The answerB.Prioritisation quadrantGOV.UK's guidance on deciding priorities says a backlog holds more than new features, such as support tickets and technical-debt tasks, and that it is important to prioritise more than just feature work.Your answerC.MoSCoW methodMoSCoW is a familiar way to order a backlog, so it is tempting. GOV.UK presents it as a way to build consensus within the team; for making sure each type of work gets enough attention it points to a prioritisation quadrant.Your answerD.User story mappingStory mapping lays out user stories along the user's activities. Support tickets and technical-debt tasks are not part of that map.

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   It suggests something like a prioritisation quadrant to make sure enough different types of work are prioritised.

   Written from www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile-delivery/deciding-on-priorities

3. A SAFe Agile Release Train orders its backlog for maximum economic benefit by dividing each item's relative cost of delay by its relative duration. Which technique is used?

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   Your answerA.2 by 2 gridA 2 by 2 grid helps people place ideas by, for example, impact and effort, but it is not SAFe's model that divides cost of delay by job duration.The answerB.Weighted Shortest Job FirstSAFe defines Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) as a prioritization model used to sequence work for maximum economic benefit, estimated as the relative cost of delay divided by the relative job duration.Your answerC.Critical path methodThe critical path method finds the longest path through a schedule; it does not order a backlog.Your answerD.KJ-TechniqueGOV.UK lists the KJ-Technique as a way to group and prioritise topics in a workshop; SAFe's cost-of-delay model is WSJF.

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