Overview
Scrum
Kanban
XP
Lean
Hybrid
SAFe
LeSS
DA
Spotify
Agile focuses on early and continuous delivery of value through iterative and incremental development. Domain 3 expects you to know how Agile teams plan, execute, measure, and scale — and how this differs from predictive (plan‑driven) approaches.
Agile Mindset & Principles
Agile Manifesto — Values
- Individuals & interactions over processes & tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
Exam cue: “Prefer collaboration/feedback over strict adherence to plan.”
Principles (selected)
- Welcome changing requirements, even late in development
- Deliver working product frequently
- Business & development collaborate daily
- Build around motivated individuals
- Continuous attention to technical excellence
- Simplicity — maximize work not done
- Regularly reflect & adjust (retrospectives)
Technical excellence (XP practices) increases agility.
Empiricism
Transparency → Inspection → Adaptation. Scrum events enforce this loop; Kanban visualizes flow to enable inspection.
Executing (ITTO‑style in Agile Context)
Exam Tips — Agile vs Predictive
Scope- Predictive: Baseline WBS; changes via CCB.
- Agile: Adaptive backlog; re‑order items.
Schedule- Predictive: CPM, baseline tracking.
- Agile: Time‑boxes; velocity‑based forecasting.
Change- Predictive: Formal CRs.
- Agile: Continuous backlog refinement.
Quality- Predictive: QA/QC gates.
- Agile: DoD, test automation, CI/CD.
Risk- Predictive: Plans, registers, reserves.
- Agile: Spikes, prototypes, early delivery.
Leadership- Predictive: Directive PM.
- Agile: Servant leadership.