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Please work through each problem and help me understand all steps All questions 1,2,3 and 4. please show math for each question. Background All the

Please work through each problem and help me understand all steps

All questions 1,2,3 and 4. please show math for each question.

Background

All the questions in this homework are related to work at 2Technology, Inc. You are the project manager for the first (v1.0) release of 2's latest product, ChordArc.

The software team that will be working on this product is the "Avengers" development team. The Avengers operate using the Scrum model with 2-week sprints. Each sprint includes 10 working days; sprints start on a Monday and finish on the Friday of the second week.

The questions in this assignment are sequential and happen at specific dates.

Instructions

Question 1: Product Release Estimation (December 1, 2023)

Before starting coding on the project, the product manager worked with all their stakeholders to show a product backlog of the required user stories for v1.0 of ChordArc. This included meeting with the lead engineer on the team to come up with t-shirt size estimates for all of the user stories.

Product Estimates:

Rank

User Story

T-Shirt Size

1

US1

M

2

US2

M

3

US3

L

4

US4

S

5

US5

XXL

6

US6

M

7

US7

M

8

US8

M

9

US9

S

10

US10

L

11

US11

M

12

US12

M

13

US13

XXL

14

US14

L

15

US15

L

16

US16

L

17

Accessibility Plan

S

18

Prefs Dialog

M

19

DB Table

M

20

Tutorial

M

21

Payment Pipeline

XL

22

Installer

M

23

US23

XS

24

US24

S

25

US25

XXL

26

US26

XL

27

US27

M

The t-shirt sizes were based on the following timetable:

T Shirt Sizes:

Shirt

XS

S

M

L

XL

XXL

FTE-estimate-weeks

week

1 week

2 weeks

3 weeks

4 weeks

6 weeks

  1. Based on the above data, what is the total FTE-estimate-weeks for the entire project?
  2. The team plans to start working on the product on January 8, 2024 (which is in the future). Your boss has asked for a date when you will release the product. Why is the information up to this point not sufficient to provide a projected completion date?

Question 2:Team Burn down chart (February 26, 2024)

Time has passed:

  • Coding on ChordArc started as planned on January 8, 2024.
  • The team started their 4th sprint on February 19, 2024. At sprint planning, the team committed to 6 user stories which they broke into 44 tasks with initial bean estimates per task based on planning poker.
  • The team is currently exactly halfway through its fourth sprint. To be specific, it is first thing Monday morning, just after the daily standup, and the team just provided the scrum master (you) with their updated progress about what they did on Friday.

In the following chart:

  • Tasks that were taken on by an engineer have initials in the owner column.
  • The first remaining effort estimate after an engineer started on a task is underlined.
  • All numbers after an engineer started on a task represent the engineer's updated estimate as of daily standup.
  • A zero means the task was completed.
  • The team bid the sprint based on a velocity of 420 beans for the sprint (42 beans per day).

Sprint Table:

User Story

Rank

Task

Owner

Est

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

Accessibility Plan

6

Research

13

13

13

13

13

13

Accessibility Plan

6

Scoping

13

13

13

13

13

13

Accessibility Plan

6

Ranking

8

8

8

8

8

8

Accessibility Plan

6

User Story Creation

5

5

5

5

5

5

Prefs Dialog

3

Deep Design

EE

21

15

19

5

0

0

Prefs Dialog

3

Dialog Layout

EE

13

13

13

13

13

13

Prefs Dialog

3

Model Structure

EE

13

13

13

13

13

3

Prefs Dialog

3

Tab Controls

3

3

3

3

3

3

Prefs Dialog

3

Data Validation

5

5

5

5

5

5

Prefs Dialog

3

Unit Tests

5

5

5

5

5

5

DB Table

1

Table Design

CC

21

21

16

0

0

0

DB Table

1

Table Build

CC

8

8

8

6

0

0

DB Table

1

Table APIs

CC

5

5

5

5

2

0

DB Table

1

Input Filters

CC

8

8

8

8

8

1

DB Table

1

Consistency Tests

8

8

8

8

8

8

DB Table

1

Speed Tests

8

8

8

8

8

8

DB Table

1

Unit Tests

8

8

8

8

8

8

DB Table

1

App integration

21

21

21

21

21

21

Tutorial

4

Screen 1

BB

5

0

0

0

0

0

Tutorial

4

Screen 2

BB

3

0

0

0

0

0

Tutorial

4

Screen 3

BB

13

13

4

0

0

0

Tutorial

4

Screen 4

BB

8

8

8

8

8

4

Tutorial

4

Screen 5

BB

21

21

21

15

5

0

Tutorial

4

Screen 6

2

2

2

2

2

2

Tutorial

4

Pathway Nav.

5

5

5

5

5

5

Tutorial

4

Unit Tests

8

8

8

8

8

8

Payment Pipeline

2

Deep Design

DD

21

9

0

0

0

0

Payment Pipeline

2

DB Fields/APIs

DD

13

13

12

3

0

0

Payment Pipeline

2

Fraud API Integ.

AA

8

8

8

8

8

8

Payment Pipeline

2

Address API Integ.

DD

5

5

5

5

0

0

Payment Pipeline

2

Processing API Integ.

DD

21

21

21

21

21

5

Payment Pipeline

2

Load Tests

13

13

13

13

13

13

Payment Pipeline

2

Address UX

8

8

8

8

8

8

Payment Pipeline

2

Pmt. Method UX

8

8

8

8

8

8

Payment Pipeline

2

Confirmation UX

2

2

2

2

2

2

Payment Pipeline

2

Save CC Dialog

5

5

5

5

5

5

Payment Pipeline

2

Save Addr. Dialog

5

5

5

5

5

5

Payment Pipeline

2

Unit Tests

21

21

21

21

21

21

Installer

5

Learn Install App

AA

13

7

5

0

0

0

Installer

5

Flow design

AA

8

8

8

1

0

0

Installer

5

Implementation

AA

8

8

8

8

4

0

Installer

5

Happy Path Tests

AA

2

2

2

2

2

0

Installer

5

Unhappy path tests

AA

8

8

8

8

8

4

Your tasks:

  1. Show a sprint table in Excel (by copying the above table) that you can use to calculate & track daily progress. You do not need to copy this to your Word/PDF document.
  2. In your Word/PDF, document, how many beans did the team burn down on each of the first 5 days?
  3. Show a sprint burndown graph (line chart) in Excel to track progress for the entire sprint. Graph both the actual daily sprint progress (for days that have passed) and ideal burndown (for all days in the sprint) based on the team's predicted velocity. Copy this to your Word/PDF file.
  4. Is the sprint on track, ahead, or behind? How do you know?

Question 3: Team velocity (February 26, 2024)

Here is the data from the first three completed sprints on this project:

Sprint 1:

User Story

Estimated Beans

Finished?

Remaining Beans

US1

75

Yes

US2

48

Yes

US3

133

Yes

US4

21

Yes

US5

164

Yes

US6

99

No

99

Sprint 2:

User Story

Estimated Beans

Finished?

Remaining Beans

US6

99

Yes

US7

51

Yes

US8

95

Yes

US9

57

No

57

US10

132

Yes

US11

41

Yes

Sprint 3:

User Story

Estimated Beans

Finished?

Remaining Beans

US9

57

Yes

US12

81

Yes

US13

198

No

51

US14

141

Yes

US15

102

No

77

US16

119

Yes

  1. As mentioned above, the team thinks its velocity is 42 beans per day. Using the data from the first 3 sprints, do you agree? Explain.

Question 4: Product velocity(February 26, 2024)

Using all of the data provided so far in this assignment:

  1. Calculate the Avengers team's backlog velocity (in FTE-estimate-weeks per sprint). Use the task-based model for calculating team velocity.
  2. Show a product backlog burndown graph (line chart) in Excel to track progress for the entire project. Show both per-sprint progress (for the first three completed sprints) and ideal burndown (for sprints 4 and beyond) based on the team's velocity from (B).
  3. Using all of the data provided so far in this assignment, what date would you provide senior leadership for when the project will be complete? Justify your answer.

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