4.5.16 Glossary (Story Mapping - Team Charter)

Covering backlog visualization, estimation units, team dynamics, and development practices.

• Story Mapping: Technique to visualize user journey and break down features. Practical Context: Helps understand user context and structure the backlog effectively.
• Story Points: Relative unit for estimating user story effort. Practical Context: Common unit for agile estimation, focusing on relative complexity/effort.
• Sustainable Pace: Working at a rate the team can maintain indefinitely. Practical Context: Avoids burnout and promotes long-term quality/productivity.
• SWOT Analysis: Strategic planning tool (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). Practical Context: Useful for project initiation or risk identification.
• T-Shaped Skills: Generalizing specialist profile (broad + deep skills). Practical Context: Ideal profile for cross-functional agile team members, enabling flexibility.
• Tailoring: Adapting approach to context. Practical Context: Critical PM skill; applying PMBOK® requires judgment, not rigidity.
• TDD (Test Driven Development): Writing tests before code. Practical Context: Development practice improving code quality and design by ensuring testability.
• Team Charter: Team agreements on values, norms, processes. Practical Context: Helps the team self-organize and define how they work together.