SKILL BENCHMARK
Software Product Management Proficiency (Advanced Level)
- 23m
- 23 questions
The Software Product Management Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced-level comprehension of software product management. You will be evaluated on your recognition of key Agile best practices for product management and Agile teams, steps and best practices for effective product requirements gathering, and how to structure and use product requirements documentation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates high proficiency in software product management processes, possesses an advanced comprehension of its vocabulary and topics, and can perform software product management independently with minimal supervision.
Topics covered
- describe the INVEST model and how it applies to effective software product requirements gathering
- distinguish between functional and non-functional software product requirements
- distinguish between the types of software product requirements
- distinguish ways to capture user stories including using cards, conversation, and confirmation
- identify best practices for collaborating with clients when gathering software product requirements
- identify considerations for using prototyping to gather software development requirements
- identify key Agile best practices for product management
- identify techniques for gathering software product requirements
- identify the purpose and benefits of integrating user stories when documenting product requirements
- identify the purpose and key characteristics of a product requirements document (PRD)
- identify the purpose and value of documenting product requirements
- identify the steps for effective product requirements gathering
- list best practices when documenting requirements in a product requirements document
- list the activities included in gathering requirements for software product management
- list the key characteristics of Agile software product requirements and how they differ from traditional ones
- outline best practices for Agile teams
- outline common misconceptions about Agile for software product management
- recognize best practices when gathering software product requirements
- recognize common challenges for using Agile for software product management
- recognize key elements of effective product requirement documentation
- recognize the advantages and disadvantages of a PRD
- recognize the importance of close client collaboration when gathering software product requirements
- recognize the purpose and value of software product requirements
