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Questions # 1:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 1a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 1a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 1a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 1an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 1the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 1back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 1fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 1

Marketing - Additional information

The marketing campaign has two key areas to promote:

1. The event itself including the football tournament, event village and fundraising activities.

2. The LGA's long term aim to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16.

The Marketing Team has received some initial Scrum training but is unsure how it can be applied to their marketing work.

The Marketing Team is keen that the project manager provides them with a clear brief for the campaign before they spend too much time on it.

They have experience of working with a variety of marketing channels, although they are not sure which channel(s) will work most effectively to promote this type of event, and in particular to promote the LGA's longer term health aims.

The Marketing Team is not clear on the priority to assign to the two aims for the event.

The Marketing Team will publish advertisements and/or promotional material every week, with more information in each issue to keep the message up to date.

Nine releases are scheduled at the end of each of the nine week-long timeboxes.

The nine timeboxes within the marketing work stream are scheduled to include:

Question # 1advertisements:

Question # 1a radio interview;

Question # 1production of a hand-out/flyer;

Question # 1banners and signs to put up around the town and at the event;

Question # 1the provision of a website and social media content;

Question # 1promotional posters to be displayed by local businesses.

Using the Project Scenario and Marketing Additional information, answer the following question:

Nine timeboxes are scheduled for the marketing work.

Which baseline product is MOST relevant for defining which marketing product will be released in each timebox?

Options:

A.

Business case.


B.

Project product description.


C.

Project brief.


D.

Work package.


Expert Solution
Questions # 2:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 2a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 2a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 2a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 2an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 2the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 2back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 2fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 2

Website - Additional information

A new website will be built for the event. There are five work packages within this product:

1. Initial homepage:

Question # 2Website showing the event details, competition rules, etc.

2. Team Registration functionality:

Question # 2team name, player's names and ages;

Question # 2contact information;

Question # 2payment;

Question # 2lunch pack requirements (includes any special dietary needs);

Question # 2car parking requirements.

3. Social media promoting the event and its aims.

4. Applications (apps) to promote healthy lifestyles including fitness and healthy eating apps.

5. Health Park:

Question # 2An online knowledge base about healthy lifestyles that includes a discussion forum.

The Website Team have a lot of experience in IT and have been using agile for several years. They are delivering the website through five two-week timeboxes. The team uses a Scrum Master to facilitate and the Scrum process and coach people accordingly.

The Website Team are very good at Scrum. They have created a set of tasks to assess more difficult work and they refer to this as sprint zero.

Using the Project Scenario and Website Additional information, answer the following question:

The project manager is creating the stage plan for Stage 3. The project manager is trying to incorporate the Team Registration work package into the stage plan.

How should the stage plan be produced?

Options:

A.

Using the velocity from the previous stage, working together with the Scrum Master and team members.


B.

By the project manager, after discussing which website user stories should be delivered.


C.

Using rationalism to estimate the effort to deliver the website sprints during the stage.


D.

By pulling website tasks from the backlog dynamically into the work package as soon as there is capacity.


Expert Solution
Questions # 3:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 3a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 3a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 3a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 3an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 3the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 3back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 3fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 3

Event Village - Additional information

The aim of the event village is to provide a range of services and activities for anyone attending the football tournament.

The event village will comprise a number of work packages:

1. Event village design

2. A 'kids-zone' which includes trampolines and swings, as well as the opportunity to try out other sporting activities

3. Stalls which will be sold to local businesses to raise funds for the event:

Question # 3Refreshment stalls within a large food tent. The LGA is keen to promote the culinary diversity of the town whilst adhering to the objective of eating healthily.

Question # 3There are 30 vendor stalls selling products related to the event.

Question # 3The LGA has five stalls to promote their longer term aims and to demonstrate current and future initiatives.

4. A car park for 200 cars.

5. Temporary facilities including changing rooms, toilets and shower facilities.

6. Dismantling of the event village and clean up.

The Event Village Team is assembled using staff from various LGA departments who have no experience of working with agile.

Using the Project Scenario and Event Village Additional information, answer the following question:

The project manager used the Agilometer to assess the prevailing agile environment and, consequently, took action to improve the low score achieved on the 'flexibility on what is delivered' slider.

When should the project manager undertake a further assessment in order to determine if further action is required to increase the slider score?

Options:

A.

Sprint review.


B.

Sprint retrospective.


C.

Release retrospective.


D.

Project retrospective.


Expert Solution
Questions # 4:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 4a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 4a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 4a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 4an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 4the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 4back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 4fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 4

Marketing - Additional information

The marketing campaign has two key areas to promote:

1. The event itself including the football tournament, event village and fundraising activities.

2. The LGA's long term aim to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16.

The Marketing Team has received some initial Scrum training but is unsure how it can be applied to their marketing work.

The Marketing Team is keen that the project manager provides them with a clear brief for the campaign before they spend too much time on it.

They have experience of working with a variety of marketing channels, although they are not sure which channel(s) will work most effectively to promote this type of event, and in particular to promote the LGA's longer term health aims.

The Marketing Team is not clear on the priority to assign to the two aims for the event.

The Marketing Team will publish advertisements and/or promotional material every week, with more information in each issue to keep the message up to date.

Nine releases are scheduled at the end of each of the nine week-long timeboxes.

The nine timeboxes within the marketing work stream are scheduled to include:

Question # 4advertisements:

Question # 4a radio interview;

Question # 4production of a hand-out/flyer;

Question # 4banners and signs to put up around the town and at the event;

Question # 4the provision of a website and social media content;

Question # 4promotional posters to be displayed by local businesses.

Using the Project Scenario and Marketing Additional information, answer the following question:

The project manager has agreed that the 'Mission Control' room will have an issue register on the wall for project issues and all teams will display their own issue register on their own team wall as well.

Which BEST explains if this approach is suitable?

Options:

A.

The issue registers may be difficult to keep synchronized across the teams so this should be avoided.


B.

Each team will be able to physically log and update issues during their daily stand-ups.


C.

A more formal approach would encourage issues to be raised that might otherwise be missed.


D.

A spreadsheet that all teams have access to would be a more agile way of working.


Expert Solution
Questions # 5:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 5a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 5a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 5a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 5an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 5the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 5back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 5fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 5

Event Village - Additional information

The aim of the event village is to provide a range of services and activities for anyone attending the football tournament.

The event village will comprise a number of work packages:

1. Event village design

2. A 'kids-zone' which includes trampolines and swings, as well as the opportunity to try out other sporting activities

3. Stalls which will be sold to local businesses to raise funds for the event:

Question # 5Refreshment stalls within a large food tent. The LGA is keen to promote the culinary diversity of the town whilst adhering to the objective of eating healthily.

Question # 5There are 30 vendor stalls selling products related to the event.

Question # 5The LGA has five stalls to promote their longer term aims and to demonstrate current and future initiatives.

4. A car park for 200 cars.

5. Temporary facilities including changing rooms, toilets and shower facilities.

6. Dismantling of the event village and clean up.

The Event Village Team is assembled using staff from various LGA departments who have no experience of working with agile.

Using the Project Scenario and Event Village Additional information, answer the following question:

The car park must have space for the following:

Question # 530 vendor stall vehicles

Question # 58 VIP visitors

Question # 510 officials

Question # 52 Emergency Services vehicles

Which statement is most likely to be included in the project product description under the heading Customer's Quality Expectations?

Options:

A.

There will be sufficient car parking for all event visitors and officials.


B.

There are 50 parking spaces available for pre-allocated parking.


C.

48 'standard' parking spaces and 2 larger spaces for emergency services vehicles.


D.

Car parking spaces need to be 2.4 metres by 4.8 metres.


Expert Solution
Questions # 6:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 6a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 6a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 6a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 6an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 6the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 6back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 6fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 6

Marketing - Additional information

The marketing campaign has two key areas to promote:

1. The event itself including the football tournament, event village and fundraising activities.

2. The LGA's long term aim to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16.

The Marketing Team has received some initial Scrum training but is unsure how it can be applied to their marketing work.

The Marketing Team is keen that the project manager provides them with a clear brief for the campaign before they spend too much time on it.

They have experience of working with a variety of marketing channels, although they are not sure which channel(s) will work most effectively to promote this type of event, and in particular to promote the LGA's longer term health aims.

The Marketing Team is not clear on the priority to assign to the two aims for the event.

The Marketing Team will publish advertisements and/or promotional material every week, with more information in each issue to keep the message up to date.

Nine releases are scheduled at the end of each of the nine week-long timeboxes.

The nine timeboxes within the marketing work stream are scheduled to include:

Question # 6advertisements:

Question # 6a radio interview;

Question # 6production of a hand-out/flyer;

Question # 6banners and signs to put up around the town and at the event;

Question # 6the provision of a website and social media content;

Question # 6promotional posters to be displayed by local businesses.

Using the Project Scenario and Marketing Additional information, answer the following question:

The senior user has specified a second charity to which any proceeds should be donated. All marketing material to be used from now onwards must promote the new charity. Banners promoting only the first charity have already been produced, delivered and approved in a previous timebox. The effort to add the new logo to the existing banners is low.

How should the Marketing Team respond to this change with respect to the banners already created?

Options:

A.

Handle it at the detailed level using the quality criteria in the product description for the banner.


B.

Treat it as an item NOT meeting the specification which the banner supplier should rectify.


C.

Escalate it to the project board as a request to change the detail of an existing product.


D.

Address it when planning and prioritizing the work in the current or next timebox.


Expert Solution
Questions # 7:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 7a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 7a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 7a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 7an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 7the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 7back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 7fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 7

Marketing - Additional information

The marketing campaign has two key areas to promote:

1. The event itself including the football tournament, event village and fundraising activities.

2. The LGA's long term aim to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16.

The Marketing Team has received some initial Scrum training but is unsure how it can be applied to their marketing work.

The Marketing Team is keen that the project manager provides them with a clear brief for the campaign before they spend too much time on it.

They have experience of working with a variety of marketing channels, although they are not sure which channel(s) will work most effectively to promote this type of event, and in particular to promote the LGA's longer term health aims.

The Marketing Team is not clear on the priority to assign to the two aims for the event.

The Marketing Team will publish advertisements and/or promotional material every week, with more information in each issue to keep the message up to date.

Nine releases are scheduled at the end of each of the nine week-long timeboxes.

The nine timeboxes within the marketing work stream are scheduled to include:

Question # 7advertisements:

Question # 7a radio interview;

Question # 7production of a hand-out/flyer;

Question # 7banners and signs to put up around the town and at the event;

Question # 7the provision of a website and social media content;

Question # 7promotional posters to be displayed by local businesses.

Using the Project Scenario and Marketing Additional information, answer the following question:

Many Marketing Team members were expressing frustration that some members of the team had worked only on specific products and had not helped in the delivery of others. Therefore, the Marketing Team produced a Glad! Sad! Mad! board during a recent retrospective.

Which statement explains why this approach to identifying issues is appropriate for the 'controlling a stage' process?

Options:

A.

A retrospective should identity all areas of improvement that should be actioned by a team.


B.

Glad! Sad! Mad! is a feedback technique that focuses on feelings and helps to identify improvements.


C.

Glad! Sad! Mad! is a feedback technique used in a retrospective to monitor the progress of a team.


D.

The retrospective empowers the delivery teams to work with a visual approach durinq a timebox.


Expert Solution
Questions # 8:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 8a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 8a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 8a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 8an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 8the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 8back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 8fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre oftown has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 8

Website - Additional information

A new website will be built for the event. There are five work packages within this product:

1. Initial homepage:

Question # 8Website showing the event details, competition rules, etc.

2. Team Registration functionality:

Question # 8team name, player's names and ages;

Question # 8contact information;

Question # 8payment;

Question # 8lunch pack requirements (includes any special dietary needs);

Question # 8car parking requirements.

3. Social media promoting the event and its aims.

4. Applications (apps) to promote healthy lifestyles including fitness and healthy eating apps.

5. Health Park:

Question # 8An online knowledge base about healthy lifestyles that includes a discussion forum.

The Website Team have a lot of experience in IT and have been using agile for several years. They are delivering the website through five two-week timeboxes. The team uses a Scrum Master to facilitate and the Scrum process and coach people accordingly.

The Website Team are very good at Scrum. They have created a set of tasks to assess more difficult work and they refer to this as sprint zero.

Using the Project Scenario and Website Additional information, answer the following question:

During the Apps and Social Media timebox in Stage 4, the LGA made a request for the customer subject matter expert to be allowed to return to operational work, in order to resolve an urgent problem. This request was successfully resisted by the executive.

At the subsequent retrospective, the following observation was made:

'The stability of the Website Team during the sprint contributed to delivery of all Must Haves and 3 out of the 4 Should Haves.'

How should this observation be captured?

Options:

A.

In the daily log by the project manager following the retrospective.


B.

In the highlight report produced along with a burn-down chart.


C.

In the risk register reflecting the level of risk associated with team instability.


D.

In the lessons log displayed on the team information radiator.


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Questions # 9:

Project scenario - Get fit with football!

(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)

Introduction

A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.

Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family members are asked to attend to provide support.

This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although space is somewhat limited.

Scope

The initial scope of the project includes:

Question # 9a marketing campaign to promote the event;

Question # 9a celebrity to open the event;

Question # 9a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;

Question # 9an event village to support the 'family day out';

Question # 9the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;

Question # 9back-office processes to handle the applications;

Question # 9fundraising to cover the cost of the event.

The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:

1. Marketing

2. Website

3. Event Village

4. Staff Training

Project Background

The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says 'Mission Control'.

Timeline

An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into work packages and/or timeboxes.

Question # 9

Website - Additional information

A new website will be built for the event. There are five work packages within this product:

1. Initial homepage:

Question # 9Website showing the event details, competition rules, etc.

2. Team Registration functionality:

Question # 9team name, player's names and ages;

Question # 9contact information;

Question # 9payment;

Question # 9lunch pack requirements (includes any special dietary needs);

Question # 9car parking requirements.

3. Social media promoting the event and its aims.

4. Applications (apps) to promote healthy lifestyles including fitness and healthy eating apps.

5. Health Park:

Question # 9An online knowledge base about healthy lifestyles that includes a discussion forum.

The Website Team have a lot of experience in IT and have been using agile for several years. They are delivering the website through five two-week timeboxes. The team uses a Scrum Master to facilitate and the Scrum process and coach people accordingly.

The Website Team are very good at Scrum. They have created a set of tasks to assess more difficult work and they refer to this as sprint zero.

Using the Project Scenario and Website Additional information, answer the following question:

The Apps and Social Media work package includes the following requirements:

1. Fitness app - Must Have

2. Healthy eating app - Should Have

The burn-down chart is showing an ever-increasing negative gap between the ideal rate of progress and what has actually been delivered. The team manager decided not to deliver the healthy eating app. However, it is still forecast that requirement 1 cannot be completed within the current timebox.

The team manager escalated the issue to the project manager who instructed the team manager to immediately remove the burn-down chart from the information radiator.

What BEST explains how this approach applies the 'manage by exception' principle while taking into account the PRINCE2 Agile behaviours?

Options:

A.

It applies the principle well because the project manager will now decide how to proceed with the issue.


B.

It applies the principle well because the project manager's decision helps the Website Team self-organize within the constraints of the work package.


C.

It applies the principle poorly because the Website Team should be empowered to deal with issues relating to the work package.


D.

It applies the principle poorly because everyone in the Website Team should be aware that the work package is outside of tolerance.


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Questions # 10:

What does PRINCE2 Agile identify as a 'concept'?

Options:

A.

Prioritizing what needs to be delivered.


B.

Trusting and not blaming others.


C.

Setting tolerances for each project objective to establish limits of authority.


D.

Using daily stand-up meetings and user stories.


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