When preparing for the workshop, which 2 items should the Workshop Facilitator be provided with?
Using the project timeline given in the Project Scenario, answer the following question about application of Timeboxing on the Hoy Hall project.
Lines 1 to 5 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies.
Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Assertion :
1. All internal works to be assigned to Timber Tigers throughout the project should be consolidated into one Structured Timebox.
BECAUSE
The Investigation step within each Structured Timebox requires everyone working within the team to jointly agree how the requirements of the Timebox will be met.
2. Acceptance criteria for the front rooms to be developed in Timebox A should be described in detail and agreed during the Timebox Kick-Off
BECAUSE
The aim of the Investigation step within each Timebox is to complete as much of
the development work as possible.
3. It is appropriate that both the Evolutionary Development phase and Deployment phase are shown in the first Project Increment.
BECAUSE
Each Timebox should comprise an Evolutionary Development phase and
Deployment phase.
4. It is appropriate that the outputs of Timebox C are scheduled for deployment at the end of the first Project Increment.
BECAUSE
A typical Timebox Plan should provide a schedule of high-level activities for the
imminent Project Increment.
5. It is appropriate that Earth Excavations create a detailed plan of activities they will complete during Timebox C.
Reason
BECAUSE
The Solution Development Team is responsible for planning the detail of all the
work of each Timebox.
Once the change of priority has been approved, who is then responsible for including the requirement for a secondary exit from the upstairs of the building to the Timebox
Plan for Timebox B?
Answer the following question about how risks will be reduced on the Hoy Hall Hotel project through successful application of the DSDM Principles.
Column 1 lists a selection of project risks identified on the Hoy Hall Hotel project. Column 2 is a list of the DSDM Principles. For each risk in Column 1, select from Column
2 the DSDM Principle which, if applied appropriately, would MOST help to reduce or mitigate that risk.
Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.
The Business Sponsor threatened to stop funding if there was no evidence of tangible progress. To reduce this risk, the Business Sponsor was invited to several walk-
rounds of the new bedroom and en-suite bathroom facilities throughout the project.
Is this an appropriate application of Agile Project Management for this project?
Using the Project Scenario and the additional information provided for
this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following questions
about Feasibility.
Remember to limit your answers to the number of selections requested in each
question.
Which 2 statements describe the appropriate application of Agile Project
Management when developing the Delivery Plan?
During Refinement in Timebox B, a Review Session was scheduled for the Business Visionary to review the products completed during this Timebox, and to agree what
needed to be done before these would be acceptable.
Is this an appropriate application of Agile Project Management for this project?
Using the Project Scenario and the additional information provided for
this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following questions
about Feasibility.
Remember to limit your answers to the number of selections requested in each
question.
Which 2 statements describe the appropriate application of Agile Project
Management when developing the Feasibility Assessment?
Which 2 statements explain why the Timber Tigers' Site Manager would be an appropriate Solution Developer?
Which 2 statements describe the appropriate application of Agile Project Management when developing the Prioritised Requirements List during Feasibility?
How should the lack of provision of a fire escape from the upstairs of the building in Timebox B initially be dealt with?
Answer the following questions about the acceptance criteria within the project.
Decide whether the approach to setting and using acceptance criteria has been applied appropriately and select the response that supports your decision.
At the beginning of Solution Development Timebox A, the Timebox is being
planned in detail. Although Foundations was conducted at a high level, the
Prioritised Requirements List was baselined. Now the Solution Development
Team is setting detailed acceptance criteria against each requirement.
Is this an appropriate approach to setting detailed acceptance criteria?
Which 2 actions should the Workshop Facilitator take when preparing for the workshop?
What action should the Project Manager take to plan the deployment activities?
To ensure that the UniCo change programme is successful, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) knows that correctly assigning the key change roles will be essential.
Which 2 statements BEST explain why the IT Support Manager is appropriate for the role of change agent for the change programme?
Using the additional information provided for this question in the
Scenario Booklet, answer the following question about using Kotter's
eight-processes cyclical model. This model is being used for planning
and leading the change required to rebrand and reposition UniCo in the
market place.
Lines 1 to 4 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason
statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E,
that applies. Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.
As time goes by, there is an increase in Customer Services staff asking questions about how their skills development will be supported under the new structure and how they will influence decisions about the projects they will be assigned to work on.
Which is the MOST appropriate response from the Customer Service Director?
Which statement should be recorded under the High-level timing considerations heading?
The Change Manager is discussing the relocation of the Selco staff to the UniCo office with the Operations Director. They are using the SCARF framework of people's social experience to guide management actions. Answer the following questions about the use of David Rock’s SCARF framework to increase the motivation for change.
One aim of the relocation is to develop a less hierarchical culture. The relocation team hear that staff believe managers are still getting special treatment in the allocation of desks. To mitigate this concern, they have planned for groups to move separately over a few weeks and have communicated details with each group independently.
Is this an appropriate approach to reward the brain in the need for ‘fairness,’ and why?
Which statement should be recorded under the High-level change approach heading?
Which information could be recorded on an ‘empathy map’ for the marketing staff?
The Applications Manager, who is already very busy, is proposed as a Change Agent.
Which action by the Change Manager is MOST likely to make this department's change agent role effective?
The Change Manager is discussing the relocation of the Selco staff to the UniCo office with the Operations Director. They are using the SCARF framework of people's social experience to guide management actions. Answer the following questions about the use of David Rock's SCARF framework to increase the motivation for change.
Some of the employees of UniCo are unhappy that they have been given no choice in losing additional leisure space to accommodate the transferred Selco employees. The Change Manager has arranged for affected members to meet with the Selco employees at a social lunch.
Is this an appropriate approach to reward the brain in the need for 'autonomy,' and why?
Awareness of the new processes in the Customer Services department is good, but so far there has been little progress on implementation with the majority of staff.
Which approach is LEAST likely to build momentum for the changes?
Using the information provided in the additional information, answer the following question on building a change analytics strategy.
Are the measures and source data to be monitored by the Human Resources and Facilities Manager likely to have any of the limitations of data analytics?
Which participant characteristic is likely to be the MOST appropriate to the success of a workshop to design a process?
The Customer Services Director has announced the new structure at a large presentation for all Customer Services staff. The scale and design of the change have surprised many of the staff.
In the weeks immediately following the Customer Services Director’s initial presentation, there have been rumors of the Help Desk staff talking unhappily in small groups, with blame directed at "the management" for a recent period of poor performance of the department.
Which approach is the MOST appropriate way for the Customer Services Director to create early involvement in the change?
Using the additional information provided for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following question about the actions the Sales Director should
take to develop an effective Sales management team, according to the five dysfunctions that characterize an ineffective team identified by Patrick Lencioni.
Lines 1 to 4 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies.
Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.
An external web developer is to be contracted to create the new coffee bar
insurance area on the existing web site. The chosen web developer will only
agree to work on a 'fixed price for a fixed specification' contract.
What action should the Project Manager take?
Which 2 actions should the Project Manager take to implement the new Must
Have requirement?
Xan Insurance Company operates from one location - a large, open-plan
office in the centre of a city. Those employees that will be working within the
Solution Development Team are all based in this office but work at different
ends of the office in separate departments.
What action should the Project Manager suggest to ensure the most effective
collaboration of the Solution Development Team?
Time is running short and the Must Have requirements for the data entry screen
of the web page, as recorded in the Prioritised Requirements List, are not going
to be completed on time.
What action should the Project Manager take?
Which 2 statements represent appropriate entries for the Prioritised
Requirements List?
Which 2 statements represent appropriate entries for the Development
Approach Definition?
Answer the following questions about the DSDM Lifecycle.
Decide if each observation is an appropriate application of Agile Project Management for
this project and select the option that supports your decision.
When the project was in the Feasibility phase it was initially proposed by the Finance
Manager that it was a fixed price for a fixed specification' project. The Project Manager
has decided that the best way to tackle it would be to leave the development of the least
valuable features of the product until last.
Is this an appropriate application of the DSDM lifecycle?
The Marketing Director has insisted that detailed requirements for the new
coffee bar insurance web pages should be clearly defined in the early phases
of the project.
What action should the Project Manager take?
The Solution Development Team are progressing through the first Structured
Timebox.
What should the Project Manager do to lead the team at this time?
Several of the web developers working on the project have no Agile
experience. When answering the questions in the Project Approach
Questionnaire (PAQ), the Project Manager could not agree with the statement
'all members of the project understand and accept the DSDM approach'.
What action should the Project Manager take?
The Business Ambassador assigned to the project is only available 2 days a
week. The Project Manager has stated that the Investigation stage for each
Timebox should, where possible, be planned around the availability of the
Business Ambassador.
Is this an appropriate application of the DSDM lifecycle?
Answer the following questions about actions to be taken by different
roles.
The Business Sponsor has decided that the new coffee shop insurance
product website pages will include the financial transaction functionality to
support the end-to-end sales process. The Business Sponsor views this as a
valuable sales tool, enabling customers to pay for insurance policies online. If
successful, this new financial transaction functionality is to be made available
across all other insurance products. This is a new Must Have requirement.
All parties are to be invited to a workshop to discuss the additional work
required to deliver the required solution including the new Must Have
requirement. The areas to be discussed include specialist skills required and
possible legal, financial and technical standards to be adhered to.
Remember to limit your answers to the number of selections requested in
each question.
Which 2 actions should the Business Sponsor take to implement the new Must
Have requirement?