Free PRINCE2-Agile-Practitioner sample questions

Correct answer: Define a communication strategy in the PID that invests in high-bandwidth video conferencing tools and establishes core collaboration hours.

A low Agilometer score for communication highlights a significant risk. The most appropriate and pragmatic response is to formally address it in the communication management approach within the PID. Investing in tools that facilitate face-to-face (video) interaction and defining core hours for synchronous collaboration directly mitigates the risk of poor communication in a distributed team. Email stand-ups are a poor substitute for rich communication. Full co-location is often prohibitively expensive and impractical. Simply accepting the risk ignores the Agilometer's purpose.

Correct answer: False

False. While agile events like sprint reviews and release planning provide vital input and can make the 'Managing a Stage Boundary' process much leaner, they do not completely replace it. The PRINCE2 process ensures governance by requiring the project manager to report stage performance, update the business case and project plan, and create a plan for the next stage for the project board to formally authorize continued work. These governance activities go beyond the scope of typical agile team-level ceremonies.

Correct answer: By ensuring the team's Definition of Done for the increment explicitly includes meeting the government digital service standards.

The 'Focus on Products' principle is about understanding and defining what needs to be delivered, including the quality criteria. In a Scrum context, the Definition of Done (DoD) is the key mechanism for ensuring quality. By incorporating the mandatory government standards into the DoD, the project manager ensures that every product increment delivered by the team meets these essential, non-negotiable quality criteria, thereby correctly applying the principle in an agile way.

Correct answer: In the PID, define Scope and Benefits as the flexible targets. Propose creating a specific work package for the initial stage to build a minimum viable deployment pipeline, and schedule early, frequent stakeholder workshops to prioritize features using MoSCoW.

This is the most comprehensive and appropriate PRINCE2 Agile approach. It correctly identifies Scope and Benefits as flexible given the fixed Time and Cost. It directly addresses the 'easy to release' risk by creating a work package to improve the deployment process early on. It tackles the 'customer doesn't need everything' risk by instituting a formal, collaborative prioritization process (MoSCoW) through workshops. This strategy proactively manages the identified risks within the project's constraints.

Correct answer: Use Checkpoint Reports from the team manager, focusing on sprint-level progress, to compile a summary for the Highlight Report to the board.

This correctly describes the flow of information in PRINCE2 Agile. The delivery team's progress is captured at a detailed, frequent level (e.g., in Checkpoint Reports or via information radiators). The project manager then synthesizes this information, focusing on progress against stage tolerances and the business case, into a less frequent, higher-level Highlight Report for the project board. This keeps the board informed at the right level of detail.

Correct answer: The Scrum Master role is typically fulfilled by the PRINCE2 Team Manager.

PRINCE2 Agile guidance clearly suggests that the Team Manager role is the most natural fit for a Scrum Master. The Team Manager is responsible for managing the delivery team and ensuring products are created to the required quality, which aligns well with the Scrum Master's responsibilities of facilitating the Scrum process and removing impediments for the delivery team.

Correct answer: Using a timeboxed investigation, known as a spike, to evaluate both technologies.

A spike is a specific type of user story or task that is used to gain knowledge or answer a question, thereby reducing technical or functional uncertainty. It is timeboxed and intended to provide just enough information to make a decision. This is the perfect agile technique for quickly investigating the two technology options to determine feasibility.

Correct answer: The Work Package for the Kanban team should be structured as a list of items to be pulled, rather than a block of work to be completed in a set time.

Kanban is a flow-based system where work is 'pulled' by the team as they have capacity. Therefore, a Work Package for a Kanban team should be framed as a queue of prioritized items that the team can draw from. In contrast, a Work Package for a Scrum team is typically a set of objectives or features to be achieved within a specific timebox (the sprint). The structure reflects the fundamental difference between flow-based and timeboxed agile approaches.

Correct answers: Conducting retrospectives at the end of each sprint or release.; Maintaining and regularly reviewing the PRINCE2 Lessons Log.; Using daily stand-ups to identify and address immediate impediments.

Retrospectives are a core agile practice for reflecting on the process and identifying improvements, directly supporting learning from experience at the delivery level.

The Lessons Log is the formal PRINCE2 mechanism for capturing and communicating lessons, ensuring they are considered throughout the project and for future projects.

Daily stand-ups facilitate rapid, daily learning cycles by highlighting what is and isn't working, allowing for immediate adjustments.

Correct answer: Starting Up a Project

The 'Starting Up a Project' process is where the initial assessment of the project is made. The Cynefin framework helps to categorize the problem space (Simple, Complicated, Complex, Chaotic). Using it here helps determine the level of uncertainty and complexity involved, which in turn informs how much agility is required and how the overall project should be approached. This is a crucial early step before detailed planning in the 'Initiating a Project' process.