Foundation 5 Flashcards

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Business objectives

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The measurable outcomes that demostrate progress in relation to the organization’s strategy and to which a project should contribute

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Dis-benefits

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The measurable declines resulting from an outcome, which would detract from one or more business objectives.

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Business objectives

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Demonstrate progress to an organization’s mission, to which the project should contribute in some way

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Do-Noting differently

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carry on as you are, even if there is an aggressive new entrant in your marketplace

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Purpose of the Business Case

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Documents the business justification for the project

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Benefits Management approach

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Benefits the actions and benefits reviews that are required to ensure that the outcomes and benefits are achieved.

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Sustainablitly management approach

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TO define the actions, reviews, and controls what will be estableshed to ensure the that sustainablitily performance targets for the project are achieved

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Sustainability tolerance

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The permissable deviation in the sustainablility targets that is allowed before the deviation needs to be escalated to the next level of management

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Benefits tolerance

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The permissable deviaiton around expected benefits

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7 PRINCE2 Principles

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  1. Ensure continued business justification
  2. Learn from experience
  3. Define roles, responsibilities and relationships
  4. Manage by stages
  5. Manage by exception
  6. Focus on products
  7. Tailor to suit the project
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Performance Targets

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  1. Scope
  2. Quality
  3. Risk
  4. Cost
  5. Time
  6. Benefits
  7. Sustainability
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Tailor to suite the project

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> Use of terminology
Reflect the standards used in the industry
Alternative techniques or procedures for risk or issues practices
Reflect internal factors

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Definition of Organizational ecosystem

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The internal elements of an organization( including staff, board, owners, and other stakeholders) together with the organizations external relationships such as customers, suppliers, regulators, and competitors.

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Definition of project ecosystem

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Those elements of the business involved in or directly impacted by the project and the associated users and suppliers

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Organizational Ecosystem

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Also knows as “Business as Usual” - the normal, permanent elements of an organization

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Project Ecosystem

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Temporary organizational structure formed to deliver products

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Definition of change management

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Change management is the means by which an organization transitions from the current state to the target state

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Definition of collaboration

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People from across the project ecosystem working together to achieve the projects objectives

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Definition of leadership

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Motivating people to achieve a project objectves. On projects, this is best done through collaboration across the project ecosystem, persuading, influencing and co-creating with a focus on managing key relationships and seeking regular feedback to ensure team members remain aligned to the projects objectives and agree to joint ways of working

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Definition of management

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Instructing the execution of tasks in line with agreed ways of working. Co-creating ways of working with project team members (and stakeholders) significantly improves people’s willingness to be managed in line with them

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Definition of co-creation

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A specific form of collaboration involving users and key influencers in the design of products and agreed ways of working to ensure they are adopted by the project and organizational ecosystem

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People - Focused Activities

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  1. Leading Successful change
  2. Leading successful Teams
  3. Communication
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Identify the missing word in the following sentence:
Prince2 defines a project as “a temporary organization that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products according to an agreed [?].

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Business case

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Can you identify two of the four types of product?
A. outcome
b. specialist
c. Management
d. Dependency

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Management
Specialist

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Which practice gives the answer to the question " Why are we doing the project?"
Business case
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Which principle is supported by the Quality practice?
Focus on products
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Which of these is another word for a "product"?
Output
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Which of these would not be regarded a people-focused activity of the "people" integrated element of Prince 2, underlying how 'people are central to the method"?
Leading successful meetings
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Identify the missing word(s) in the definiton of change management: Change management is the means by which an organization {?} from the current state to the target state.
Transitions
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Identify the missing word(s): With regard to effective use of communication channels on a project, generic messaging is seen as [?].
Rarely effective
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Business Case techniques
1. Develop 2. Check 3. Maintain 4. Confirm
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There are 4 products associated with the busines case techniques which are
1. Project Brief 2. Business Case 3. Benefits Management Approach 4. Sustainability management Approach
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In which process is a ‘full’ (or ‘detailed’) business case developed?
Initiating a project
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What is the idea or need that triggers a PRINCE2 project called?
Project Mandate
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Which part of the business case management technique, or business case management procedure by another name, is where the 'do-nothing differently' option will be explored?
Develop
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Identify the missing word in the following sentece: The purpose of the Business case practice is to establish mechanisms to judge wheter the projet is, and remains, [?], vialble and achievable as a means to support decision-making in its continued investment
Desirable
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Which of the following are two levels of management in PRINCE2? A. Supervising B. Creating C. Managing D. Directing
C and D
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Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentece: The purpose of the Organizing practice is to define and establish the project's structure of [?] and responsiblities.
Accountability
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Which Two of these would be factors when determining how to device a project into Stages? A. When the project Executive is available B. How far ahead it is sensible to plan C. The delivery approach such as iterative-incremenato for linear-sequential D. If the planner's preferred too lis Kanban boards or Gantt charts.
B and C
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Which of the following in one of the seven planning steps in the PRINCE2 planning technique, based on product-based planning?
Analysing risks
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Which two quality management products are component parts of the project log? A. Product Register B. Quality Register C. Quality management approach D. Project product description
A and B
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Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentence. PRINCE2 defines quality as: 'The degree to which a set of [?] characteristics of a product, service, process, person, organization, system or resource fulfils requirements".
Inherent
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What does the risk register consist off?
Risk identifier - unique reference for every risk Risk description - summary of the cause, event & effect Probability - how likely it is that the risk will occur Impact - Estimate of the risk effect Proximity - how soon a risk might occur Velocity - How quickly a risk would have an impact Risk responses - actions to counter the risk Planned residuel probability and impact - assuming the risk responses are effective Risk Owner - person responsible for managing the risk Risk action owner/s - for the risk responses Relevant dates - date logged, date last reviewed etc Records - associated documents and their locations
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Which of the following are two suitable responses to a threat? A. Avoid B. Reduce C. Exploit D. Enhance
Avoid & Reduce
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Name the types of issues
a. A request for change b. An off-specification c. A problem or concern d. An event external to a project e. A business opportunity
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Consider the following statement and decide how it should be categorized: The team manager has reported that the work package will finish two days outside its tolerance, but it can be completed within the stage tolerance.
Problem/Concern
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From the list shown, which is a time-driven control?
Highlight report
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Identify the missing word in the following sentence: The purpose of the Progress practice is to establish mechanisms to monitor and compare actual [?] against those planned; provided a forecast for the project objectives and continued viability; and control any deviations causing an excpetion.
Achievements
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Which two products are produced during starting up a project? A. Project Mandate B. Project initiation document C. Project brief D. Plan for the iniitiation stage
C & D
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Which two activities are used in the process Managing product Delivery? A. Execute a work package B. Evaluate a work package C. Evaluate work package status D. Authorise work packages
A & B