Foundation Exam

Question 1

The 5 behavior pillars of P2 agile

Answer 1

Transparency.
Collaboration.
Rich communication.
Self-organization.
Exploration

Question 2

Scrum has what…?

Answer 2

3 artifacts (product and sprint backlog and increments)
5 events 
3 accountabilities (Product owner, scrum master, developers)

Question 3

Difference between a scrum review and a retrospective?

Answer 3

Review (both no more than 4 hours for a 4 week sprint) is on what has been done — A retrospective is facilitated by a SM and focuses on WWW and EBI

Question 4

Kanban focuses on…?

Answer 4

Limiting the WIP

Question 5

Central features of Kanban

Answer 5

• No defined roles, timeframes, or products
• Generally applied to BAU
• Uses cumulative flow diagrams to determine the WIP
• • Associated with the ‘managing product delivery phase’ in P2

Question 6

should never be more than how many things in ‘build' in Kanban?

Answer 6

5

Question 7

How does kanban forecast?

Answer 7

Uses littles law – You don’t need to forecast, just observe

Question 8

Feedback loop of lean startup

Answer 8

Build - Measure - Learn

Question 9

Central to Lean Startup?

Answer 9

Concept of the MVP - minimum you need to get learning from your customers

Question 10

What are the 7 prince 2 project principles?

Answer 10

1 - Continued buisiness justification
2- Learn from experience
3 - Defined roles and responsibilities
4 - Manage by stages
5 - Manage by exception
6 - Tailor P2 to suit the project environment
7 - Focus on product

Question 11

The 7 P2 Themes?

Answer 11

1 - Buisiness case
2- Organisation
3 - Plans
4- Quality
5 - Risk
6 - Change
7 - Progress

Question 12

The 7 P2 Processes?

Answer 12

1 - Starting up a project
2 - Initiaiting a project
3 - Directing
4 - Controlling a stage
5 - Managing product delivery
6 - Managing a stage boundary
7 - Closing

Question 13

What is basic prince 2 aimed at?

Answer 13

projects lasting 12-18 months with 1-2 suppliers and a modest risk level

Question 14

Velocity

Answer 14

Desription of progress for a team

Question 15

Timebox

Answer 15

Deadline that is not moved - can be short (sprint) or long (stage)
Sprint and timeboxes can be the same thing

Question 16

What is ‘agile’

Answer 16

A family of frameworks

Question 17

Kaizen

Answer 17

Good change, continual improvement

Question 18

flow based

Answer 18

uses a queue, rather than distinct time boxes

Question 19

Where does agile naturally sit?

Answer 19

At the ‘delivery’ level of prince 2, whereas P2 is trad stronger at the ‘directing’ and ‘managin’ levels. Scrum/kanban alone cannot be used to manage a project

Question 20

Fixing and flexing

Answer 20

Do not flex - time and cost
fix and flex - benefit and risk
flex - quality (criteria) and scope

Question 21

5 principles behind fixing or flexing

Answer 21

1 - be on time and hit deadlines
2 - protect the level of quality
3- embrace change
4 - keep teams stable
5 - accept the customer does not need everything