The Web Content Manager has provided the Web Developer with a mock up
of the 'Contact Us' page, to be created for the new coffee bar insurance
product. When producing the code, the Web Developer has created a button
that reads 'Delete' instead of 'Cancel'.
What action should the Web Content Manager take?
Which 2 actions should the Project Manager take to implement the new Must
Have requirement?
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?
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?
Xan Insurance Company is a friendly company with no separate private offices
for individual managers. Staff members prefer to wander around the office
space and have one-to-one chats rather than use email or have lots of
meetings.
What action should the Project Manager take when planning for effective
communication throughout the Web project?
Which 2 actions should the Workshop Facilitator take to implement the new
Must Have requirement?
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?
Which 2 statements explain why the Architecture Angels' Operations Director would be an appropriate Business Advisor?
Which 2 statements describe the appropriate application of Agile Project Management when developing the Prioritised Requirements List during Feasibility?
There are several tests planned throughout the project to ensure the solution is fit for purpose and to validate the business solution as
it evolves.
Column 1 is a list of tests. For each test in Column 1, select from Column 2 the testing concept that it represents. Each selection from Column 2
can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Column 1
1) In order to get an objective
view, the financial transaction
function is to be tested by
someone from Finance who
has had no involvement in its
development.
2) Before the developer works on
the printing function for the
policy documents, the Sales
Manager will review a prototype
of the online application form
for the new coffee shop
insurance product with the
solution tester.
3) Security test scripts have been
provided by the company's
bank. These scripts will be used
to test the link from the
company's website to the
banking system, which is to be
developed specifically to achieve these tests
4.
The addition of the new coffee
shop insurance product may
threaten the stability of the
existing website. As a primary
route to market this is
unacceptable. The website's
capacity to run additional pages
is to be verified before any
other tests are performed.
5.
The Must Have and Should
Have requirements are to be
tested before the Could Have
requirements.
Column 2
Collaborative Testing
Repeatable Testing
Independent Testing
Prioritised Testing
Test-Driven Development
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.
Using the additional information provided for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following questions about the requirement for a fire exit from the
upstairs of the building.
What is an appropriate reason to classify the need for a secondary exit from the upstairs of the building as a Must Have requirement?
If the team cannot agree the system content, which 2 actions should the Workshop Facilitator take?
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 Solution Architecture Definition (SAD)?
Which 2 actions should the Workshop Facilitator take when preparing for the workshop?
Each of the following questions includes a list of true statements about individuals from Architecture Angels and Timber Tigers who have been appointed to the
project team. Only 2 statements explain why, in the context of an Agile team, the individual is a suitable candidate for that role.
Remember to limit your answers to the number of selections requested in each question.
Which 2 statements explain why the Architecture Angels' Finance Director would be an appropriate Business Sponsor?
The building has had all the old utility services removed and new wiring and plumbing is being installed during Evolutionary Development. On average there are
four electrical and six plumbing contractors who are engaged for between a few days and a few weeks. They are finding it difficult to work round each other and
to know who should be where. Some of the contractors have started to turn up late to the site.
Many floor boards have been lifted in preparation but it is not clear where the radiators are being situated or when each room is going to be worked on by the plumbers. The
Chief Accountant, acting as Business Ambassador, is also alarmed that the electrical sockets are being installed in rooms in inaccessible locations.
Answer the following questions about motivating the contractor teams according to Agile Project Management.
How should the Project Manager encourage the resources to operate more successfully?
Using the Project Scenario and the additional information provided for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following question about the
responsibilities of the roles in the Agile team.
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
The Marketing Director, in the role of Business Visionary, is empowered to overrule cost restrictions advised by the Chief Accountant, who is appointed as Business Ambassador.
BECAUSE
The Project-level roles are responsible for directing, managing and co-
ordinating the project.
The Procurement Manager is an appropriate representative of the end user of the solution.
BECAUSE
The Business Ambassador should be empowered to make decisions within
the boundaries of their role, without referral to higher authorities outside
the Solution Development Team.
The other specialist gardening team members from Earth Excavations would be suitable as Solution Developers, assigned alongside the Head Landscape Gardener.
BECAUSE
Extra Solution Developers can provide a supporting role for a Lead
Developer.
The 'Hoy for Hoy Hall' Action Group members should be assigned as Business Ambassadors.
BECAUSE
The Business Ambassador is responsible for ensuring that business needs
are properly analysed.
The Project Manager should plan the communication needed between the Marketing Director, in the role of Business Visionary, and the 'Hoy for Hoy Hall' Action Group.
BECAUSE
The Business Visionary is responsible for promoting the business vision to
all interested parties.
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?