PRINCE2-Agile-Foundation Sample Questions & Answers
Walks through tailoring PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and products for an agile context, by far the biggest weight, plus agile terminology and techniques, core PRINCE2 concepts, blending it with agile ways of working, and the agile focus areas.
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- Question 1Intermediate
Understand the agile ways of working, key terms and techniques · Explain key Agile concepts and techniques.
A project team is consistently failing to complete all the work they commit to in a sprint. During the retrospective, they realize their user stories are often poorly defined, leading to rework and confusion. Which agile concept would BEST help the team ensure that user stories are ready to be worked on?
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Correct answer: B
The Definition of Ready (DoR) is a checklist of criteria that a user story must meet before it can be taken into a sprint. It ensures that stories are well-understood, have clear acceptance criteria, and are small enough to be completed. Implementing a DoR would directly address the problem of poorly defined stories entering the sprint.
- Question 2Intermediate
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context · Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each theme.
How does the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the 'Business Case' theme differ from a traditional PRINCE2 approach?
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Correct answer: D
PRINCE2 Agile does not eliminate the Business Case; it adapts it. The initial Business Case may be less detailed, with assumptions that will be tested. It is seen as a living document, with a strong focus on the incremental release of value and benefits. While it's continuously considered, formal re-validation typically happens at stage boundaries or key release points, not necessarily after every sprint, which would be too frequent and bureaucratic.
- Question 3Intermediate
Understand the agile ways of working, key terms and techniques · Explain key Agile concepts and techniques.
A project is using Kanban to manage the flow of work. The team has established Work In Progress (WIP) limits for each column on their board. What is the PRIMARY purpose of these WIP limits?
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Correct answer: C
The primary purpose of WIP limits in Kanban is to optimize the flow of value. By limiting the amount of work in any given state, teams can quickly identify and address bottlenecks. This prevents tasks from piling up, reduces context switching, and encourages a 'pull' system where new work is only started when there is capacity, leading to a smoother, more predictable delivery process.
- Question 4Intermediate
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context · Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each process.
What is the primary role of the Project Manager in the 'Managing Product Delivery' process within a PRINCE2 Agile environment?
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Correct answer: B
In PRINCE2 Agile, the 'Managing Product Delivery' process is where the delivery team performs its work. The Project Manager's role is not to manage the team's day-to-day activities (which is the responsibility of the Team Manager or the self-organizing team itself), but to manage the link between the project and the team. This involves authorizing Work Packages, receiving Checkpoint Reports, and ensuring that what the team is delivering aligns with the overall project objectives and tolerances.
- Question 5Beginner
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context · Explain the PRINCE2 Agile behaviours.
Which PRINCE2 Agile behaviour is MOST critical for ensuring that information radiators like burn charts and Kanban boards are effective?
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Correct answer: C
Information radiators are tools for making progress, impediments, and plans visible to everyone. Their effectiveness depends entirely on the behaviour of Transparency. If the information displayed is not honest, accurate, and up-to-date, the radiator becomes misleading and loses its value. Transparency ensures that what is displayed reflects the true state of the project.
- Question 6Intermediate
Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2 Agile · Describe the need to 'blend and weave' PRINCE2 with agile at all levels of a project including the eight guidance points.
The concept of 'blend and weave' is central to PRINCE2 Agile. Which statement correctly describes this concept?
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Correct answer: C
'Blend and weave' refers to the seamless integration of PRINCE2 with agile. It's not about choosing one or the other, or keeping them separate. It's about combining the project direction and management strengths of PRINCE2 with the product delivery strengths of agile frameworks, creating a holistic and robust project management approach.
- Question 7Intermediate
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context · Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each process.
A project is transitioning from its final development sprint to handing over the new software to the operational support team. Which PRINCE2 process is tailored in an agile context to manage this transition?
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Correct answer: C
The 'Closing a Project' process is used to formally decommission the project, perform final handover of products, and evaluate the project's success. In an agile context, this process ensures that the incrementally delivered product is fully accepted and that operational and support arrangements are in place. While releases happen throughout the project, this process provides the formal end-point.
- Question 8Intermediate
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context · Explain how the PRINCE2 priniciples will be applied in an agile context.
True or False: The PRINCE2 principle 'Focus on Products' is less important in an agile context because agile focuses on delivering value, not just products.
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Correct answer: B
This statement is false. The 'Focus on Products' principle is highly compatible with agile. Agile delivers value through working products (or features). Concepts like the Definition of Done, acceptance criteria, and delivering tested increments of functionality are all examples of a strong focus on products and their quality. PRINCE2 Agile emphasizes that without a clear definition of what is being built, the project has no purpose.
- Question 9AdvancedSelect 2
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context · Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each theme.
Which TWO statements best describe how the PRINCE2 'Plans' theme is tailored for an agile environment? (Select TWO)
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Correct answers: B, C
- Question 10Intermediate
Understand the agile ways of working, key terms and techniques · Explain key Agile concepts and techniques.
A project is using the Lean Startup approach within the 'Starting up a Project' process. What is the primary objective of creating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in this context?
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Correct answer: C
The core purpose of an MVP in Lean Startup is learning. It is the smallest version of a new product that allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort. This feedback is used to test assumptions in the Business Case and guide future development, preventing the project from building a full product that nobody wants.
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