• a) Targeting the Netherlands could increase awareness, resulting in a favourable outcome at the International Cheese Festival.
• b) The chosen logo may not be sufficiently unique and recognizable, having a negative impact at the International Cheese Festival.
• c) The Chesterton Blue marketing campaign will require an increase in the marketing budget.
• d) The Senior User has reported that they may have limited availability over the next three months.
§11 EqA87 P_1 Qn_9
• Hit Pause to read?
– Welcome back?
Simon’s Analysis
• Here are my thoughts to accompany your review of the Chief Examiner’s
• Another “easy when you spot what to look for” question. The stem tells us that the Senior User is the approval authority
– Ready for the answers?
– <Sync. ShowCEs>
• Welcome back?
– D says that the approval authority might not be available. Thus a potential impediment or a risk. This is in fact a rewording of a specific example of the Agil-O-Meter that access to business people is required to make progress, although previously maybe not couched in quiet the way this example is
– This question should be obvious after you see which words to focus on and which words are otherwise obscuring or obfuscating a clear and easy question.
– The technique for all questions is read the stem searching for; )Timeframe like delivery stage or position within procedure like end of sprint, )for roles involved, )the theme eg Business case, ) the Information Set required, )decision pending, )the prince principal and or P2a behaviour. When you have People, Process, Product, Principle, theme, behaviour, framework and technique cross match to the answers and reject fragments of truth in the wrong context, factually wrong options and if it comes down to an unclear choice go with your first gut instinct.
• Over-thinking and changing answers is rarely a good strategy.
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Chief Examiner’s thoughts:
• P_1 Qn_9. Exam Specification Assessment Criteria: 5.4 Correct Answer: D
• Objective: LO5 - Be able to apply or tailor the PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products to a project in an agile context
• a) The outcome at the Cheese Festival is outside the scope of Rebranding. This is a project
‘opportunity’ and is unlikely to block the Rebranding Team’s progress ( §11=Ch:13.3). It should be escalated to the Project Manager.
• b) The outcome at the Cheese Festival is outside the scope of Rebranding. This is a project
‘threat’ and is unlikely to block the Rebranding Team’s progress ( §11=Ch:13.3). It should be escalated to the Project Manager.
• c) The marketing campaign is outside the scope of Rebranding. This is a project issue and is unlikely to block the Rebranding Team’s progress ( §11=Ch:13.3). The Project Manager should already be aware of this.
• d) In stand-up meetings it is good practice to also ask if they are aware of anything that ‘may potentially’ block their progress ( §11=Ch:13.3).
• End
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§13 s103 = Paper_1 Qn_41
§13 s103 = Paper_1 Qn_41
P_1 Qn41.
• The following requirement has been specified for the moving of premises:
– As the Operations Manager responsible for all of the production lines;
– I want to have the production lines for all cheeses sold by Chestertons to be located on one site, alongside the office functions;
– So that efficiencies can be achieved by managing staff and deliveries from a single location.
• Where is it MOST appropriate to record this wording?
• a) As the Project Product Description.
• b) As a Product Description.
• c) As a User Story.
• d) As an Epic.
§13 EqA103 P_1 Qn_41
• A suitable exam question might be this one from paper 1, Qn 41. Additional Text is in the slides’ notes and in the downloads.
• The familiar pattern would be if you hit pause, consider the question and its possible answers, I’ll share the Chief Examiner’s rationale that you should study too then I’ll brief you on the interpretation.
• If anything needs further study then use the formats that support search and pin-point the Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria from the slides to determine which lessons to review.
• Pause? First Welcome back? Know what you think of each answer?
– <Sync. >
• Here is the Chief Examiner’s analysis, Pause? Second welcome back?
Simon’s Analysis
• Here are my thoughts to accompany your review of the Chief Examiner’s
• The stem tells us Move the production lines, I wonder how many, Where too, what power requirements do they have?
– A) Suggests this might be the vision of the project but the scenario told us long ago they are seeking to consolidate and rationales several years of growth with stuff like logos and new market penetration so moving production lines is unlikely to be the vision – B) Suggests this is a rock or gravel but we don’t know the production lines placement or
power needs etc so it is not detailed enough for gravel
– C) Suggests the same as B a user_story and a Product Description-A17 can be pretty much similar although if different the User Story lacks definitive Quality Criteria – D) says as a component of the composition section of the Project Product
Description-A21 which accords with being a significant work-stream in the Gantt chart
• Yeah I know this is agile so I cant call a timescaled visual of a schedule a Gantt chart