WorksheetsPrinc2e2F 2
Total questions: 99
Worksheet time: 2hrs 39mins
Which statement BEST sums up how PRINCE2 management products are used in an Agile context?
They are discarded because Agile doesn’t use documentation
They must be used exactly as in traditional PRINCE2 with no changes
They are still needed but can be tailored in form and detail, sometimes being represented by boards or other information radiators
They are fully replaced by the product backlog
Which Agile framework is lightweight and timeboxed, using sprints, a Product Owner, Scrum Master and Developers?
Kanban
Waterfall
Scrum
Lean Startup
Which Agile approach is flow-based, emphasising limiting work-in-progress and managing flow on a board?
Scrum
Kanban
Lean Startup
Waterfall
Which approach is most associated with MVP and the build-measure-learn cycle?
Lean Startup
Scrum
Kanban
Waterfall
What is a timebox?
A fixed amount of money for a project
A fixed, maximum length of time for an activity, after which it ends regardless of how much is done
A box where issues are stored
A list of time estimates
In Scrum, what is the fixed-length timebox where a small increment of product is created?
Program
Release
Sprint
Phase
Which statement BEST describes Waterfall compared to Agile?
Waterfall is iterative and incremental
Waterfall is a linear, sequential development approach
Waterfall always uses user stories
Waterfall uses sprints and timeboxes
What is a product backlog?
A list of completed tasks
A prioritised list of everything that might be needed in the product
A schedule of staff holidays
A list of technical defects only
What is a sprint backlog?
All the work on the project
A list of risks for the sprint
The set of product backlog items selected for a sprint plus a plan for delivering them
A list of impediments
Which statement BEST describes a user story?
A detailed technical specification
A short, simple description of a requirement from the user’s perspective
A legal contract between customer and supplier
Which is a common user story format?
“As a
“If
“Given
“Who, what, when, where, why” as a paragraph
What is an epic?
A very high-priority defect
A high-level, larger requirement that will later be broken down into smaller user stories
A completed user story
A detailed test script
What does Definition of Done (DoD) describe?
When the budget is spent
The criteria for a story to be considered complete and releasable
The order of items in the backlog
The process for escalating issues
What is the purpose of the Definition of Ready (DoR)?
To confirm the project is justified
To define when a user story is clear enough to be taken into a sprint
To describe when the team can close a project
To define when a risk can be closed
What is the primary purpose of a daily stand-up (daily Scrum)?
To re-negotiate the contract
To assign blame for delays
To quickly share information, inspect progress and surface impediments
To run a detailed planning session for the next quarter
What is the typical timebox for a daily stand-up?
5 minutes
15 minutes or less
2 hours
All morning
What is a retrospective?
A meeting to estimate the product backlog
A meeting to look back on a timebox and identify improvements
A meeting to sign the contract
A meeting to re-prioritise the Business Case
What is the primary output of a retrospective?
A new Definition of Done
A list of new features
Concrete improvement actions for the next timebox
A new project mandate
What is a burn-down chart?
A chart showing the team’s mood over time
A chart showing remaining work over time in a sprint or release
A chart showing costs against budget
A chart showing risk probability
What is a burn-up chart?
A chart showing how much work has been completed over time, compared to total scope
A chart showing staff turnover
A chart tracking only defects
A chart showing cost to completion
What is velocity in Agile?
The number of people on the team
The rate of progress a team makes, often measured in story points completed per sprint
The maximum number of tasks a team can handle
How is velocity typically used?
To punish teams that deliver fewer story points
To empirically forecast how much work the team might deliver in future sprints
To compare different teams across the organisation
To calculate staff salaries
What is a spike in Agile?
A process to escalate variances from plan
A piece of exploratory work used to learn about a requirement, risk or technical uncertainty
A defect with high severity
A security penetration test
Which of the following is NOT a common Agile estimation technique?
Story points
T-shirt sizing
Fibonacci sequence
Exact hours for every task in a Gantt chart
Why do many teams use the Fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13…) for story points?
Because it is legally required
To reflect increasing uncertainty with bigger items and avoid false precision
To ensure all stories are the same size
To calculate project cost directly
What is T-shirt sizing in Agile estimation?
Guessing how many T-shirts can be printed per sprint
Categorising items as XS, S, M, L, XL to represent relative size/effort
Measuring the size of the team
Assigning story points based on clothes sizes literally
What is an information radiator?
A secure store for paper documents
A communication channel that hides information from outsiders
A visible display of key information (e.g. board, chart, dashboard) accessible to everyone
A tool used only by the Project Board
Which of the following is a GOOD example of an information radiator?
A confidential email archive
A physical or digital Kanban board showing work states
A private notebook owned by the Project Manager
A locked cabinet containing reports
In Kanban, what is Work-In-Progress (WIP)?
The number of completed tasks in the last sprint
The items currently being worked on
The total size of the backlog
The number of impediments raised
What is the purpose of WIP limits in Kanban?
To reduce transparency
To limit how many items can be in a given state, improving flow and reducing multitasking
To restrict the number of people in a team
To stop new work from being started at all
What is the main focus of Kanban?
Timeboxed sprints
Managing flow and improving throughput
Creating detailed upfront documentation
Fixing scope and ignoring change
Which Scrum event is mostly about planning what can be done in the upcoming sprint?
Sprint review
Sprint retrospective
Sprint planning
Daily Scrum
Which Scrum event focuses on inspecting the increment and getting feedback from stakeholders?
Sprint retrospective
Sprint review
Daily Scrum
Backlog refinement
Which Scrum event is dedicated to team reflection and improvement?
Sprint review
Sprint planning
Sprint retrospective
Daily Scrum
What is the primary purpose of backlog refinement (grooming)?
To finalise the project budget
To break down, clarify and estimate backlog items so they are ready for future sprints
To approve the Business Case
To sign off the end of the project
What is lead time in a flow-based Agile system?
Time from when work starts to when it finishes
Time from when a request is made to when it is delivered
Time from start of sprint to end of sprint
Time from project approval to go-live
Which term describes the rate at which work items finish over a period of time?
Throughput
Velocity
WIP
Lead time
Which of these best describes the role of Lean Startup within PRINCE2 Agile?
A full replacement for PRINCE2
An approach that can be used to test ideas early with MVPs and pivot if needed
A technique for calculating stage tolerances
A mandatory framework for all projects
In Lean Startup, what does "pivot" mean?
To cancel a project
To change direction based on learning, while keeping some elements the same
To freeze requirements
To move the team to another building
Which statement BEST describes the purpose of a sprint?
To deliver a full, final product
To provide a fixed period to deliver a potentially releasable increment and inspect/adapt
To finalise the contract
To deliver all project documentation
What does it usually mean if a team's velocity increases over a few sprints?
They have cheated the estimation process
The team may be delivering more story points per sprint, though this must be interpreted carefully
The project cost has gone down
Risks have been eliminated
Which statement about velocity is the safest?
It is an exact measure of productivity and can be used to rank teams
It is team-specific and best used for that team's own forecasting
It should always increase every sprint
It must be the same for all teams
What is a release in Agile?
A single user story
A batch of product increments made available to users or customers
A phase of the waterfall lifecycle
A type of Kanban column
In an Agile context, what does “incremental delivery” mean?
Delivering everything at once at the end
Delivering the product in small pieces that build up over time
Delivering only documentation first
Delivering only non-functional requirements
Which statement BEST describes iterative development?
Doing something once and never revisiting it
Repeating cycles of building, testing and improving a product
Writing all code, then testing at the very end
Focusing on big design upfront
Which of the following BEST differentiates Agile from Waterfall?
Agile always costs less
Agile delivers value early and often through small increments and frequent feedback
Agile does not require planning
Agile cannot be used with PRINCE2
What is the primary purpose of using burn-down and burn-up charts in PRINCE2 Agile?
To show detailed technical design
To track and communicate progress and forecast completion
To manage HR issues
To plan staff training schedules
Which of these BEST describes an Agile mindset?
Focusing on strict adherence to a single method
Valuing collaboration, learning, responsiveness to change and delivering value early
Removing all governance and documentation
Avoiding feedback from customers
What is the best description of a flow-based Agile approach?
Work is done in fixed sprints only
Work moves continuously across states (e.g. To Do, Doing, Done) with a focus on flow and WIP limits
Requirements are defined once at the start
Work is batched into phases with gates
Which technique is MOST helpful for visualising bottlenecks in a team’s workflow?
Product backlog
Kanban board with WIP limits
Business Case
Stage Plan
Which statement BEST links Agile practices to PRINCE2 Agile?
Agile practices replace the need for PRINCE2
Agile practices provide techniques for delivery, which PRINCE2 uses within its governance and control structure
Agile practices are only allowed at team level and are invisible to the project
Agile practices are only used to write documentation
Which statement BEST describes the PRINCE2 Agile behaviour of transparency?
Keeping information confidential until the end of the project
Making relevant information visible and understandable to those who need it
Communicating only through formal documents
Allowing only the Project Manager to see progress data
Which behaviour is MOST supported by information radiators such as Kanban boards and burn charts?
Exploration
Transparency
Secrecy
Formality
Which behaviour is about people working together, often across customer and supplier boundaries, to achieve a shared goal?
Transparency
Collaboration
Exploration
Self-organisation
A customer representative and developers sit together to clarify requirements during a workshop. Which behaviour is MOST evident?
Collaboration
Exploration
Self-organisation
Transparency
Which behaviour is MOST associated with using face-to-face communication, workshops and whiteboards to share information?
Rich communication
Transparency
Self-organisation
Exploration
What is the key idea behind rich communication?
Only written communication should be used
Using the simplest, most effective channels (often face-to-face) to share complex information
All communication must go through the Project Manager
Relying on long email chains for evidence
Which behaviour is MOST closely associated with teams deciding how to organise their own work within agreed constraints?
Self-organisation
Transparency
Collaboration
Exploration
Which behaviour means “the people doing the work are trusted to plan and organise it”?
Rich communication
Self-organisation
Transparency
Exploration
Which behaviour is MOST associated with learning, experimentation, and trying out ideas to improve products and ways of working?
Transparency
Collaboration
Self-organisation
Exploration
Running a spike to test a technical approach before committing to it is an example of which behaviour?
Rich communication
Exploration
Transparency
Self-organisation
Which PRINCE2 Agile behaviour is MOST supported by regular sprint reviews and demos with stakeholders?
Transparency
Self-organisation
Exploration
Rich communication
Which behaviour helps reduce misunderstandings by encouraging direct, two-way conversation rather than long documents?
Self-organisation
Rich communication
Transparency
Exploration
A team chooses their own way to split work in a sprint, within the scope of an agreed Work Package. Which behaviour is MOST evident?
Self-organisation
Transparency
Collaboration
Exploration
Which behaviour is MOST associated with people from different roles sharing responsibility for success, rather than working in silos?
Transparency
Self-organisation
Collaboration
Exploration
Which behaviour is MOST aligned with the PRINCE2 principle learn from experience?
Transparency
Exploration
Self-organisation
Rich communication
What is the main purpose of the Agilometer?
To measure the Project Manager’s performance
To assess how suitable the project environment is for using Agile approaches
To calculate velocity for the team
To decide which team members should be moved to other projects
Which statement about the Agilometer is CORRECT?
It is used once at the end of the project
It is used only on software projects
It can be revisited over time to see whether Agile usage can be increased or needs to be reduced
It replaces all risk management
The Agilometer helps with which PRINCE2 principle?
Tailor to suit the project environment
Focus on products
Manage by stages
Continued business justification
Which focus area is MOST concerned with how requirements are prioritised and managed (e.g. backlogs, MoSCoW, MVP)?
Rich communication
Frequent releases
Requirements
Agilometer
Which statement BEST describes the Requirements focus area?
It removes the need for a Business Case
It provides guidance on prioritising, refining and managing requirements in an Agile way
It focuses only on technical specifications
It is only concerned with legal contract terms
Which focus area is MOST concerned with ensuring that communication channels are effective, timely and appropriate?
Rich communication
Frequent releases
Requirements
Agilometer
Which focus area is MOST likely to encourage workshops, stand-ups and visual boards?
Agilometer
Requirements
Rich communication
Frequent releases
Which focus area is MOST concerned with how often the project delivers increments of the product to users or customers?
Rich communication
Requirements
Frequent releases
Agilometer
What is the MAIN benefit of frequent releases in PRINCE2 Agile?
They eliminate the need for testing
They allow earlier feedback and earlier realization of benefits
They replace the need for a Business Case
They guarantee that scope will not change
Which focus area MOST supports the PRINCE2 Agile target “embrace change”?
Requirements
Agilometer
Frequent releases
Rich communication
Which focus area MOST supports the PRINCE2 Agile target “be on time and hit deadlines” by using short, controlled release cycles?
Agilometer
Frequent releases
Requirements
Rich communication
Which behaviour is MOST enhanced by frequent, open discussions in workshops between customer and supplier teams?
Transparency
Collaboration
Self-organisation
Exploration
A team decides to experiment with a new way of running retrospectives to see if it leads to better improvements. Which behaviour is MOST being demonstrated?
Transparency
Exploration
Collaboration
Rich communication
Which behaviour BEST supports using progress information (like burn charts and Kanban boards) to make decisions without hiding bad news?
Self-organisation
Collaboration
Exploration
Transparency
scope?
Requirements
Rich communication
Frequent releases
Agilometer
A project uses frequent releases, each followed by user feedback that may reprioritise the backlog. Which two focus areas are MOST evident?
Requirements and rich communication
Frequent releases and requirements
Agilometer and rich communication
Rich communication and Agilometer
The Agilometer highlights that the organisation’s culture is risk averse and documentation-heavy. What does this suggest?
Agile cannot be used at all
Agile must be used with very low levels of governance
Agile can still be used, but PRINCE2 controls and Agile techniques must be tailored to manage these risks
Waterfall must be used instead of PRINCE2
Which behaviour is MOST likely to help a team respond quickly when a risk is identified in the Agilometer assessment?
Transparency
Self-organisation
Exploration
Collaboration
Which focus area helps ensure that requirements are at the right level of detail at the right time?
Requirements
Frequent releases
Rich communication
Agilometer
In PRINCE2 Agile, which behaviour BEST supports the idea that “people closest to the work know best how to do it”?
Transparency
Self-organisation
Rich communication
Exploration
The project team holds a vision workshop with key stakeholders at the start to discuss goals, constraints and expectations. Which behaviour and focus area are MOST evident?
Exploration and frequent releases
Collaboration and rich communication
Self-organisation and Agilometer
Transparency and requirements
Regularly inspecting whether Agile practices are working well and adjusting them is MOST closely linked to which behaviour?
Exploration
Collaboration
Transparency
Self-organisation
Which behaviour is MOST visible when the team shares “bad news” early and honestly rather than hiding it?
Transparency
Exploration
Collaboration
Rich communication
Which focus area is MOST likely to discuss how to handle dependencies between requirements, such as ordering of features?
Agilometer
Requirements
Which focus area is MOST concerned with choosing appropriate channels such as stand-ups, chats, and workshops instead of long documents?
Requirements
Rich communication
Frequent releases
Agilometer
Which behaviour is MOST encouraged when a project uses co-located teams or good online tools to communicate quickly?
Transparency
Self-organisation
Rich communication
Exploration
Which focus area MOST directly supports using sprint reviews, demos and pilot releases to test how well the product meets user needs?
Frequent releases
Requirements
Rich communication
Agilometer
Which behaviour is MOST likely to be discouraged if all decisions are made by the Project Manager and the team is given no freedom?
Transparency
Self-organisation
Collaboration
Exploration
Which focus area MOST helps a project decide how “agile” it can safely be given its environment?
Requirements
Rich communication
Frequent releases
Agilometer
Which behaviour primarily supports trying out new product ideas, such as MVPs or prototypes, to see how customers react?
Self-organisation
Exploration
Transparency
Collaboration
What is a key reason PRINCE2 Agile emphasises frequent releases?
To avoid using backlogs
To give the Project Board fewer decisions
To allow benefits and value to be realised earlier and reduce risk of building the wrong thing
To minimise collaboration between business and technical people
Which behaviour is MOST supported when a team regularly reviews how transparent they are and improves their boards and reporting?
Exploration
Self-organisation
Transparency
Collaboration
Which statement BEST connects the behaviours and focus areas in PRINCE2 Agile?
Behaviours define how people should act, and focus areas show where to apply Agile thinking and techniques
Behaviours are optional, focus areas are mandatory
Behaviours replace PRINCE2 principles, focus areas replace processes
Behaviours are only for delivery teams, focus areas only for the Project Board
