Q: 3
Project scenario - Get fit with football!
(Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional)
Introduction
A Local Government Authority (LGA) has decided to organize a six-a-side football tournament. The
tournament will contribute towards achieving the targets set by a national initiative to improve the
fitness of children under the age of 16. As part of the LGA's policy of self-funding, this has to be
achieved at zero cost to the LGA (and therefore the local tax payer). The cost of the event will be
covered through fees paid by teams registered to take part in the tournament, sponsorship and
monies raised during the day. Any surplus would be used for the maintenance of local sports centres.
Teams can register under one of several age groups for both boys and girls. In addition, family
members are asked to attend to provide support.
This sports event is designed to be a family day out. The football tournament will have an event
village including a kidz'-zone, catering, car parking, mobile changing rooms and toilets. The
tournament will take place on the LGA-owned football pitches near the centre of the town, although
space is somewhat limited.
Scope
The initial scope of the project includes:
a marketing campaign to promote the event;
a celebrity to open the event;
a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;
an event village to support the 'family day out';
the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;
back-office processes to handle the applications;
fundraising to cover the cost of the event.
The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:
1. Marketing
2. Website
3. Event Village
4. Staff Training
Project Background
The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The
project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre
of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from
the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says
'Mission Control'.
Timeline
An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may
evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into
work packages and/or timeboxes.
Staff Training - Additional information
The event will be supervised primarily by LGA staff volunteers. They will need to be trained in various
skills so that:
A . the event is carried out safely and professionally;
B . staff members are able to give advice on health and fitness.
This is covered by four work packages:
1. Training syllabus:
• High-level design of the manual.
• Content of each module.
2. Course content for safety and professionalism:
• Detailed design of two modules:
• Health and Safety including basic first aid.
• Customer relations to look after people attending the event.
• Piloting the modules with a group of volunteers.
3. Course content tor giving advice on health and fitness:
• Detailed design of two modules:
• Exercise fundamentals including how to warm up and cool down.
• Healthy eating including what types of food are good for you.
• Piloting the modules with a group of volunteers.
4. Training delivery:
• Production of the training manual;
• Delivery of the training to the rest of the volunteers.
The Staff Training Team is staffed by in-house training staff members that have been involved in
several waterfall projects but have not had any exposure to agile.
Using the Project Scenario and Staff Training Additional information, answer the following question:
The Staff Training Team had been working to the following assumption:
'All volunteers will be trained in all training materials.'
Quite late in the project, it has been identified that this assumption is incorrect. As a result, the team
manager produced a chart of who needs to be trained in what modules. This was agreed with a
customer representative and the team manager made the necessary amendments to the
requirements in the backlog within the current timebox.
What BEST explains why the team manager's approach complies with the 'embrace change' target?
a celebrity to open the event;
a website to provide information about the event and handle applications;
an event village to support the 'family day out';
the training of LGA staff as volunteers to run and support the event;
back-office processes to handle the applications;
fundraising to cover the cost of the event.
The project has been set up with four work streams to deliver this work:
1. Marketing
2. Website
3. Event Village
4. Staff Training
Project Background
The LGA have extensive experience in using PRINCE2 and will run the event as a single project. The
project manager is fully conversant with PRINCE2 Agile. One office in the LGA building in the centre
of town has been given to the project for the entire duration. The office is across the corridor from
the Marketing Department and the project manager has already put a sign on the door that says
'Mission Control'.
Timeline
An initial timeline has been suggested and is shown in the following diagram. The timeline may
evolve due to the agile ways of working. The timeline shows how work streams are broken down into
work packages and/or timeboxes.
Staff Training - Additional information
The event will be supervised primarily by LGA staff volunteers. They will need to be trained in various
skills so that:
A . the event is carried out safely and professionally;
B . staff members are able to give advice on health and fitness.
This is covered by four work packages:
1. Training syllabus:
• High-level design of the manual.
• Content of each module.
2. Course content for safety and professionalism:
• Detailed design of two modules:
• Health and Safety including basic first aid.
• Customer relations to look after people attending the event.
• Piloting the modules with a group of volunteers.
3. Course content tor giving advice on health and fitness:
• Detailed design of two modules:
• Exercise fundamentals including how to warm up and cool down.
• Healthy eating including what types of food are good for you.
• Piloting the modules with a group of volunteers.
4. Training delivery:
• Production of the training manual;
• Delivery of the training to the rest of the volunteers.
The Staff Training Team is staffed by in-house training staff members that have been involved in
several waterfall projects but have not had any exposure to agile.
Using the Project Scenario and Staff Training Additional information, answer the following question:
The Staff Training Team had been working to the following assumption:
'All volunteers will be trained in all training materials.'
Quite late in the project, it has been identified that this assumption is incorrect. As a result, the team
manager produced a chart of who needs to be trained in what modules. This was agreed with a
customer representative and the team manager made the necessary amendments to the
requirements in the backlog within the current timebox.
What BEST explains why the team manager's approach complies with the 'embrace change' target?Options
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