QUESTION 29
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.
Explanation:
Here are the appropriate options for each assertion and reason combination:
* 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.
* C. True (Assertion) False (Reason)
* Rationale: While the Business Visionary may have the authority to make strategic decisions that could overrule cost restrictions, the reason given relates to project-level roles directing the project, not to the authority to overrule cost-related advice.
* The Procurement Manager is an appropriate representative of the end user of the solution.
* B. True (Assertion) True (Reason) BUT the reason does not explain the assertion
* Rationale: The Procurement Manager, as part of the operational team, could represent the end user. However, the reason given talks about the empowerment of the Business Ambassador, which does not directly explain why the Procurement Manager is a representative of the end user.
* The other specialist gardening team members from Earth Excavations would be suitable as Solution Developers, assigned alongside the Head Landscape Gardener.
* A. True (Assertion) True (Reason) AND the reason explains the assertion
* Rationale: Specialist gardening team members would be suitable as Solution Developers, providing support to the Lead Developer, which is a common practice in Agile teams.
* The ‘Hoy for Hoy Hall’ Action Group members should be assigned as Business Ambassadors.
* D. False (Assertion) True (Reason)
* Rationale: While the Business Ambassador should ensure that business needs are analyzed, the
‘Hoy for Hoy Hall’ Action Group members being assigned as Business Ambassadors is not necessarily true as they are external stakeholders and not necessarily equipped to represent the business internally on a project.
* 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.
* A. True (Assertion) True (Reason) AND the reason explains the assertion
* Rationale: The Project Manager typically has the responsibility to plan and manage communication between the project team and external stakeholders, and the Business Visionary’s role includes promoting the business vision to interested parties, which includes the ‘Hoy for Hoy Hall’ Action Group.