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1. A senior manager within the Local Education Authority is ultimately responsible for benefits realization.

Which 2 statements apply to these entries?

2. Using the Scenario and the information below, answer the following questions about the creation of the short listed options for the Pittville project.

Spending Objectives

At least 15% increase in rate of participation

A 15% increase in attainment of qualification

At least 65 education courses

Critical Success Factors

Strategic fit and business needs - fit for purpose schools and universities attractive to 16-18-year-old learners

Potential Value For Money

Supply side capacity and capability

Potential affordability

Potential achievability

Remember to select 2 answers to each question.

Scoping Solution 1: 'Current level of participation, 55 education courses and current qualification success rate'

Which 2 statements are correct about this entry in the Options Framework?

3. Spending objectives, existing arrangements and business needs are now being considered for the Pittville project.

Which entry is NOT a business need?

4. Which 2 details should be defined when determining benefits, risks, constraints and dependencies?

5. Which 2 attributes demonstrate that this option supports the key CSF Potential value for money?

6. HOTSPOT

Answer the following question about the Economic Case within the Outline Business Case (OBC).

The Preferred Way Forward is the Service Solution to provide a new Learning Campus on the Old Fire Station Headquarters site and to close and transfer all further education units in the Pittville area.

However there are concerns that the project timescale may be difficult to keep due to the following reasons:

. Planning authority consent may delay the schedule because the site is in a conservation area

. Staff and students could be opposed to moving location.

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.

7. Answer the following question about the Programme Business Case.

The following questions include only true statements, but only 2 statements are appropriate entries for that heading in the Strategic Case section.

Remember to select 2 answers to each question.

Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Existing arrangements heading?

8. The following has been recorded as a dependency: 'Rationalization of the 11-16-year-old education and training provision'.

Is this an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for this project?

9. Which statement should be recorded under the Programme and Project Management heading?

10. Two of the options in the OBC have been revised, as shown in the table above.

Should Option B be ranked as the preferred option?

11. Which detail should be explained in the Financial Case?

12. Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about the critical success factors (CSFs) for the option to build a campus on the Old Fire Station Headquarters site, with all courses for 16 - 18-year-olds provided by Pittville University.

Remember to select 2 answers to each question.

Which 2 attributes demonstrate that this option supports the key CSF Strategic fit and business needs?

13. The Local Education Authority Director has been appointed as the Senior Responsible Owner for the Western Area Learning Improvement Programme.

Which action is MOST appropriate for this role?

14. Springbank School has been hugely oversubscribed so has decided to expand its further education unit. It is working formally with Battledown School to reduce course duplication and to potentially offer a greater range of education courses. The Governors from Springbank School feel that these scheduled changes need to be reflected in the Pittville project FBC, even though Springbank was not a shortlisted option.

Should the FBC be updated with the Springbank changes?

15. Which 2 details should be defined when determining the potential business scope?

16. Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about scoping the proposal and preparing the Strategic Outline Case for the Pittville project.

Decide whether the approach is appropriate for stage 1, and select the response that supports your decision.

There is a risk that the local planning authority may reject proposals for development of the Old Fire Station Headquarters site. This will cause delays to the project.

Should this risk be recorded as an external non-systemic risk within the Strategic Outline Case?

17. HOTSPOT

Answer the following questions about 'Ensuring Successful Delivery' for the Pittville project.

The best and final offers have been returned for the delivery of the new campus. The preferred supplier was a construction enterprise called Piaffeco.

Column 1 contains activities taken in the Pittville project. For each entry in Column 1, select from Column 2 the Action within the Five Case Model that should undertake this activity. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.

18. HOTSPOT

Using the extract below from the Capital Profile for the new campus, answer the following questions. (Note. The figures entered are correct).

19. Responsible officer: Pittville University Procurement Manager.

Which 2 statements apply to these entries?

20. Service Solution 3: 'New learning campus on Old Fire Station Headquarters site, close Pittville High School and transfer all further education units in the Pittville area'.

Based on information available so far, which 2 critical success factors does this option deliver against?

21. The Director of Pittville University has resigned during the procurement process. As a result, the Deputy Director is now acting as Director. The other schools have now withdrawn their objections to Pittville University running the new campus. It is thought that the delivery approach could be revised so that Pittville University manages all 16-18-year-olds education and further cost reductions could be achieved. There is no option in the OBC that provides this delivery approach with the service solution of a new campus.

Should the preferred option be reviewed in the FBC? (Select one)

22. Answer the following question about the Outline Business Case.

The following questions include only true statements about the Pittville project. However only one statement is an appropriate entry for that heading in the Management Case section.

Which statement should be recorded under the Programme and Project Management heading?

23. Which action should be completed by the Pittville Project Board?

24. Which statement should be recorded under the Change Management heading?

25. Which detail should be explained in the Financial Case?

26. HOTSPOT

Using the Scenario, answer the following question.

The following items have been included in the draft risk management strategy, framework and plans.

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.

27. All benefits will be tracked at the programme level.

Which 2 statements apply to these entries?

28. Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about scoping the proposal and preparing the Strategic Outline Case for the Pittville project.

Decide whether the approach is appropriate for stage 1, and select the response that supports your decision.

When preparing the Strategic Outline Case, the need to address the number of education courses available to 16-18-year-olds was considered to be sufficiently large and stand alone to form a project.

Was this an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for this project?

29. Which is an appropriately defined SMART spending objective for more choice of subjects?

30. Which 2 observations correctly evaluate the affordability of the Pittville project?