AgilePM-Foundation Exam Dumps - Agile Project Management (AgilePM v3) Foundation Exam v3 update

The Foundations phase is when it is established how quality will be assured4. This phase builds upon the preliminary investigation from the Feasibility phase to establish a fundamental understanding of the business rationale for the project and how the development and delivery of the solution will be managed, including quality assurance measures4.

Comprehensive and Detailed 150–300 words Explanation (paraphrased from AgilePM/DSDM guidance):

In AgilePM, the Business Sponsor is the project’s ultimate decision-maker and the role accountable for ensuring continued business justification. This includes owning the investment decision, securing and sustaining funding, and maintaining senior-level commitment to the business opportunity. A lack of commitment represents a threat to the viability of the Business Case; managing and mitigating that risk sits squarely with the Sponsor. The Sponsor establishes clear objectives, champions the initiative across the organization, removes high-level impediments, and ensures that governance supports timely decisions. While the Business Visionary articulates and safeguards the solution vision and value outcomes, that role does not control organizational commitment or funding at the enterprise level. Similarly, Business Advisors provide specialist input but do not own commitment or investment risk. Therefore, where commitment to the business opportunity is wavering or unclear, the Business Sponsor is responsible for intervening—reconfirming the Business Case, rallying stakeholder support, and aligning investment, scope and timescales—so the project remains justified and deliverable.

In a DSDM project, contingency is typically managed by varying the features to be delivered6. This approach aligns with the DSDM principle of delivering the most critical work first and using the MoSCoW prioritization to adjust the scope of delivery as needed.

The AgilePM lifecycle typically includes Pre-Project, Feasibility, Foundations, Evolutionary Development/Realization, Deployment, and Post-Project (benefits). Feasibility is designed as a lightweight, optional phase to confirm there is a sensible case to proceed before deeper investment. In some contexts—when viability is already established, or scope and constraints are straightforward—Feasibility may be skipped or greatly abbreviated, moving directly to Foundations, where the approach, governance, and baselines are established. By contrast, Foundations is expected for alignment and control, and Realization (timeboxed delivery) is where the solution is built; these are not optional if you are proceeding with delivery. Thus, Feasibility is the optional phase.

The DSDM process can indeed be configured and calibrated to cater for a range of projects, from those requiring light governance to those needing stronger governance1. This flexibility allows the DSDM process to be tailored to the specific needs of the project, ensuring that the right balance between control and agility is achieved1.