PRINCE2F Practice Question: Overview of PRINCE2 and the project environment
A programme manager is setting up a new PRINCE2 project to deliver a data migration. The project will be run by a supplier organisation that has its own project management method, but the customer has mandated PRINCE2. The programme manager asks what the 'tailoring' principle requires in this situation. Which statement best describes tailoring in PRINCE2?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming tailoring means either rigid adherence or complete replacement of PRINCE2, when it actually means adapting the method while keeping its principles intact.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Tailoring means adapting PRINCE2 to the project's environment, size, complexity, importance, capability and risk while retaining the principles.
Tailoring is a PRINCE2 principle that requires the method to be adapted to the project's specific context, while the seven principles remain constant. For a supplier-led data migration, this means aligning roles, processes, management products and terminology with the supplier's environment and the customer's mandate, rather than applying PRINCE2 rigidly or discarding it. The correct answer captures that balance.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Tailoring only applies to the products produced by the project, not to the processes or roles used to manage it.
Why it's wrong here
Tailoring in PRINCE2 covers the whole method, including processes, themes, roles, management products and terminology, not just the specialist products. Limiting it to products would leave the project management approach inflexible and would not satisfy the principle. For the data migration project, the supplier and customer could also tailor reporting and stage boundaries, so this option is too narrow.
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Tailoring means adapting PRINCE2 to the project's environment, size, complexity, importance, capability and risk while retaining the principles.
Why this is correct
Tailoring is one of the seven PRINCE2 principles and requires that the method be adapted to the project context, including its environment, size, complexity, importance, capability and risk. In this scenario, the supplier's own method can be aligned with PRINCE2 by scaling roles, processes and management products, while the principles remain non-negotiable. This is the correct description of tailoring.
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Tailoring requires the project board to replace PRINCE2 processes with the supplier's own project lifecycle without any PRINCE2 elements.
Why it's wrong here
Tailoring does not mean abandoning PRINCE2; the seven principles must still be applied, and the method should remain recognisable. Replacing PRINCE2 processes entirely with the supplier's lifecycle without embedding PRINCE2 would remove the required governance and could invalidate the customer's mandate. Tailoring may integrate supplier processes, but the PRINCE2 principles and essential elements must be retained, so this option is incorrect.
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PRINCE2 must be applied exactly as documented, with no changes to roles, processes or management products.
Why it's wrong here
PRINCE2 is explicitly designed to be tailored to the project's environment, size, complexity, importance, capability and risk. Applying it rigidly with no adjustment contradicts the tailoring principle. In this supplier-led data migration, the customer's mandate for PRINCE2 still allows the method to be adapted, for example by combining roles or simplifying product descriptions, so this option is incorrect.
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