PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
A project is forecast to exceed its stage cost tolerance. The Project Manager has raised an Exception Report. Which process does the Project Board use to decide how to respond?
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Directing a Project
The Project Board uses Directing a Project to give ad-hoc direction, including responding to exception reports.
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Managing Product Delivery
Why it's wrong here
Managing Product Delivery concerns the Team Manager accepting, executing and delivering work packages; it holds no authority over stage cost tolerance. It is tempting because the overspend occurs while products are being built, but the Project Board's exception decision sits in Directing a Project.
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Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
Controlling a Stage is the Project Manager's day-to-day process for authorising work packages and monitoring progress; the Project Board does not use it to decide an Exception. It is tempting because the exception arises during a stage, but the Board's response is handled elsewhere.
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Directing a Project
Why this is correct
Exception Reports go to the Project Board, which responds through Directing a Project. That process provides the board's decision-making activities, including authorising corrective action, so it is where the response to a forecast tolerance breach is agreed.
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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why it's wrong here
Managing a Stage Boundary covers preparing the next Stage Plan and End Stage Report at a stage's end, not deciding an Exception Report mid-stage. It is tempting because both involve stage-level decisions, but the Project Board's exception response belongs to Directing a Project.
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