PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question
A project is in the Initiating a Project process and the Project Manager is preparing the Project Plan. Which technique is recommended by PRINCE2 for creating the Project Plan?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2 Foundation often tests the distinction between product-based (PRINCE2) and activity-based (PMBOK) planning. Candidates may mistakenly choose Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) because it is a common planning tool in other frameworks, but PRINCE2 specifically uses Product-Based Planning with a Product Breakdown Structure (PBS).
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Product-Based Planning
PRINCE2 recommends Product-Based Planning as the technique for creating the Project Plan. This approach focuses on defining the project's products (outputs) and their required quality criteria, then breaking them down into a Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) and mapping the sequence of activities needed to create them. It ensures the plan is driven by the deliverables rather than activities, aligning with PRINCE2's product focus.
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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Work Breakdown Structure
Why it's wrong here
PRINCE2 recommends product-based planning, whose first step is the product breakdown structure, not a Work Breakdown Structure. A WBS decomposes activities or deliverables for task assignment and is used in other methodologies; it does not identify the products, their descriptions and dependencies that PRINCE2's plan requires.
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Critical Path Analysis
Why it's wrong here
Critical Path Analysis sequences activities and calculates float once a schedule of work packages exists, so it cannot itself produce the Project Plan's product breakdown and estimates. PRINCE2 recommends it later, during activity sequencing and scheduling, not as the technique for building the plan.
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Earned Value Management
Why it's wrong here
Earned Value Management measures cost and schedule performance against a baseline during delivery, so it cannot construct the Project Plan. It is the correct technique for tracking progress and forecasting once the plan is baselined and work has started, not for defining products and estimates.
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Product-Based Planning
Why this is correct
Product-Based Planning derives the plan from the products to be delivered, defining each product's description, quality criteria and required activities. This satisfies PRINCE2's recommended technique for the Project Plan, ensuring activities trace to deliverables rather than being listed arbitrarily.
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