PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
A project is in the Managing a Stage Boundary process. The Project Manager has produced an End Stage Report. What else must be produced?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse the End Stage Report with the only output of the Managing a Stage Boundary process, forgetting that the next Stage Plan is a mandatory parallel output to enable stage authorization.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Stage Plan for the next stage
In the Managing a Stage Boundary process, the Project Manager produces an End Stage Report to summarize the current stage's performance. The PRINCE2 method requires that a Stage Plan for the next stage must also be produced during this process, as it provides the detailed plan for the upcoming work and is essential for the Project Board to authorize the next stage. Without the next Stage Plan, the project cannot proceed beyond the current stage boundary.
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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Benefits Review Plan
Why it's wrong here
The Benefits Review Plan is created during Initiating a Project and updated at stage boundaries only when benefits change, so it is not a mandatory output here. It is tempting because benefits are reviewed at stage ends, but the Managing a Stage Boundary process requires the next Stage Plan and updated Project Plan.
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Stage Plan for the next stage
Why this is correct
Managing a Stage Boundary requires both an End Stage Report reviewing performance and a Stage Plan for the next stage, which the Project Board needs to authorise continuation. The next Stage Plan supplies the forecast, products, tolerances and resources the Board evaluates alongside the End Stage Report.
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Project Initiation Documentation
Why it's wrong here
The Project Initiation Documentation is baselined at the end of initiation and updated only via formal change control, not produced at a stage boundary. It tempts because it underpins the project, but Managing a Stage Boundary requires the next Stage Plan alongside the End Stage Report.
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Project Brief
Why it's wrong here
The Project Brief is a pre-project document produced during Starting up a Project, so it already exists and is not an output of Managing a Stage Boundary. It is tempting because it initiates the project, but here the Project Manager must also update the Project Plan and produce the next Stage Plan.
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