PRINCE2F Business Case and Organizing Practice Question
A project is midway through the delivery stage when the corporate finance team revises the organization's investment appraisal criteria. The project board chair asks the project manager to confirm whether the project still remains viable under the new criteria. Which PRINCE2 product should the project manager review FIRST to determine whether the project should continue?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse the Benefits Management Approach, which explains how benefits are measured, with the Business Case, which actually justifies whether the project is worthwhile.
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Why each option matters
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The Business Case
The Business Case is the single PRINCE2 product that captures the justification for the project, including costs, benefits, risks, and the investment appraisal. When external criteria change, the project manager must reassess that justification and provide the board with enough information to decide whether to continue, change, or stop the project. Other products do not contain the required viability information.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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The Business Case
Why this is correct
The Business Case is the PRINCE2 product that documents the justification for the project, including costs, benefits, risks, and the investment appraisal. When corporate appraisal criteria change, the project manager must review the Business Case first to reassess whether the project remains desirable, viable, and achievable, and to recommend continuation, change, or closure.
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The Project Brief
Why it's wrong here
The Project Brief is a pre-project product created during Starting up a Project and is superseded by the Project Initiation Documentation. It contains an outline business case, not the detailed justification and appraisal required for an in-flight viability decision. Using it here would give an outdated and insufficient view of the project's continued justification.
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The End Project Report
Why it's wrong here
The End Project Report is produced at the end of the project to evaluate overall performance against the Project Initiation Documentation and to support benefits review. It is not used mid-delivery to reassess viability when appraisal criteria change. Relying on it here would be premature because the project has not yet reached closure.
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The Benefits Management Approach
Why it's wrong here
The Benefits Management Approach describes how and when the project's benefits will be measured and reviewed after the project, including roles and timing. It does not contain the investment appraisal, cost, or risk data needed to judge whether the project is still worthwhile under revised corporate criteria. Reviewing it first would not answer the board's viability question.
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