PRINCE2F People: organizations, teams, and leadership Practice Question
A Project Manager delegates the management of a Work Package to a Team Manager. What is the Team Manager's responsibility?
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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To deliver the Work Package within tolerances
The Team Manager is responsible for delivering the Work Package within agreed tolerances and reporting progress via Checkpoint Reports.
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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To perform Project Assurance for the Work Package
Why it's wrong here
Project Assurance is a separate role focused on objective oversight of the project’s compliance with standards, not on executing the Work Package. The Team Manager’s responsibility is to produce the Work Package’s deliverables and report progress, not to perform assurance. This option is tempting because assurance activities do involve checking work, but that function belongs to a Project Assurance role, not to the Team Manager, who would only perform assurance if explicitly appointed to that role in addition to their management duties.
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To deliver the Work Package within tolerances
Why this is correct
The Team Manager accepts the Work Package and is accountable for producing its products to the agreed quality, cost and time, escalating if forecasts breach any tolerance. Delivery within tolerances is therefore the core responsibility delegated by the Project Manager.
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To raise issues directly to the Project Board
Why it's wrong here
The Team Manager escalates issues to the Project Manager, who decides whether to inform the Project Board; direct escalation bypasses that line. It is tempting because the Board does resolve major issues, and would be correct if the question concerned the Project Manager's or Board's escalation route rather than the Team Manager's responsibility.
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To update the project plan with actual progress
Why it's wrong here
Updating the project plan with actual progress is the Project Manager's task; the Team Manager supplies Checkpoint Reports and progress information for the Work Package. It is tempting because the Team Manager does report progress, and would be correct if the question asked who provides progress data rather than who owns the plan.
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