PRINCE2F People: organizations, teams, and leadership Practice Question
A Project Manager is appointed to a project during the Starting Up a Project process. The project has a complex technical scope. The SRO wants to ensure that the Project Board receives independent assurance on technical decisions. Who should provide this assurance?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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A person appointed to the Project Assurance role with technical expertise.
Project Assurance is an independent oversight role that reports to the Project Board. The SRO can assign technical assurance to an individual with appropriate skills, separate from the Project Manager.
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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The Senior Supplier, as they represent the supplier interests.
Why it's wrong here
The Senior Supplier represents supplier interests on the Project Board and is accountable for supplier delivery, so their assurance is not independent of the technical solution being delivered. Project Assurance must be independent of the Project Manager and the delivery teams. The Senior Supplier role would be correct for supplier resourcing decisions.
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A Team Manager assigned to the project.
Why it's wrong here
A Team Manager delivers products and manages a team; they cannot provide independent assurance on technical decisions. It is tempting because Team Managers hold technical knowledge, but the correct answer is a separate assurance role, such as project assurance from outside the delivery team.
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The Project Manager, as they have the technical expertise.
Why it's wrong here
The Project Manager runs the project day to day and cannot provide assurance independent of their own decisions; PRINCE2 requires Project Assurance to be independent of the Project Manager. The Project Manager would be correct for managing technical work and reporting progress, not for assuring it.
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A person appointed to the Project Assurance role with technical expertise.
Why this is correct
Project Assurance carries the board's independent monitoring remit, so appointing someone with technical expertise satisfies the SRO's requirement for independent assurance on technical decisions within a complex scope. The role reports outside the project manager's line, preserving objectivity.
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