PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question

A Project Manager is midway through a stage. A Work Package has been returned by the Team Manager with the products completed but with a follow-on action recommendation noted against one product. The Project Manager must now decide how to handle this within the Controlling a Stage process. Which action is most appropriate?

⚠ Common exam trap

Watch out — candidates often confuse a follow-on action recommendation, which is a note for future work, with a quality failure that would require the Work Package to be rejected.

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Correct answer & explanation

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Record the follow-on action recommendation in the Quality Register and, if it represents a change, raise it as an Issue

Follow-on action recommendations are logged in the Quality Register so they remain visible and can be actioned, and any that affect agreed baselines are managed as Issues under change control. Rejecting the Work Package, escalating as an Exception, or only recording a lesson all fail to put the recommendation in the right place. The Controlling a Stage process expects the Project Manager to review returned work and route findings appropriately.

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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Escalate the recommendation directly to the Project Board as an Exception Report
Why it's wrong here
An Exception Report is only produced when a stage or project is predicted to exceed the tolerances delegated by the Project Board. A simple follow-on action recommendation is nowhere near that threshold and would be handled at the Managing a Stage Boundary or through normal issue handling. Escalating it as an Exception would misuse the escalation path and distract the Board from genuine tolerance breaches.
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Reject the Work Package and instruct the Team Manager to resolve the recommendation before resubmitting
Why it's wrong here
A follow-on action recommendation does not mean the products failed their quality criteria; the products were completed and the recommendation is simply a note for future work. Rejecting the Work Package would be disproportionate and would delay progress unnecessarily. The Controlling a Stage process expects the Project Manager to review the work and take appropriate action rather than automatically return it.
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Record the follow-on action recommendation in the Quality Register and, if it represents a change, raise it as an Issue
Why this is correct
Follow-on action recommendations arising from completed quality activities are captured in the Quality Register so they are not lost, and any that amount to a change to agreed baselines are then handled through the Issue and Change Control procedure. This is exactly what Controlling a Stage expects the Project Manager to do when work is returned.
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Note the recommendation in the Lessons Log and take no further action
Why it's wrong here
The Lessons Log captures lessons that could benefit future projects or later stages, but it is not the correct destination for a follow-on action recommendation attached to a completed product. The recommendation must be captured where it can be acted on, which is the Quality Register, and any change implications handled through the Issue and Change Control procedure. The Lessons Log alone would let the action be lost.

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