PRINCE2F People: organizations, teams, and leadership Practice Question
A Team Manager receives a Work Package from the Project Manager. To whom should the Team Manager report progress?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse the reporting line with oversight roles, assuming that Project Assurance or the Board needs direct progress updates, when PRINCE2 explicitly mandates that the Team Manager reports only to the Project Manager to preserve the single point of control.
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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Project Manager
In PRINCE2, the Team Manager is responsible for delivering the Work Package and reports progress directly to the Project Manager, who is the single point of accountability for the project. The Project Manager uses this information to update the Project Plan and report to the Project Board. This ensures a clear line of control and avoids bypassing the management layer.
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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Project Board
Why it's wrong here
The Team Manager reports to the Project Manager, who owns the Work Package and monitors its delivery; the Project Board sits above the Project Manager and receives Highlight Reports, not Team Manager progress updates. Escalating directly to the Board bypasses the Project Manager's controlling role. The Board would be the right recipient for tolerance breaches escalated via the Project Manager.
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Senior User
Why it's wrong here
Reporting progress to the Senior User bypasses the Project Manager, who owns the Work Package and the agreed checkpoint reporting. The Senior User specifies and verifies benefits, so they would be the right recipient for benefit-related information, not routine Team Manager progress reports.
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Project Assurance
Why it's wrong here
Reporting progress to Project Assurance misroutes information: Assurance monitors the project's viability, standards and business case on the Project Board's behalf, not delivery tasks. It is tempting because Assurance does check progress, but that is independent oversight across the project. A Team Manager reports Work Package progress to the Project Manager, who authorised that Work Package.
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Project Manager
Why this is correct
Under PRINCE2, the Team Manager works within the Managing Product Delivery process and reports progress, issues and completed Work Packages directly to the Project Manager, who authorised the Work Package. Reporting to any other role would breach that defined line of authority.
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