PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question
During a stage, a Team Manager reports that a work package is likely to be delayed. What should the Project Manager do?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Assess the impact on stage tolerances and take corrective action if within tolerance
The Project Manager must assess the impact on stage tolerances. If the delay is within tolerance, they can take corrective action. If it exceeds tolerance, they must escalate via an Exception Report.
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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Close the work package and reassign the work to another team
Why it's wrong here
Closing the work package and reassigning work is a drastic response that discards the Team Manager's specialist knowledge and may breach the agreed Work Package tolerances. Reassignment suits a team genuinely unable to deliver; a forecast delay instead calls for corrective action within the Project Manager's delegated authority.
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Assess the impact on stage tolerances and take corrective action if within tolerance
Why this is correct
Stage tolerances define the delegated authority boundary. Assessing the delay's impact against them determines whether the Project Manager can act within the stage boundary or must escalate to the Project Board, since only the Board can approve exceeding stage tolerances.
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Immediately raise an Exception Report to the Project Board
Why it's wrong here
A likely delay is first assessed against the stage tolerances; only if the forecast breaches those tolerances does an Exception Report go to the Project Board. Raising one immediately bypasses the Project Manager's own tolerance analysis and escalation triggers defined in the Business Case.
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Instruct the Team Manager to continue as planned and report progress in the next Checkpoint Report
Why it's wrong here
Ignoring the forecast delay removes any corrective action before the stage boundary, so tolerance breach is discovered late. Continuing as planned suits minor variances within tolerance; here the Project Manager must first evaluate impact and take corrective action, escalating only if stage tolerances are threatened.
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