PRINCE2F People: organizations, teams, and leadership Practice Question

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

• ✓

  The stage is forecast to exceed its tolerance

  Why this is correct

  Forecast tolerance breach during a stage is the trigger: the Project Manager must escalate via an Exception Report, and once the board approves, an Exception Plan replaces the remainder of the Stage Plan. This satisfies the Managing a Stage Boundary requirement to replan the current stage when its tolerances can no longer be met.

• ✗

  A Team Manager reports a delay in the Work Package

  Why it's wrong here

  A Work Package delay is handled by the Team Manager within tolerance, escalating only if the Work Package tolerance is forecast to be exceeded; an Exception Plan follows a Stage Plan or Project Plan exception. It is tempting because Work Package status accounts are the usual source of progress data during a stage.

• ✗

  The Project Board requests a new plan for the next stage

  Why it's wrong here

  A new plan for the next stage is produced routinely within Managing a Stage Boundary, not as an Exception Plan. It is tempting because the Project Board does request plans, and would be correct if the stage were forecast to exceed its tolerances, triggering exception handling.

• ✗

  The Project Manager decides to change the project approach

  Why it's wrong here

  An Exception Plan responds to a Project Board decision following a forecast breach of stage tolerances, not to the Project Manager unilaterally changing the approach. It is tempting because the Project Manager does author plans, and would be correct if the change were escalated and approved through change control.

Go deeper

Related to this question