PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question
During the Managing a Stage Boundary process, what is the Project Manager required to produce?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2F often tests the specific outputs of each process, so candidates confuse the Exception Plan (conditional) with the routine End Stage Report and Stage Plan, or mistake the Benefits Review Plan as the main deliverable.
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Correct answer & explanation
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End Stage Report and next Stage Plan
In PRINCE2, the Managing a Stage Boundary process requires the Project Manager to produce the End Stage Report and the next Stage Plan (B). These are the core outputs reviewed by the Project Board to authorize the next stage. The End Stage Report summarizes performance, and the Stage Plan details the next stage.
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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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Exception Plan
Why it's wrong here
An Exception Plan is produced only when the project board requests one after a stage or project is forecast to exceed its tolerances. At a normal stage boundary the Project Manager produces the End Stage Report and Next Stage Plan instead.
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End Stage Report and next Stage Plan
Why this is correct
The End Stage Report and next Stage Plan are the two mandated outputs of Managing a Stage Boundary, satisfying the process's requirement to report performance and request authorisation to proceed. The End Stage Report reviews the closing stage against its plan, while the next Stage Plan provides the basis for the Project Board's continuation decision.
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Benefits Review Plan
Why it's wrong here
The Benefits Review Plan is created during Initiating a Project and updated at stage boundaries as part of the Business Case, not produced as the boundary's primary output. Managing a Stage Boundary centres on the End Stage Report and Next Stage Plan.
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Project Plan update
Why it's wrong here
The Project Plan is produced during Initiating a Project and updated only when an Exception Plan is approved; the stage boundary itself yields the End Stage Report and Next Stage Plan. Updating the Project Plan is not the required output of this process.
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Variation 1. Which TWO of the following are outputs of the Managing a Stage Boundary process?
medium- A.Project Plan
- B.Benefits Review Plan
- ✓ C.Stage Plan for the next stage
- D.Project Brief
- ✓ E.End Stage Report
Why C: The Managing a Stage Boundary process is triggered at the end of each stage (except the final one) to prepare for the next stage and to report on the current stage's performance. Option C (Stage Plan for the next stage) is correct because one of the process's key activities is producing the Stage Plan for the next stage, which the Project Board then reviews and approves. Option E (End Stage Report) is correct because the process also produces an End Stage Report summarizing the stage's performance against its plan, which is submitted to the Project Board for approval. Option A (Project Plan) is not an output of this process; the Project Plan is updated in the Initiating a Project process and reviewed/updated as needed, but it is not produced by Managing a Stage Boundary. Option B (Benefits Review Plan) is not an output here; it is created during Initiating a Project and updated as required, not generated by Managing a Stage Boundary. Option D (Project Brief) is not an output of this process; it is produced during Starting Up a Project.
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