PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
During which process are the Benefits Management Approach and the Project Plan created?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap is confusing Initiating a Project with Starting Up a Project; candidates may think the Project Plan is created in Starting Up, but that process only produces the Project Brief, while the detailed plan is created in Initiating.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Initiating a Project
The Benefits Management Approach and the Project Plan are both created during the Initiating a Project process. This process is part of the PRINCE2 methodology where the project's foundation is established, including the business case, project plan, and benefits management approach.
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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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why it's wrong here
Managing a Stage Boundary reviews the current stage and prepares the next Stage Plan, not the Project Plan or Benefits Management Approach. It tempts because it handles planning documentation, but those two baselines are produced during Initiating a Project.
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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project covers board-level decisions and continued business justification, not the creation of these products. It is tempting because the Project Board authorises the Project Initiation Documentation, but the Benefits Management Approach and Project Plan are actually produced during Initiating a Project.
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Initiating a Project
Why this is correct
Initiating a Project assembles the project's foundations, producing the Project Plan and the Benefits Management Approach alongside the business case and PID. These documents are created here because the process establishes how benefits will be measured and how delivery will be controlled.
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Starting Up a Project
Why it's wrong here
Starting Up a Project produces the Project Brief and daily log; the Project Plan and Benefits Management Approach are created in Initiating a Project. It tempts because both are early pre-delivery activities, yet the detailed baselines belong to the initiation process, not the pre-project start-up.
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