PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
During which process are Work Packages authorised by the Project Manager?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap is confusing the authorization of Work Packages with the acceptance of Work Packages. Candidates may think Managing Product Delivery authorizes Work Packages, but it only accepts and executes them.
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Why each option matters
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Controlling a Stage
Work Packages are authorized by the Project Manager within the Controlling a Stage process. In this process, the Project Manager assigns work to the Team Manager by creating and authorizing Work Packages, which include the required products, constraints, and reporting requirements. This is a core activity of Controlling a Stage.
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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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project covers the Project Board's decisions — authorising the project, stage or closure — not the issue of Work Packages to Team Managers. Work Package authorisation belongs to Controlling a Stage, where the Project Manager agrees delivery with the team.
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Controlling a Stage
Why this is correct
Work Packages are authorised by the Project Manager during Controlling a Stage, where agreed work is delegated to the Team Manager and progress monitored against the Stage Plan. Managing Product Delivery receives and executes those Work Packages, but authorisation itself occurs in Controlling a Stage.
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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why it's wrong here
Managing a Stage Boundary produces the End Stage Report and Next Stage Plan for the Project Board's approval, so it concerns stage-level authority, not individual Work Packages. Work Packages are authorised in Controlling a Stage, once the stage plan and tolerances are already agreed.
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Managing Product Delivery
Why it's wrong here
Managing Product Delivery is the Team Manager's process: accepting, executing and delivering a Work Package, then reporting completion. The Project Manager authorises the Work Package in Controlling a Stage; this process receives it, so the direction of authorisation is reversed.
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