PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
In which process does the Project Board decide whether to authorise an Exception Plan?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse the process that creates the Exception Plan (Managing a Stage Boundary) with the process that authorizes it (Directing a Project), because both involve the exception plan but at different decision levels.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Directing a Project
The Project Board decides whether to authorize an Exception Plan during the Directing a Project process. This process covers the Project Board's decision-making responsibilities, including reviewing and approving exception plans when a stage is forecast to exceed its tolerances. The board either approves the exception plan, allowing the project to continue, or requests alternatives.
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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Starting Up a Project
Why it's wrong here
SU is pre-project and does not deal with exceptions.
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Directing a Project
Why this is correct
DP includes authorisation of Exception Plans.
- ✗
Managing a Stage Boundary
Why it's wrong here
SB produces the Exception Plan, but does not authorise it.
- ✗
Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
CS is for management; the Board decides in DP.
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Variation 1. Which process covers the Project Board's decision to authorise project closure?
easy- A.Managing a Stage Boundary
- B.Initiating a Project
- ✓ C.Directing a Project
- D.Closing a Project
Why C: The Project Board uses the Directing a Project process to authorise closure, based on the recommendation from CP.
Variation 2. Which process is used by the Project Board to authorise the start of a new stage?
medium- ✓ A.Directing a Project
- B.Initiating a Project
- C.Controlling a Stage
- D.Managing a Stage Boundary
Why A: Directing a Project includes authorising stage plans (including exception plans) and project closure.
Variation 3. Which process is responsible for authorising the project's closure?
easy- ✓ A.Directing a Project
- B.Closing a Project
- C.Controlling a Stage
- D.Managing a Stage Boundary
Why A: The 'Directing a Project' process is responsible for authorizing the project's closure because it is the decision-making process performed by the Project Board. The Board reviews the End Project Report and confirms that all objectives have been met or that the project should be prematurely closed, then issues the formal authorization to close. This ensures that closure is a controlled, board-level decision, not an operational activity.
Variation 4. Which process is responsible for authorising the initiation of a project?
easy- A.Starting Up a Project
- B.Controlling a Stage
- C.Initiating a Project
- ✓ D.Directing a Project
Why D: The Directing a Project process is the Project Board’s process, which includes authorising initiation, the project itself, stage plans, and closure.
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