PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
In which process does the Project Manager produce an Exception Plan?
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Managing a Stage Boundary
When a stage tolerance is forecast to be exceeded, the Project Manager raises an Exception Report and then, if directed by the Project Board, produces an Exception Plan during Managing a Stage Boundary.
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Initiating a Project
Why it's wrong here
Initiating a Project produces the Project Initiation Documentation and the business case baseline; an Exception Plan is created only after a stage or project tolerance is forecast to be breached. It is tempting because initiation establishes plans, but exception planning requires an existing tolerance deviation to respond to.
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Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
Controlling a Stage is where the exception is identified, but the Exception Plan is produced in Managing a Stage Boundary.
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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why this is correct
The Managing a Stage Boundary process covers preparing the next Stage Plan and, when tolerances are forecast to be exceeded, producing an Exception Plan for the project board to approve, replacing the remainder of the current Stage Plan.
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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project is the board's decision-making process; it approves or rejects an Exception Plan but does not produce one. The Project Manager authors the plan after a forecast tolerance breach. Directing would be correct when the board authorises continued funding or project closure.
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