PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
In which process is the Benefits Management Approach first created?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2 often tests the misconception that the Benefits Management Approach is created in Starting Up a Project because candidates confuse the initial identification of benefits in the Project Brief with the formal, detailed approach created during initiation.
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Initiating a Project
The Benefits Management Approach is created during the Initiating a Project process because this process establishes the detailed plans and controls needed to manage the project, including how benefits will be realized and measured. It is not created earlier because the project mandate and outline business case in Starting Up a Project are too preliminary to define measurable benefits criteria.
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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project covers the Project Board's decision-making and continued business justification, not document creation. It would be the right process for authorising project initiation or stage boundaries once the Benefits Management Approach has already been produced elsewhere.
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Starting Up a Project
Why it's wrong here
Starting Up a Project creates the Project Brief, Business Case outline and Project Initiation Documentation, but the Benefits Management Approach is produced later, during Initiating a Project. Starting Up a Project would be correct for appointing the project team and confirming the project approach.
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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, and updates the Business Case; the Benefits Management Approach already exists by then. This process would be correct for authorising the next stage, not for creating that approach initially.
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Initiating a Project
Why this is correct
The Benefits Management Approach is first drafted during Initiating a Project, within the business case theme, defining how benefits will be measured, reviewed and realised. It is baselined as part of the project initiation documentation, satisfying the requirement that benefits management be planned before the project proceeds.
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