PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
The Project Board has requested a report summarizing the current stage performance and the plan for the next stage. Which process should the Project Manager use?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse the Project Manager's responsibility for producing stage boundary reports (Managing a Stage Boundary) with the Project Board's oversight role (Directing a Project), leading candidates to select D when they see 'Project Board' in the question.
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Why each option matters
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Managing a Stage Boundary
The Managing a Stage Boundary process is specifically designed to provide the Project Board with information about the current stage's performance and to create a detailed plan for the next stage. This process produces the End Stage Report and the next Stage Plan, which are exactly what the Project Board requested. The Project Manager uses this process to request authorization to proceed to the next stage.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
Controlling a Stage covers the Work Package and stage-level monitoring, but the requested report summarising stage performance plus the next Stage Plan is produced by Managing a Stage Boundary. That process also seeks Project Board approval to proceed. Controlling a Stage would be right for day-to-day progress, issue and risk handling within the current stage.
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Closing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Closing a Project confirms acceptance of the final product and disbandment, so it cannot report mid-project stage performance or the next Stage Plan. The stem describes an end-of-stage boundary, handled by Managing a Stage Boundary. Closing a Project would be right when the project is being brought to a controlled close.
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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why this is correct
Managing a Stage Boundary is the process that produces the End Stage Report (summarising current stage performance) and the Stage Plan for the next stage, directly satisfying the Project Board’s request for both a performance summary and a forward plan. This process is triggered at the end of each management stage, providing the formal control point for authorising continuation.
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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project is the Project Board's own process for decision-making and remaining accountable, not the Project Manager's reporting route. The Project Manager prepares the End Stage Report and next Stage Plan under Managing a Stage Boundary for Board approval. Directing a Project would be correct for authorising the project or stage boundaries themselves.
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