PRINCE2F People: organizations, teams, and leadership Practice Question
The Project Board is meeting to make decisions when the project is not meeting its tolerances. What type of meeting is this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse an Exception-driven meeting with a Stage Boundary meeting, because both involve reviewing a plan, but the trigger (tolerance breach vs. end of stage) and the output (Exception Plan vs. Stage Plan) are fundamentally different.
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Why each option matters
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Exception-driven meeting
D is correct because when a project is forecast to exceed its tolerances, the Project Board must convene an Exception-driven meeting to assess the situation and decide on corrective action. This meeting is triggered by an Exception Report from the Project Manager, not by a scheduled management stage boundary or routine progress review.
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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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Stage boundary meeting
Why it's wrong here
A stage boundary meeting reviews an end stage report and authorises the next stage; it occurs at planned transition points, not in response to breached tolerances. It is tempting because the Project Board attends both, but exception situations require an exception assessment or project board exception meeting instead.
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Monthly progress meeting
Why it's wrong here
Monthly progress meetings are scheduled checkpoints for reviewing work and highlighting reports; they are not convened because tolerances have been breached. It is tempting because the Project Board does meet monthly, but decisions on exceeded tolerances belong to the exception process, which escalates through an exception report rather than a routine progress review.
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Daily stand-up meeting
Why it's wrong here
Daily stand-ups are team-level coordination events for tracking progress and removing blockers; the Project Board does not attend them. It is tempting because stand-ups address problems quickly, but tolerance breaches require a formal Project Board decision, which is handled through the exception process, not a daily team huddle.
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Exception-driven meeting
Why this is correct
Project Board meetings convened specifically because the project has breached or is forecast to breach tolerances are exception-driven, focused on corrective action. This matches the stem's trigger of tolerances not being met, rather than routine progress or ad-hoc direction meetings.
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