PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
The Project Board is reviewing an Exception Plan submitted by the Project Manager. Which process is the Project Board performing?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse the process that creates the Exception Plan ('Managing a Stage Boundary') with the process that reviews and approves it ('Directing a Project'), leading candidates to pick A instead of C.
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Why each option matters
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Directing a Project
The Project Board is the decision-making body that reviews Exception Plans when a stage is forecast to exceed its tolerances. This review is performed as part of the 'Directing a Project' process, which covers board-level decisions such as approving exception plans, mid-stage corrections, and project closure. The board does not execute the plan; it authorizes or rejects it.
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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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why it's wrong here
Managing a Stage Boundary covers preparing the next Stage Plan and End Stage Report, not appraising an Exception Plan. It is tempting because that process also involves Project Board decisions. Reviewing an Exception Plan belongs to Directing a Project, where the Board authorises the revised approach.
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Closing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Closing a Project handles acceptance, handover and project closure, not Exception Plan approval. It is tempting because the Board also makes decisions there. The stem describes responding to a tolerance breach, which sits in Directing a Project, not closure activities.
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Directing a Project
Why this is correct
Submitting an Exception Plan for approval sits within Directing a Project, where the Project Board authorises continued work after tolerance deviation. The board reviews and approves or rejects the plan, exercising its decision-making remit rather than managing delivery, which belongs to the Project Manager.
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Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
Controlling a Stage is the Project Manager's day-to-day process, not a Project Board activity. It is tempting because exception situations are first escalated there by the Project Manager. The Board's review and approval of the Exception Plan occurs under Directing a Project.
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