PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
The Project Manager receives a Highlight Report from the Project Board. Is this correct?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse the direction of communication, assuming the Project Board sends reports to the Project Manager, when in fact the Highlight Report is a bottom-up reporting mechanism from the Project Manager to the Project Board.
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Why each option matters
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No, the Project Manager sends Highlight Reports to the Project Board
In PRINCE2, the Highlight Report is a management product that is prepared by the Project Manager and sent to the Project Board. The purpose of the Highlight Report is to provide the Project Board with a summary of the project's progress at intervals defined in the Communication Management Strategy. Therefore, the statement that the Project Manager receives a Highlight Report from the Project Board is incorrect; the flow is from the Project Manager to the Project Board.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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No, the Project Manager sends Highlight Reports to the Project Board
Why this is correct
Highlight Reports flow upward from the Project Manager to the Project Board at each reporting stage, providing progress, status and exception information. The Project Board does not author them; it receives them, so the statement that the Project Manager receives one from the Board is incorrect.
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Yes, the Project Board uses Highlight Reports to direct the Project Manager
Why it's wrong here
Highlight Reports travel from the Project Manager to the Project Board, not the reverse; the Board directs via Directing a Project decisions. The option inverts that flow. It tempts because the Board does issue direction, but through Exception Reports and tolerance decisions, not Highlight Reports.
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No, Highlight Reports are only used during the Initiating a Project process
Why it's wrong here
Highlight Reports are a Controlling a Stage and Managing a Stage Boundary product, produced throughout delivery, not confined to Initiating a Project. It tempts because Initiating a Project does create the Project Initiation Documentation, but Highlight Reports continue in every subsequent stage.
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Yes, the Project Board sends Highlight Reports to the Project Manager
Why it's wrong here
Highlight Reports are produced by the Project Manager and sent to the Project Board to summarise progress, so the Board never sends them. The direction of communication is reversed. It tempts because the Board does communicate with the Project Manager, but via decisions and advice, not Highlight Reports.
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