PRINCE2F Practice Question: Overview of PRINCE2 and the project environment

What is the purpose of the Highlight Report?

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Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

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To report stage progress to the Project Board

The Highlight Report is provided by the Project Manager to the Project Board at the end of each reporting period to summarize progress.

Answer analysis

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

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To report stage progress to the Project Board
Why this is correct
The Highlight Report provides the Project Board with a periodic summary of stage progress, status and issues, enabling it to monitor and control the stage. This satisfies the stem's requirement for reporting stage-level progress to the Board.
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To report the end of a stage
Why it's wrong here
Reporting the end of a stage is the End Stage Report's purpose, produced at a stage boundary. The Highlight Report is tempting here because both are progress reports, but it is issued at agreed intervals during the stage to update the Project Board, not to close a stage.
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To report team progress to the Project Manager
Why it's wrong here
Reporting team progress to the Project Manager is the Checkpoint Report's purpose, covering work within a team. The Highlight Report is tempting because it also conveys progress, but it flows from the Project Manager to the Project Board at intervals, summarising stage status rather than team-level detail.
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To report a forecast deviation
Why it's wrong here
A forecast deviation is covered within the Highlight Report's tolerance information, but reporting it is not the report's purpose. It is tempting because exception situations do appear in progress reporting, yet the Highlight Report exists to give the Project Board regular stage status updates, not to raise a single forecast issue.

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