PRINCE2F Practice Question: Overview of PRINCE2 and the project environment

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

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

• ✓

  To enable the Project Board to review the current stage and authorize the next

  Why this is correct

  Managing a Stage Boundary occurs at each stage end, providing the Project Board with the End Stage Report and next Stage Plan so it can assess continued viability and authorise the following stage. This maintains the principle of continued business justification.

• ✗

  To close the project

  Why it's wrong here

  Closing the project is the purpose of the Closing a Project process, which confirms acceptance and reviews benefits. Managing a Stage Boundary instead prepares the next Stage Plan and updates the Business Case for the Board's authorisation to continue. It is tempting because both processes produce an End Stage Report and sit at a stage's end.

• ✗

  To manage the day-to-day activities of a stage

  Why it's wrong here

  Controlling a Stage governs day-to-day activities: work packages, progress, issues and risks within tolerance. Managing a Stage Boundary occurs only at the stage's end, providing the Board with information to authorise the next stage. The confusion arises because both processes are the Project Manager's responsibility during delivery.

• ✗

  To initiate the project

  Why it's wrong here

  Managing a Stage Boundary reviews the current stage, prepares the next Stage Plan and updates the Business Case for board authorisation; initiating the project is the Starting up a Project and Initiating a Project work. Tempting because both involve planning and approval, but initiation precedes delivery, whereas stage boundaries occur during delivery.

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