PRINCE2F People: organizations, teams, and leadership Practice Question
Which document is produced in the Initiating a Project process and defines how the project will be managed?
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Project Initiation Documentation
The Project Initiation Documentation (PID) is the key output of Initiating a Project and defines the project's approach, controls, and plans.
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Stage Plan
Why it's wrong here
A Stage Plan covers one management stage's products, activities and tolerances, produced during Managing a Stage Boundary for the next stage. It cannot define project-wide management, which the Project Initiation Documentation does. It is tempting because the initiation stage itself has a Stage Plan, but that plan addresses only that stage's work.
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Project Initiation Documentation
Why this is correct
The Project Initiation Documentation is assembled during Initiating a Project and consolidates the Project Plan, business case, and controls into a single baseline. It explicitly defines how the project will be managed, satisfying the stem's requirement for the management approach document produced in that process.
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Project Brief
Why it's wrong here
The Project Brief is a pre-project input, produced during Starting up a Project, describing the project's rationale, objectives and scope. It is superseded once initiation completes. It is tempting because it does outline the project at a high level, yet it does not define the management approach, controls or tailoring that the PID contains.
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Business Case
Why it's wrong here
The Business Case justifies the project's viability and benefits; it does not define management approach. The Project Initiation Documentation, specifically its project approach and controls sections, covers how the project will be managed. A Business Case is produced when investment justification must be documented and approved.
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