PRINCE2F Practice Question: Overview of PRINCE2 and the project environment
Which PRINCE2 principle emphasizes that a project must remain viable throughout its lifecycle?
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Continued business justification
The 'Continued business justification' principle requires that the Business Case is reviewed and updated regularly to ensure the project remains desirable, viable, and achievable.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Manage by stages
Why it's wrong here
Manage by stages divides the project into controllable chunks with decision points, addressing governance and control rather than viability. The continued business justification principle requires a valid Business Case throughout, so it is the one demanding ongoing viability; manage by stages would be chosen when structuring delivery.
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Learn from experience
Why it's wrong here
Learn from experience covers capturing and applying lessons throughout the project, not maintaining viability. Continued business justification is the principle requiring a valid Business Case at all times; learn from experience would be the answer if the question concerned reviews, lessons logs or avoiding repeated mistakes.
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Continued business justification
Why this is correct
Continued business justification requires a valid Business Case to exist throughout, and the project must be stopped or re-scoped if justification lapses. This directly satisfies the stem's constraint that viability must persist across the entire lifecycle, not merely at initiation.
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Tailor to suit the project environment
Why it's wrong here
Tailoring adapts PRINCE2's themes, processes and roles to a project's scale, complexity and environment; it does not address viability. The 'continued business justification' principle requires the Business Case to be reviewed and confirmed viable throughout. Tailoring is tempting because it genuinely shapes how the method is applied, but it governs method fit, not ongoing justification.
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