PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Which process covers the Project Board's decision to authorise project closure?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2F often tests the confusion between the Project Manager's role in Closing a Project (executing closure) and the Project Board's role in Directing a Project (authorising closure). Candidates frequently pick 'Closing a Project' because it sounds like the process that covers closure, but the question specifically asks for the Board's decision.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Directing a Project
The Directing a Project process is the responsibility of the Project Board and includes the activity 'Authorise Project Closure'. This activity is where the Project Board reviews the End Project Report and gives approval to close the project. It is a decision-making process, not a delivery or management process, and it sits above the other processes in the PRINCE2 process model.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why it's wrong here
Managing a Stage Boundary prepares the End Stage Report and next Stage Plan for the Project Board's authorisation of the following stage, not project closure. It is tempting because it also produces a Board decision. Closure authorisation belongs to Closing a Project, triggered after the final stage's products are accepted.
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Initiating a Project
Why it's wrong here
Initiating a Project assembles the Project Initiation Documentation and business case, ending with the Project Board's authorisation to proceed, not to close. It is tempting because both processes involve a Project Board decision point. Closure authorisation instead sits in Closing a Project, after the final stage boundary.
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Directing a Project
Why this is correct
Directing a Project is the board-level process covering authorisation decisions, including authorising project closure via the End Project activity. It sits above Managing a Stage Boundary, which merely prepares the closure information the board then approves.
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Closing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Closing a Project handles closure activities after the Project Board has already authorised closure; the authorisation decision itself sits in Directing a Project. It tempts because closure preparation and lessons reporting occur within that process.
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