PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Which process includes the activity 'Authorize a Work Package'?
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Controlling a Stage
Authorizing a Work Package is an activity performed by the Project Manager in the Controlling a Stage process.
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Managing Product Delivery
Why it's wrong here
Managing Product Delivery receives and executes work packages, accepting, executing and delivering them; it does not authorise them. It is tempting because the team works under the package, but authorisation is issued by the managing layer before delivery begins.
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Controlling a Stage
Why this is correct
Authorising a work package sits within Controlling a Stage, where the project manager delegates and monitors work agreed with the team manager. This process owns work package authorisation, distinguishing it from Managing Product Delivery, which accepts and executes the package.
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Initiating a Project
Why it's wrong here
Initiating a Project assembles the project initiation documentation and business case before delivery starts, so no work packages exist to authorise. It is tempting as an early authorisation step, but that process authorises the project, not individual work packages.
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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project covers board-level decisions such as project initiation, stage boundaries and closure, not the day-to-day allocation of work. It is tempting because it authorises the project itself, yet work package authorisation sits with the managing layer.
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