PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Which process includes the activity 'Review the project's progress against the stage plan'?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2F often tests the distinction between processes that involve progress review (Controlling a Stage) and those that involve stage transition (Managing a Stage Boundary) or high-level direction (Directing a Project).
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Controlling a Stage
The 'Controlling a Stage' process includes the activity 'Review the project's progress against the stage plan.' This process is responsible for monitoring and controlling the work of a stage, including progress review, risk management, issue handling, and reporting.
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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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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project covers the board's decisions — authorising the project, stage boundaries and closure — not the day-to-day review of progress against the stage plan. It would be correct for activities such as 'Authorise the next stage' or 'Give ad hoc direction'.
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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why it's wrong here
Managing a Stage Boundary reviews the current stage's progress and prepares the End Stage Report for the board, but the stem's activity belongs to Controlling a Stage, where the Project Manager reviews work against the stage plan. Managing a Stage Boundary is used at stage end to authorise the next stage.
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Managing Product Delivery
Why it's wrong here
Managing Product Delivery concerns the work of the Team Manager accepting, executing and delivering work packages, so it does not review project progress against the stage plan. It would be correct for activities such as 'Accept a work package' or 'Execute a work package'.
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Controlling a Stage
Why this is correct
Controlling a Stage is the process where the Project Manager monitors work against the stage plan, reviewing progress, taking corrective action and reporting via Highlight Reports. The stem's activity of reviewing progress against the stage plan sits squarely within this process, not Managing a Stage Boundary or Directing a Project.
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