PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Which process is responsible for authorising the project's closure?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse the process that performs closure activities ('Closing a Project') with the process that has the authority to approve closure ('Directing a Project'), leading them to select the operational process instead of the governance process.
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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 responsible for authorizing the project's closure because it is the decision-making process performed by the Project Board. The Board reviews the End Project Report and confirms that all objectives have been met or that the project should be prematurely closed, then issues the formal authorization to close. This ensures that closure is a controlled, board-level decision, not an operational activity.
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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Directing a Project
Why this is correct
Directing a Project authorises closure through the 'Authorise Project Closure' activity, which the Project Board performs after the Closing a Project process has prepared the End Project Report and recommended closure. This satisfies the stem's constraint that authorisation, not preparation, is required: Closing a Project does the work, while Directing a Project grants the approval.
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Closing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Closing a Project verifies the project has delivered its products and prepares the End Project Report, but authorisation of closure comes from the Project Board, not this process itself. It is tempting because closure activities sit here, yet the authorising decision is a directing-layer responsibility, not a managing-layer process.
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Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
Controlling a Stage covers day-to-day progress monitoring, issue handling and work package authorisation within a stage, not project closure. It is tempting because the Stage Manager authorises work packages, but the Project Board's closure decision belongs to the directing layer, not this managing process.
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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 approval at a stage gate, not the project's closure. It is tempting because it seeks board authorisation, but that authorisation concerns continuing to the next stage, not closing the project.
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