PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Which process is responsible for authorizing the initiation of a project?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Directing a Project
Directing a Project is the process by which the Project Board makes key decisions, including authorizing initiation. Starting Up a Project is a pre-project process that does not involve authorization.
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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Starting Up a Project
Why it's wrong here
This process prepares the Project Brief and checks the viability but does not authorize initiation.
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Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
Controlling a Stage manages the work of an already-initiated stage and reports progress to the Project Board, but it lacks the authority to grant the initial go-ahead for the project. It is tempting because it oversees the delivery of a stage’s products, which might be mistaken for the act of starting the whole project; it would be correct if the question asked which process monitors and controls ongoing stage activities.
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Initiating a Project
Why it's wrong here
This process creates the PID but presupposes that initiation has been authorized.
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Directing a Project
Why this is correct
The Project Board authorizes initiation as part of Directing a Project.
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