PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Which process provides the Project Board with information needed to evaluate the project's ongoing viability at the end of each stage?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2F often tests the confusion between 'Directing a Project' and 'Managing a Stage Boundary'—candidates may think the Project Board's decision-making process is the one that provides the information, but it is actually the latter that supplies the necessary reports.
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Why each option matters
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Managing a Stage Boundary
The Managing a Stage Boundary process is triggered at the end of each stage. Its purpose is to provide the Project Board with the information it needs to review the current stage's performance, approve the next Stage Plan, and confirm continued business justification. This process produces the End Stage Report and Next Stage Plan, which are the key inputs for the Project Board's 'authorize a stage' decision.
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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Controlling a Stage
Why it's wrong here
Controlling a Stage covers day-to-day work package authorisation, progress monitoring and exception handling within a stage, not the end-of-stage viability assessment. It is tempting because it reports progress to the Project Board, but that viability evaluation belongs to Managing a Stage Boundary.
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Directing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Directing a Project is the Project Board's own decision-making process, not the one that assembles the End Stage Report and updated Business Case for their review. It would be right for authorising the next stage, but the viability information itself originates in Managing a Stage Boundary.
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Managing a Stage Boundary
Why this is correct
Managing a Stage Boundary reviews the current stage's performance and prepares the End Stage Report and next Stage Plan, giving the Project Board the viability evidence it needs to authorise continuation at each stage end.
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Closing a Project
Why it's wrong here
Closing a Project happens after the final stage, so it cannot supply viability information at each stage boundary. It is tempting because it does confirm whether objectives were met, but that confirmation occurs once, at project end, not at every End Stage Assessment.
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