PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Which product is produced during the Starting Up a Project process?
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Project Brief
The Project Brief is the key output of SU. The PID is produced during IP.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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End Stage Report
Why it's wrong here
The End Stage Report is created during Managing a Stage Boundary to summarise stage performance for the project board, so it cannot originate in Starting Up a Project. It is tempting because it is a real PRINCE2 report, and would be correct for a question asking which product is produced at the end of a management stage.
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Exception Report
Why it's wrong here
An Exception Report is produced during the Managing a Stage Boundary process when tolerances are forecast to be exceeded, not while Starting Up a Project. It is tempting because it is a genuine PRINCE2 management product, and would be the correct answer for a question about reporting a stage or project deviation to the project board.
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Project Initiation Documentation
Why it's wrong here
The Project Initiation Documentation is assembled during Initiating a Project, the process that follows Starting Up a Project, so it is not produced in Starting Up a Project itself. It is tempting because the Project Brief from Starting Up a Project feeds directly into it, making the two processes easy to conflate.
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Project Brief
Why this is correct
The Project Brief is created during Starting Up a Project. It captures the project's purpose, scope, outline business case and tolerances, providing the baseline the Project Board uses to authorise initiation, and is refined later into the Business Case during Initiating a Project.
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