PRINCE2F Practice Question: Overview of PRINCE2 and the project environment
Which role provides an independent view of the project's progress, ensuring that it is carried out correctly?
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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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Project Assurance
Project Assurance is independent of the Project Manager and provides oversight to the Project Board. Project Support is administrative and not independent.
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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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Project Manager
Why it's wrong here
The Project Manager manages the project day to day and cannot provide the independent assurance view; that independence is the Project Assurance responsibility within the Project Board. The option attracts because the Project Manager reports progress, but self-reporting is not independent verification of correctness.
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Project Assurance
Why this is correct
Project Assurance monitors the project independently of the Project Manager, checking that all seven principles, themes and processes are applied correctly. Its independence from the delivery role satisfies the stem's requirement for an impartial view of progress.
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Project Support
Why it's wrong here
Project Support administers tools, configuration management and administrative tasks, not assurance. It is tempting because support staff do observe project work closely, but the independent progress view belongs to Project Assurance, which monitors each stakeholder interest against the project board's requirements.
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Team Manager
Why it's wrong here
The Team Manager manages product delivery and reports progress upward via Checkpoint Reports, so their view is internal to the team, not independent. Tempting because Team Managers do report on progress, yet independence from the work is exactly what Project Assurance provides.
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