PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question

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For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

• ✓

  SU creates the Project Brief; IP creates the Project Initiation Documentation

  Why this is correct

  The Starting Up a Project (SU) process produces the Project Brief, which provides the outline business case and project mandate, whereas the Initiating a Project (IP) process generates the Project Initiation Documentation (PID), which contains the detailed plans, risk register, and business justification. This satisfies the stem’s requirement for a correct distinction by naming the specific deliverables each process creates.

• ✗

  SU is performed by the Project Board; IP is performed by the Project Manager

  Why it's wrong here

  Both processes are performed by the Project Manager, with the Project Board only authorising them; the split described does not exist. It is tempting because the Board does own decision gates, which would make this true if the question concerned authorisation rather than execution responsibility.

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  SU produces the Stage Plan for the first delivery stage; IP produces the initiation stage plan

  Why it's wrong here

  The Stage Plan for the first delivery stage is produced during Initiating a Project, not Starting Up a Project, which instead produces the project brief and initiation stage plan. It is tempting because SU does assemble the initiation stage plan, so the two plans are easily transposed.

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  SU authorises the project; IP authorises the initiation stage

  Why it's wrong here

  The Project Board authorises the project at the end of Initiating a Project, not during Starting Up a Project, which only ends with authorisation to initiate. It is tempting because SU does secure a Board decision, but that decision concerns whether to initiate, not the project itself.

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