PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Processes Practice Question
Who is responsible for producing the Highlight Report during the Controlling a Stage process?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse the Highlight Report with the Checkpoint Report, assuming the Team Manager produces both, but PRINCE2 clearly separates these: the Team Manager produces Checkpoint Reports for the Project Manager, while the Project Manager produces the Highlight Report for the Project Board.
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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Project Manager
The Project Manager is responsible for producing the Highlight Report during the Controlling a Stage process because this report provides the Project Board with a summary of the stage's progress, including achievements, next steps, and any issues or risks. PRINCE2 explicitly assigns this responsibility to the Project Manager to ensure the board receives timely and accurate information for decision-making.
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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Project Board
Why it's wrong here
The Project Board receives Highlight Reports and acts on tolerance breaches; it does not author them. Its governance role makes the option tempting, since the board clearly owns stage-boundary decisions, but authoring the report sits with the Project Manager, who compiles progress, issues and forecast into each Highlight Report.
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Project Support
Why it's wrong here
Project Support maintains logs, configuration records and administrative products, not the stage progress narrative. Its administrative remit makes the option tempting, but Project Support would be correct for maintaining the Issue Register or Lessons Log, whereas the Project Manager authors the Highlight Report during Controlling a Stage.
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Team Manager
Why it's wrong here
The Team Manager produces Checkpoint Reports covering team-level progress and quality, feeding information upward. That reporting role makes the option tempting, but the Highlight Report is the Project Manager's instrument for summarising stage status, so the Team Manager would be correct only for Checkpoint Reports.
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Project Manager
Why this is correct
The Project Manager produces the Highlight Report during Controlling a Stage, summarising stage progress, issues and tolerances for the Project Board. This satisfies the process's requirement for regular progress communication to the board, distinct from the Team Manager's Checkpoint Report.
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Variation 1. Who is responsible for producing the Highlight Report during the Controlling a Stage process?
easy- A.Senior User
- B.Team Manager
- C.Project Support
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Why D: In PRINCE2, the Project Manager is responsible for producing the Highlight Report during the Controlling a Stage process. The Highlight Report is a time-driven progress report sent to the Project Board to inform them of stage status, and it is authored by the Project Manager who owns the day-to-day management of the stage. This aligns with the Project Manager's accountability for monitoring and controlling the stage.
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