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When should the team manager produce a checkpoint report?

On completion of the quality-checking activities for each product

When a work package is being negotiated

When reviewing how a stage is progressing

At the frequency agreed in the work package

What is an advantage of applying the 'learn from experience' principle?

It allows the project team to identify improvements to be made during the project

It allows the project team to fully understand their roles and responsibilities

It allows the project board to delegate cost tolerances to the project manager

It allows the project manager to delegate time tolerances to the team managers

Which is an objective of the 'managing a stage boundary' process?

To implement actions to resolve tolerance deviations from the stage plan

To ensure that all threats and opportunities for the current stage have been closed

To request authorization to start the next stage

To ensure that work on products allocated to the team for the next stage is authorized

Which is a purpose of the Closing a Project process?

To provide the Project Board with sufficient information to confirm continued business justification for the project

To inform the Project Board that the final stage is about to start

To provide a fixed point at which acceptance of the project product is confirmed

To define the handover procedures for the project's products

Identify the missing word in the following sentence. A purpose of the [ ? ] theme is to control any unacceptable deviations from the project's objectives.

risk

progress

change

plans

Which is a purpose of the Directing a Project process?

To provide the information required to confirm whether it is worthwhile to initiate a project

To enable overall control of a project to be exercised by the Project Board

To establish the level of control required by the Project Board after initiation

To provide sufficient information to review the current stage and approve the next Stage Plan

What is established within the Initiating a Project process?

That all of the information to develop the Project Brief is available

The formats for communicating project information to stakeholders

That any constraints which could affect the project have been removed

The different ways that the project product can be delivered

Which is a reason why the 'defined roles and responsibilities' principle must be applied?

Because each project will have unique outputs

Because more than one function may be involved in the project

Because projects may have duplicated or inconsistent objectives

Because stages provide senior management with control points

What is likely to be avoided by applying the 'tailor to suit the project' principle?

Training

Project risks

Procurement procedures

Unnecessary management effort

How many management stages should a PRINCE2 project consist of?

Start up stage, initiation stage and a closing stage

At least one management stage to cover the project and a closing stage

Initiation stage and at least one other management stage to cover the remainder of the project

Start up stage, initiation stage and at least one other management stage to cover the remainder of the project

How is the Project Initiation Documentation used during the Closing a Project process?

It provides the Project Product Description for approval by the Project Board

It is updated to include relevant lessons from previous projects

It is used as the basis for comparing the original aim of the project against what was actually achieved

It provides the controls for the final stage of the project

What term is used to describe when a risk might occur?

Proximity

Probability

Impact

Evaluate

Which is a benefit of using PRINCE2?

It enables a project manager to be accountable for the success of a project

It provides established and proven best practice and governance for project management

It prevents any changes after the scope of a project has been agreed

It includes techniques for critical path analysis and earned value analysis

What should be provided by a project mandate?

Terms of reference for a project

Tolerances for each management stage

A plan for the initiation stage

A detailed business case

Which is a responsibility of the managing level within the project management team?

To appoint the roles in project management team

To set project-level tolerances

To ensure that the products are produced within the constraints agreed with the project board

To approve the stage completion of each stage

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