PRINCE2 Practitioner Progress Theme and Controls 3

Question 1

What is the relationship between Checkpoint Reports and Highlight Reports in PRINCE2?

Accepted Answer

Information from Checkpoint Reports feeds into the Project Manager's Highlight Reports

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They are the same document with different names at different management levels

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Highlight Reports replace Checkpoint Reports when a stage ends

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They are produced simultaneously by the Project Manager

Question 2

Which PRINCE2 principle is most directly supported by the Progress theme?

Accepted Answer

Manage by exception

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Learn from experience

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Focus on products

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Tailor to suit the project environment

Question 3

What should a Highlight Report typically include?

Accepted Answer

Summary of stage status, key risks and issues, and forecasts versus plan

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Detailed risk register entries and full issue logs

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Full product descriptions and quality testing results

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Work Package completion certificates and sign-offs

Question 4

In the context of PRINCE2's Progress theme, what does a tolerance boundary allow each management level to do?

Accepted Answer

Manage within defined boundaries without escalating every minor variation

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Approve changes to project scope without escalating to the level above

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Permit Team Managers to modify Work Package scope independently

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Enable the Project Board to bypass Corporate Management approvals

Question 5

A software project using PRINCE2 is three weeks behind schedule but within the agreed stage time tolerance of four weeks. What should the Project Manager do?

Accepted Answer

Continue managing the stage within the delegated tolerance and report status in the next Highlight Report

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Raise an Exception Report immediately to alert the Project Board

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Inform Corporate Management of the delay as a precautionary measure

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Request an Exception Plan from the Project Board

Question 6

How is the frequency of Checkpoint Reports determined in PRINCE2?

Accepted Answer

As agreed in the Work Package between the Project Manager and Team Manager

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Always weekly, as specified in the PRINCE2 manual

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Always at the end of every Work Package

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Monthly, as prescribed by the Project Board

Question 7

What period of time does an Exception Plan cover in PRINCE2?

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From the current point in time to the end of the current stage or project

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The entire remaining duration of the project

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Only the next Work Package in the current stage

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A separate recovery stage appended to the existing project plan