PRINCE2 Managing a Stage Boundary 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of the Lessons Report produced during Managing a Stage Boundary?
- To document the financial performance of the completed stage
- To pass on useful lessons so they can benefit the current project or future projects (Correct answer)
- To record all issues raised during the stage for the issue register
- To report individual team member performance to the Project Board
Correct answer: To pass on useful lessons so they can benefit the current project or future projects
The Lessons Report captures what went well, what went poorly, and recommendations so that knowledge gained can be applied to the current project or shared with future projects.
Question 2: What is the minimum number of management stages a PRINCE2 project must have?
- One
- Two (Correct answer)
- Three
- Four
Correct answer: Two
PRINCE2 mandates at least two management stages: the initiation stage and at least one delivery stage, ensuring the Project Board can review the project before significant delivery work begins.
Question 3: Which of the following is a key product created during Managing a Stage Boundary?
- Project Mandate
- Benefits Management Approach
- Stage Plan for the next management stage (Correct answer)
- Work Package
Correct answer: Stage Plan for the next management stage
A Stage Plan for the next management stage is a primary output of Managing a Stage Boundary, giving the Project Board a detailed plan to review and authorize.
Question 4: During which activity of Managing a Stage Boundary is the Risk Register reviewed and updated?
- Plan the next stage (Correct answer)
- Update the Project Plan
- Report stage end
- Update the Business Case
Correct answer: Plan the next stage
Risks are reviewed and the Risk Register updated as part of planning the next stage, so that the new Stage Plan adequately accounts for known threats and opportunities.
Question 5: At the end of the FINAL management stage, what replaces the End Stage Report?
- A Stage Plan is produced for a non-existent next stage
- An End Project Report produced during Closing a Project (Correct answer)
- The Project Board produces a final Lessons Report
- The Project Manager requests a formal benefits review
Correct answer: An End Project Report produced during Closing a Project
At the end of the final stage, the Closing a Project process produces an End Project Report — not an End Stage Report — summarizing the project's overall performance against its objectives.
Question 6: How does Managing a Stage Boundary (SB) interface with the Directing a Project (DP) process?
- SB supplies the Project Board with the End Stage Report and next Stage Plan so DP can authorize or stop the project (Correct answer)
- DP triggers SB at the beginning of each management stage to start planning
- SB reports directly to corporate management, bypassing the Project Board entirely
- DP produces the Stage Plan that SB then reviews and approves
Correct answer: SB supplies the Project Board with the End Stage Report and next Stage Plan so DP can authorize or stop the project
SB prepares stage-end information and the next Stage Plan, which DP uses in its 'Authorize a Stage or Exception Plan' activity to decide whether the project should continue.
Question 7: Which document is NOT typically produced or updated during Managing a Stage Boundary?
- Benefits Management Approach
- Checkpoint Report (Correct answer)
- End Stage Report
- Project Plan
Correct answer: Checkpoint Report
Checkpoint Reports are produced by Team Managers within the Controlling a Stage process to report on work package progress, not during Managing a Stage Boundary.
PRINCE2 Managing a Stage Boundary 2
What is the purpose of the Lessons Report produced during Managing a Stage Boundary?