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It provides projects with a controlled and organised start, middle and end

It offers flexible decision points throughout a project

It allows for great control as the Project Board directly manages every stage and level of plan through regular meetings

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PRINCE2 uses the 'management by exception' concept where senior managers are kept fully informed of the project status without having to attend frequent, time-consuming meetings. The answer to this question is found on page 3 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

The required level of quality is agreed on at the outset of the project.

Ensure that their projects are given due attention through regular meetings and interaction with the Project Board?

Free themselves of having to provide regular management reports?

Allocate tolerances for all stages of the project?

Keep meetings with management and stakeholders to a minimum but at vital points in the project?

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PRINCE2 uses the 'management by exception' concept where senior managers are kept fully informed of the project status without having to attend frequent, time-consuming meetings. The answer to this question is found on page 3 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

Management by objective

Management by exception

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PRINCE2 uses the 'management by exception' concept where senior management agree a plan and the Project Manager gets on with it unless something is forecast to go wrong. This allows senior management to be kept informed of the project status without having to attend time-consuming meetings. The answer to this question is found on page 3 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

Management by project controls

Management by reports.

1, 3 and 4 only

1 and 2 only

1, 2 and 4 only

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A list of the characteristics of a PRINCE2 project is found on page 7 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

All of the above.

PRINCE2 covers the project life cycle only

PRINCE2 covers the project life cycle plus some pre-project preparation

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Although PRINCE2 is centred on the project, it includes some pre-project preparation work so that the project starts in an organised and controlled manner. The Starting up a Project process, for instance, is conducted before the project begins. The answer to this question is found on page 8 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

PRINCE2 covers the project life cycle and follow-on actions after the project

PRINCE2 covers the project life cycle, some pre-project preparation and follow-on actions after the project closure.

The PRINCE2 project life cycle is longer than the product life span

The PRINCE2 project life cycle is the same as its product life span

The PRINCE2 project life cycle is shorter than the product life span

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The project life cycle covers the tasks of specifying and designing the product, through to its testing and handover into operational use. The product life span may start from the point of initial idea, extending to the point that the product comes to the end of its usefulness and is scrapped. Figure 2.1 on page 8 of the PRINCE2 Manual illustrates this.

The PRINCE2 project life cycle may sometimes not be shorter than the product life span.

PRINCE2 is best suited for the management of large-scale projects

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PRINCE2 can be used on any type of project in any environment. The answer to this question is found on page 9 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

PRINCE2 can be used on any type of project in any environment

The way in which PRINCE2 is applied to each project will vary considerably

Product-based planning is a key feature of PRINCE2, integral in the Planning process.

Financial, organisational and strategic

Financial, legislative and organisational

Financial, operational and strategic

Financial, strategic and legislative.

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Project benefits may be financial, strategic and legislative. More details on each of these categories are found on page 9 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

The customer and project management team

The customer and supplier

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The PRINCE2 project environment assumes that there will be a customer who specifies and pays for the desired product, and a supplier from a separate area or may be a separate organisation who provides the resources and skills to create the product. The answer to this question is found on page 10 and page 203 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

The customer and Project Manager

The Project Manager and Project Board.

Incorporate the feasibility study as part of Starting up a Project

Consider the feasibility study as a stage by itself within the project

Handle the feasibility study as a separate project

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If the feasibility study were part of the PRINCE2 project, it would not be possible to get a clear definition of the final product at the beginning of the project. A PRINCE2 project is based on getting a clear definition of the final product, a Project Plan and a budget by the end of initiation. To read more about feasibility studies, see page 11 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

Incorporate the feasibility study as part of Initiating a Project.

Process-based

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The processes of PRINCE2 define the management activities to be carried out during the project. The answer to this question is found on page 11 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

Product-based

Events-based

Time-based.

Which processes are relevant to the project?

How extensively should each process be applied to the project?

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Any project run under PRINCE2 will need to address each of the eight processes in some form. The answer to this question is found on page 12 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

What is the minimum number of processes required to ensure project success?

How many times is each process repeated?

To meet the customer's quality expectations

To deliver business benefit

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A project is created to achieve a specified business benefit or objective. The answer to this question is found on page 7 of the PRINCE2 Manual.

To ensure that it continues to completion

To not exceed the tolerances set at the beginning of the project.

Pre-project preparation is carried out in the beginning of Initiating a Project

Pre-project preparation falls within the scope of the project

Pre-project preparation falls outside the scope of PRINCE2

Pre-project preparation falls outside the scope of the project but within the scope of PRINCE2.

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Although PRINCE2 is centred on the project, it begins before the project by preparing so that the project starts in an organised and controlled manner. The answer to this question is found on page 8 of the PRINCE2 Manual.