Last Attempt Prince2-Practitioner Questions

The shopping centre is now open. The Business Opportunities Director is concerned that the new shopping centre has not resulted in the expected increase in opportunities for businesses. The Director has asked for research to identify whether more opportunities exist and whether more new businesses have started in LouisTown as a direct result of the project.

Which principle is being applied by the Director, and why?

After preparing the stage 3 plan, the project manager left the company. The project board has decided that, as the stage plan has been agreed, it will not appoint a project manager for stage 3. The team managers will report directly to the project board and will prepare highlight reports instead of checkpoint reports.

Is this an appropriate tailoring of the roles in the 'managing a stage boundary' process?

The executive has asked the project manager to plan for the 'e-learning course' to be used as soon as it is accredited. The aim is to start selling the 'e-learning course' while the remainder of the outputs relating to classroom-based delivery are finished. The sales of the 'e-learning course' will be entered into the business case.

Why is the executive's decision to deliver the benefits early appropriate for managing the business case?

It is now late October and the project is in stage 3. The label design competition has been held and the photos of the staff have been taken. The CEO and Marketing Director still need to choose the winning label design and the 12 photos for the calendar. However, the Executive has learned that two competitors are issuing calendars to MNO's customers by the middle of November. After analyzing the impact of this Issue, one of the options the Project Manager has presented to the Project Board is to close the project prematurely.

There are a number of key facts relating to this project that would need to be recorded if the project Y-e to be closed now.

Which product should register that the risk of a competitor producing a calendar at the same time was identified at the beginning of the project but the assessment of this risk appears to have been poor?