PRINCE2 Project Management Overview

• PRINCE2 Project Management Quiz

Processes - General

• A process provides the minimum necessary and it represents a quick and early decision point
• The process accountable for the project
• The process accountable for a stage
• The process referred to as a 'pre-project start'
• The process responsible for delivering the project's specialist products

Benefits Management

• The Benefits Management Approach is created in a process

Time Controls

• Time-driven controls exist
• The number of time-driven controls

Project Manager and Project Board

• A process forms a contract between a Project Manager and Project Board
• The process that is owned by the project manager to control a stage

Logs

• Process that creates the Logs
• PRINCE2 has a number of Logs

Next Stage Plan

• Which Process creates the Next Stage Plan

Team Plan

• The Process in which the Team Plan is created

Product Description

• Process creates the product description for the next stage

Team Manager

• The Process owned by the Team Manager

Acceptance and Closure

• A process confirms acceptance for the project's products and recommends project closure

Registers

• Process creates the Registers

Project Board

• The Process owned by the Project Board

Deliverables Term

• Another term for Deliverable

Project Characteristics

• One of the following is NOT a characteristic of a Prince2 Project

Performance Variables

• One of these is NOT a variable which needs to be performance managed during a project

Project Justification

• Compulsory projects require justification of

Plans and Stages

• High level plan works with a detailed stage plan, letting a project be managed by stages

Project Management Approach

• Project Management approach is taken by Prince2

Directing a Project

• The process directing a project triggered

Project Brief

• Project Brief being created in a process

Exception Report

• Person responsible for prepared an exception report

Corporate or Programme Management Accountability

• Who is accountable to Corporate or Programme Management for the success of the project

Project Approach

• Where is the project approach established within Prince2

Individual Role Accountability

• Individual role ultimately accountable for the Project

Stage results and Benefits

• Responsible for the stage producing a result that meets benefits that is defined in the BC

Prince2 Process Model

• Product is NOT created during the Prince2 Process Model

Decision Making

• What drives the decision making process during a Prince2 Project

User Representative

• Phrase applies to the user representative in a Prince2 Project management team

Key Decision-Making

• Process covers the key decision-making of the project

Business Case

• The Business Case should summarise the costs derived from a document

Project Support and Assurance

• Why Prince2 suggest Project Support and Project Assurance roles should be kept separate

Planning Levels

• PRINCE2 recommends three levels of plans; Project, Team and

Product Sequence

• What is created to identify the sequence in which the products will be developed

Risk

• The person responsible for monitoring all aspects of a particular risk

False Statements

• Which of these statements are false

Risk Register

• When is the risk register created

Exception Plan

• Typical Exception Plan covers a period

Product Based Planning

• In Product Based Planning a circle symbolises an item

Authorizing Work Packages

• These are NOT triggers for the project Manager to authorise a work package

Stage Controls

• In controlling a stage you want to understand project controls required

Issue Register

• Who is responsible for updating the issue register in controlling a stage

Quality Issues

• In controlling a Stage, which activity would you check for quality issues shown in the Q register

Issues and Risks

• Who can raise an Issue or Risk

Managing Product Delivery

• Managing Product Delivery views the project from the perspective of a role

Stage Tolerance Exceeded

• If a stage is forecast to exceed it's tolerances, what plan is produced

Revised Costs and End Dates

• Details of any revised costs or end dates are used when updating a document

Quality Management Strategy

• The quality Management strategy is prepared during a process

Quality Review Team

• Which Quality Review team roles are responsible for the overall conduct of the review

Product Versions

• What would let someone know what the precise content of an old version of a product was

Delegating Decisions

• The Project Board may consider delegating the decision making for significant issues to who

Management Decision Points

• Defined as "partitions of the project with management decision points"

Project Board Involvement

• These items does NOT involve the Project Board

Mandatory Stage

• In a Prince2 Project, a stage is mandatory

Reporting Frequency

• According to PRINCE2 the frequency of reporting should reflect a factor

Project Manager Responsibilities

• Before closure of the project can be recommended, the Project Manager must ensure an action

Project Documentation

• What document should report what went well or what went badly within the project

Tailoring

• Tailoring refers to

Change Budget Alignment

• If a change budget is used, it will need to be aligned to

Project Evaluation Reports

• This report is created during the evaluate the project activity

PRINCE2 Performance Management

• Aspects of project performance (variables) need to be managed in a PRINCE2 project

Business Case Composition

• A component would NOT form part of the composition of the Business Case

Controlling a Stage Process

• The process Controlling a Stage drives another process on a frequent iterative basis

Starting Up A Project Expectations

• The existence of information is expected by the process Starting up a Project

Mandatory Project Element

• The use of an item is mandatory in a PRINCE2 project

Management Product

• Management product is produced during Starting Up a Project