PRINCE2 PRINCE2Practitioner : PRINCE2 Practitioner Exam

As a result of experiences on previous projects, a change authority has been established for the Health and Safety Training Project. A key client for the training materials has a representative on the project board.
Should their interests be represented within the change authority for the project, and why?

• A. No, because the change authority should be internal to the ABC organization.
• B. Yes, because this will give them a better understanding of the training materials.
• C. Yes, because a change authority should consider external stakeholder needs.
• D. No, because their project board member will be able to agree any required changes.

Scenario:
Techniques, processes and procedures
1. Any threat that may result in a loss of MFH data must be escalated immediately.
Joint agreements
2. Work is to start at the beginning of week 2 (Stage 4).
3. The project will take two years to complete, at an estimated cost of £2.5m.
Tolerances
4. None.
Constraints
5. MFH staff must not be involved in any heavy lifting during the removal of existing IT equipment.
6. Installation work must take place during MFH normal working hours.
7. +£10,000 / -£25,000.
Reporting arrangements
8. Highlight Report every Monday by 10.00 am.
9. The report must contain a summary of all products worked on during the previous week.
10. Project Manager must be notified of any issues immediately by telephone.
Problem handling and escalation
11. Impact analysis of all issues must be completed within 24 hours.
Extracts or references
12. The Stage Plan for stage 4 is available from Project Support.
Approval method
13. Project Assurance will review the completed Work Package and confirm completion.
Which 2 statements apply to either the Development Interfaces or Operations and maintenance interfaces sections?

• A. Add 'Project Board, with responsibility for communicating progress to corporate management' to
• B. Delete entry 2 because this interface will be contained in the Communication Management Strategy.
• C. Amend entry 4 to 'The transferred products relating to the services provided by the Facilities Division'.
• D. Operations and maintenance Interfaces.
• E. Delete entry 3 because this interface will be contained in the project control section of the Project Initiation Documentation.
• F. Add 'Facilities Team Manager, with responsibility for the transfer of services provided by the Facilities Division' to Development Interfaces.

Which of the following management products ARE updated as part of Managing a stage boundary?
1. Business Case
2. Benefits Review Plan
3. Configuration Item Records
4. Project Brief

• A. 1, 2, 4
• B. 2, 3, 4
• C. 1, 2, 3
• D. 1, 3, 4

Which of the following is NOT a trigger for the project manager to authorize a work package?

• A. Reporting highlights
• B. Corrective Action
• C. Stage Authorization
• D. Exception plan approved

Project Scenario
Project Scenario
Calendar Project (Note: The companies and people within the scenario are fictional.) There has been a reduction in fie number of orders at the MNO Manufacturing Company due in part to the increased marketing activities of its competitors. To help counter this, the company has decided to create a promotional calendar for next year for all its current and prospective customers. The end product of this project will be a prepared calendar pack, ready for printing. The design of the calendar will be similar to one sent out previously, and must reflect the company image as described in the existing corporate branding standards. Another project is currently producing a new company logo when is to be printed on each page of the promotional calendar. The prepared calendar pack will consist of:
* Design for each month - correctly showing at public holidays and new company logo
* Selected photographs- 12 professionally-produced photographs, showing different members of staff
* Selected paper and selected envelope - for printing and mailing the calendar
* Chosen label design - a competition to design a label will be held as part of this project
* List of customers - names and addresses of customers to whom the calendar will be sent.
The project is currently in initiation and will have two further stages:
Stage 2 will include tie activities to:
* Create the customer fast using information from the Accounts and Marketing departments
* Confirm compliance with the Data Protection Legislation
* Create a design for each month - this will be done by the internal creative team
* Select and appoint a professional photographer
* Gather photograph design ideas from previous project and agree photographic session schedule
* Prepare a production cost forecast
* Select paper and envelope.
Stage 3 will include the activities to:
* Produce and select tie professionally-taken photographs
* Hold the label design competition and choose the label design
* Assemble the prepared calendar pack.
A production cost forecast, based on the options and costs for the paper, envelope, printing and marketing of the calendar is to be produced in stage 2. However, the actual production and distribution of the calendars is not within the scope of the project. The product cost forecast will be reviewed by the Project Board to determine whether tie project should continue.
It is now 05 October and the prepared calendar pack must be delivered to the print company by 30 November, to enable printing and distribution of the calendar in time for Christmas. The cost of the activities to develop the specialist products and the cost of the project management activities are estimated to be £20,000. There is a project time tolerance of +1 week /-2 weeks and a project cost tolerance of +£6,000 / -£6,000. A change budget of £500 has been allocated but there is no risk budget.
Lines 1 to 6 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement For each line identify the appropriate option, from options 1 to 6, that applies. Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.