BCS PRINCE2 Foundation Set 4

Enable the assembly of the project mandate ✘ Describe the reporting requirements of the various layers of management involved with the project ✘ Describe how changes to products will be controlled ✘ Provide a solid basis for the initiation of the project ✔

Quality assurance ✘ Project Assurance ✘ Project Support ✘ Project Manager ✔

Assessment ✘ Communication ✘ Quality control ✘ Status accounting ✔

Review and approve a project mandate ✘ Ensure corporate or programme management has an interface to the project ✘ Define how risks, issues and changes will be managed ✘ Obtain approval for completed products ✔

Review why the project is needed ✘ Identify if the project is sufficiently aligned with corporate objectives ✘ Show how the outcome is to be achieved ✘ Appoint an Executive and Project Manager ✔

Understand what has gone well and what can help the next stage ✘ Review and approve the next Stage Plan ✘ Assure the Project Board that all project products have been completed and approved ✘ Prepare an Exception Report to advise the Project Board of a forecast deviation from tolerance ✔

Summarize progress to enable the Project Board to decide what action to take next ✘ Summarize how the project performed against the version of the Project Initiation Documentation usedto authorize it ✘ Provide the detailed analysis of a deviation and offer options for the way to proceed ✘ Provide a plan for the next stage of the project ✔

The stage requires resources ✘ It is forecast that project level tolerance will be exceeded ✘ The Senior Supplier or Senior User needs to be changed ✘ Any request for change needs to be approved ✔

A substantial amount of the project budget is to be spent ✘ More human resources are required than in other stages ✘ The risk is lower ✘ No changes to the project management team are envisaged ✔

A project is a temporary organization ✘ A project's purpose is to deliver one or more business products ✘ A project is part of business as usual' ✘ A project is based on an agreed Business Case ✔