Exin-PRINCE2 Practitioner

ABC Company carried out a similar project two years ago, in response to changes in health and safety legislation for the health service. The experiences from that project were used to refine the corporate risk management policy. For that reason, the project board decided to use the corporate risk management policy in the risk management approach for this project. Is this appropriate, and why?

An external consultant has signed a contract and agreed a work package to accredit the trainers. The Purchasing Manager will monitor the contract, which states the requirement to organize the accreditation with the Training Delivery Manager. The Training Delivery Manager has tried to contact the consultant but there has been no response. The project manager believes there is a risk that the consultant is prioritizing other clients' work. The Purchasing Manager has been assigned as the risk owner. Is this an appropriate approach to managing this risk, and why?

The project's change control approach states that PRINCE2's recommended issue and change control procedure will be used. The senior user has requested that a new set of marketing materials and marketing channels be introduced to support the launch of the training course. The senior user has suggested that this should be managed informally. Where should the project manager record the issue, and why?

The external team manager for the 'e-learning course' has reviewed the quality register to ensure all quality activities have been completed. The 'e-learning course' has been approved and accreditation has been achieved. As a result, the team manager updated the work package to notify the project manager that it is complete, and updated the team plan. Is this appropriate, and why?

ABC Company uses a standard development model to develop courses and uses PRINCE2 to manage these projects. The objectives from the Health and Safety Training Project have been documented in the business plan of ABC Company. This business plan has triggered this project. As a result, to save time, the executive has decided to simplify the 'starting up a project' process. The project mandate will be adapted and becomes the project brief. Is this appropriate, and why?

ABC Company has decided to include the Health and Safety Training Project in a programme to support their strategy to deliver globally. The programme team has provided the detailed business justification and, as a result, the project board has decided that the business case will not need refining further during the 'initiating a project' process. Is this an appropriate action for the project board, and why?

At the end of stage 2, the specialist 'e-learning course' supplier will be selected. As a result, it is decided that the quality management approach will not be created until the end of stage 2, to take into account this supplier's standards and techniques. Is this appropriate, and why?

The executive identified that there would be a benefit to the construction companies as their working time lost due to accidents would be reduced. This was included as a benefit to ABC Company in the business case for the Health and Safety Training Project. Is this appropriate, and why?

A construction company that is one of ABC Company's key clients has agreed to provide a member of the staff to review and comment on the 'e-learning course'. Which stakeholder interest should the member of staff represent, and why?

Use the 'Additional Information' in the Scenario Booklet to answer this question. The Operations Director is the executive for the project and has proposed that a senior course developer be appointed as project manager. The course developer works in the Training Development Manager's team and has a good understanding of the standard course development model. The course developer was a team manager on a previous project for which the Operations Director was the executive. Is this proposed appointment appropriate, and why?