PRINCE2-Practitioner Exam Question 121

Scenario
Additional Information
Extract from the Communication Management Strategy.
The project information in the table below is true, but it may not be recorded under the correct heading or be in the correct document.

Using the Project Scenario, select the appropriate response to each of the following 5 questions which have been raised by the Project Board.
The project is now at the end of the initiation stage. Having decided that the Calendar project is a relatively simple project, the Project Manager combined the Starting Up a Project process and the Initiating a Project process. No Project Brief has been produced. Instead the Project Manager used the project mandate to produce a simple Project Initiation Documentation (PlO). The PlO includes the Business Case, a product checklist and several Product Descriptions, Including the Project Product Description. Short sections are also included for each of the strategies and the controls to be applied. The Project Manager has elected to use the Daily Log to record all risks, issues, lessons and quality - results.
After the initiation stage there will be two further stages during which a small number of Work Packages will be authorized. While these are being managed, the Project Manager will hold regular checkpoints, which will support the production of weekly Highlight Reports to the Project Board.
This question provides a number of changes which may or may not be required to the Extract from the Communication Management Strategy provided in the additional information.
Which statement applies to the Introduction section?
  • PRINCE2-Practitioner Exam Question 122

    Additional Information Product Description

    Quality notes from the Daily Log
    The Director of Information Technology Division (DIT) has been asked to ensure that any changes to the outsourced staff employment contracts adhere to employment law. The DIT will review future job descriptions of the transferred staff before the final contract is signed with the selected service provider.
    The service level agreement between MFH and the selected service provider will specify the type and quality of service required. The selected service provider must follow the industry standards for providing outsourced services.
    MFH has a quality management system which contains a document control procedure for all its documentation, however this does not include change management.
    All project documents will be subject to a quality review. Nominated products will require a
    formal approval record signed-off by the quality review chair.
    Extract from the draft Quality Management Strategy (may contain errors)
    Introduction
    1.This document defines the approach to be taken to achieve the required quality levels during the project.
    2.The Project Board will have overall responsibility for the Quality Management Strategy.
    3.Project Assurance will provide assurance on the implementation of the Quality Management Strategy.
    Quality management procedure - Quality standards
    4.The selected service provider will operate to industry standards for providing outsourced services.
    5.MFH document standards will be used.
    Records
    6.A Quality Register will be maintained to record the planned quality events and the actual results from the quality activities.
    7.Configuration Item Records will be maintained for each product to describe its status, version and variant.
    8.Approval records for products that require them will be stored in the quality database. Roles and responsibilities
    9.The DIT will check that the employment contracts for outsourced staff adhere to employment law.
    10.
    Team Managers will provide details of quality checks that have been carried out.
    11.
    Team Managers will ensure that the Quality Register is updated with the names of team members who are involved in the review process.
    12.
    The Senior User will review the Product Descriptions of the products to be produced by the selected service provider to ensure that they can be achieved.
    Which is a correctly defined acceptance criterion for the transferred facilities computer system?
  • PRINCE2-Practitioner Exam Question 123

    During the 'create the project plan' activity as part of the initiation stage, the project manager identifies several threats to the project timescales. These threats relate to stage 3 products. Therefore, the project manager decides to wait until the end of stage 2 to assess the risks to the project plan.
    Is this an appropriate application of the plans theme, and why?
  • PRINCE2-Practitioner Exam Question 124

    Scenario
    Additional Information
    Product Description

    Quality notes from the Daily Log
    The Director of Information Technology Division (DIT) has been asked to ensure that any changes to the outsourced staff employment contracts adhere to employment law. The DIT will review future job descriptions of the transferred staff before the final contract is signed with the selected service provider.
    The service level agreement between MFH and the selected service provider will specify the type and quality of service required. The selected service provider must follow the industry standards for providing outsourced services.
    MFH has a quality management system which contains a document control procedure for all its documentation, however this does not include change management.
    All project documents will be subject to a quality review. Nominated products will require a formal approval record signed-off by the quality review chair.
    Extract from the draft Quality Management Strategy (may contain errors) Introduction
    1. This document defines the approach to be taken to achieve the required quality levels during the project.
    2. The Project Board will have overall responsibility for the Quality Management Strategy.
    3. Project Assurance will provide assurance on the implementation of the Quality Management Strategy.
    Quality management procedure - Quality standards
    4. The selected service provider will operate to industry standards for providing outsourced services.
    5. MFH document standards will be used.
    Records
    6. A Quality Register will be maintained to record the planned quality events and the actual results from the quality activities.
    7. Configuration Item Records will be maintained for each product to describe its status, version and variant.
    8. Approval records for products that require them will be stored in the quality database.
    Roles and responsibilities
    9. The DIT will check that the employment contracts for outsourced staff adhere to employment law.
    10. Team Managers will provide details of quality checks that have been carried out.
    11. Team Managers will ensure that the Quality Register is updated with the names of team members who are involved in the review process.
    12. The Senior User will review the Product Descriptions of the products to be produced by the selected service provider to ensure that they can be achieved.
    Which is a correctly defined acceptance criterion for the transferred staff?
  • PRINCE2-Practitioner Exam Question 125

    Extract from the Project Product Description (with errors)

    The information in Column 1 may be entered in the Product Description for the chosen label design. Column 2 is a list of the quality headings (excluding Quality Method) in a Product Description. For each entry in Column
    1 decide if it should be included in the Product Description headings shown and select the heading from Column 2 under which it should be recorded.
    Drop down the right answer.