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At the start of stage 3, the project board inserts detailed recycling tolerances directly into each work package without the project manager agreeing the delegated targets with the relevant team managers.
Is this an appropriate application of the progress practice, and why?

• A. Yes, because team managers generally need to comply with sustainability metrics set directly by the project board
• B. No, because sustainability tolerances should be recorded only at project level rather than delegated through work packages
• C. Yes, because the project board should collect and review work-package progress directly from each delivery team
• D. No, because the project manager should authorize the work packages and agree the delegated sustainability tolerances

A product description contains only the following quality specification for the car-parking component: "The shopping centre will include an underground car park." Is this an effective application of the quality practice, and why?

• A. Yes, because confirming that a car park exists completely specifies its required quality
• B. No, because all details of the car park should be recorded only in the quality management approach
• C. Yes, because the statement provides sufficient information to confirm whether the required component has been delivered
• D. No, because the product description needs sufficiently detailed, measurable quality specifications and tolerances to support planning and verification

During stage 2, the design team is developing measures to minimize disruption to residents and local businesses. To build a relationship with this large external stakeholder group, the Sustainability Manager arranges a monthly newspaper article explaining the measures and inviting feedback.
Which PRINCE2 Project Management principle is MOST directly demonstrated, and why?

• A. Tailor to suit the project, because the Portfolio Director is personally accountable for preparing all stakeholder communications
• B. Define roles, responsibilities and relationships, because the Sustainability Manager must be the sole spokesperson for every project communication
• C. Define roles, responsibilities and relationships, because the project is actively engaging and communicating with an external stakeholder group
• D. Tailor to suit the project, because every large project is required to communicate through a local newspaper

During stage 3, the project manager forecasts that the stage-level recycling tolerance will be exceeded. The project manager records the matter in the issue register and sends only an issue report to the project board.
Is this an appropriate application of the progress practice, and why?

• A. Yes, because the forecast shortfall should be treated only as an off-specification in the issue report
• B. No, because it is an exception which should be escalated in an exception report
• C. Yes, because an issue report is sufficient whenever a sustainability target is forecast to be missed
• D. No, because the forecast breach should be escalated to the portfolio office rather than the project board

While the project mandate is being prepared, the Mayor asks the LOB Portfolio Director, acting at the business layer, to select and appoint a suitable project executive for LouisShopping.
Is this an appropriate application of the organization practice, and why?

• A. Yes, because the Portfolio Director, as the business layer representative, takes responsibility for appointing the project executive
• B. Yes, because the Mayor may delegate responsibility for appointing the project executive to any senior stakeholder involved in the project
• C. No, because the responsibility for commissioning and initiating projects within the LOB portfolio rests with the Head of Portfolio Office, not the Portfolio Director
• D. No, because it is the Mayor, as the senior elected authority, who should personally select and appoint the project executive for a project of this civic significance