12 : Starting Up a Project Flashcards

These questions are based on the Starting up a Project Podcast. Remember that the objective of these questions is to get you to think from a PRINCE2 point of view, learn about PRINCE2 at the same time and hold on to this knowledge.

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What is the main question that is answered by the Starting Up a Project Process?

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The main question that is answered is “do we have a worthwhile and viable project?”

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Name two or three of the objectives of Starting Up a Project Process, i.e., mention some of the things that are done.

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The Starting up a Project process prepares and checks that a number of things are done so the Project Board will have the information to decide whether to proceed to the next Initiation Stage.
• Check that there is a business case
• Create the Project Brief
• Look at the project approach which examines the best way to go about doing this project
• Capture Previous Lessons
• Choose the people for the project
• Create a detailed stage plan to plan the work to be done in the Initiation Stage

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Which document is the Project Mandate expanded into during the SU Project process?

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The Project Mandate will be expanded into in the Project Brief.

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Which document is the trigger to start the project?

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The trigger to start the project is the Project Mandate document.

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