13.0 Managing a Stage Boundary

Question 1

What is the purpose of the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

Answer 1

To enable the Project Manager to provide the Project Board with sufficient information to:

• Review the success of the current management stage
• Approve the next stage plan
• Review the updated project plan
• Confirm continued business justification & acceptability of the risks

Question 2

What is the purpose of the Managing a Stage Boundary process in an exception situation?

Answer 2

To ensure that the output from re-planning is an Exception Plan which is submitted for Project Board approval in the same way that a Stage Plan is submitted for approval

Question 3

When should the Managing a Stage Boundary process be executed?

Answer 3

at or close to the end of each management stage

Question 4

Activities within Managing a Stage Boundary process

Answer 4

• Plan the next management stage
• Update the Project Plan
• Update the business case
• Report the end of the management stage
• Produce an Exception Plan

Question 5

Who does what in Reporting Management Stage End?

Answer 5

• Project Manager creates End Stage Report
• Project Manager creates lessons report
• Project Manager creates follow-on action recommendations

Question 6

Who does what in Updating the Business Case?

Answer 6

• Project Manager updates Business Case
• Project Manager updates Benefits Management Approach
• Project Manager updates Risk Register
• Project Manager updates Issue Register

Question 7

Who does what in Producing an exception plan?

Answer 7

• Project Manager updates PID
• Project Manager creates Exception Plan
• Project Support updates/creates Configuration Item Records
• Project Manager updates Risk Register
• Project Manager updates Issue Register
• Project Support updates Quality Register

Question 8

Who does what in Updating the Project Plan?

Answer 8

• Project Manager updates Project Plan
• Project Manager updates Issue Register
• Project Manager updates Risk Register

Question 9

Who does what in Planning the next management stage?

Answer 9

• Project Manager updates PID
• Project Manager creates Stage Plan
• Project Manager creates Configuration Item Records
• Project Manager updates Risk Register
• Project Manager updates Issue Register
• Project Support updates Quality Register

Question 10

What are the main products of the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

Answer 10

• Stage Plan
• Product descriptions
• End Stage Report
• Lessons Log
• Exception Plan