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These 50 flashcards are designed to help you memorize key terms and definitions for the PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner (Version 7). Each card shows a term on the front and its definition on the back—the classic flashcard format for vocabulary memorization. Use these alongside our practice questions to build both recall and comprehension.

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Principles5 cards
People4 cards
Practices · Business Case4 cards
Practices · Organization3 cards
Practices · Plans4 cards
Practices · Quality4 cards
Practices · Risk4 cards
Practices · Issues4 cards
Practices · Progress3 cards
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A funding assumption fails before the next stage. What should govern the decision to authorize that stage?

Reassess continued business justification using the updated business case. Managing by stages gives the board a decision point before the next commitment. If the investment can no longer be justified, the project should stop.

A previous rollout lost data during migration. How should the new project apply the lesson before its first migration?

Use the lesson to improve the work while it can still help. For example, build a recovery rehearsal into the plan and capture what the team learns from it.

A small project uses one shared tool for its governance records. What must the tailored setup still make clear about the people involved?

Tailor the record format to the project while keeping roles, responsibilities and relationships explicit. The shared tool should show who does the work, who decides, and how business, user and supplier representatives coordinate.

A stage is on budget today but is forecast to exceed its cost tolerance. What triggers escalation?

The forecast breach triggers escalation to the level that delegated the tolerance. Escalating while the stage is still within its budget gives that level time to decide how to respond.

A team agrees to build a booking kiosk but disagrees about what ‘finished’ means. How does focus on products resolve this?

Agree the required product and how it will be judged. For example, define which bookings the kiosk must handle and what users must be able to demonstrate before accepting it.

A new stock system is ready, but store staff still use spreadsheets. Which management approach should address the switch in working habits?

The change management approach. Plan how stores will move to the target way of working, including actions such as coaching shift leads and checking whether staff adopt the new routine.

A weekly status email leaves night-shift staff unable to flag rollout problems. What should change in the communication management approach?

Add a channel and cadence that let night-shift staff give and receive feedback. For example, use a shared handover log and assign someone to respond before the next shift.

A depot supervisor has no formal project role, but staff trust her advice on new procedures. How should the project treat her?

Engage her as a stakeholder. Her influence on the affected staff makes her a useful partner for testing the rollout plan and surfacing barriers to adoption.

Two remote teams keep redoing each other’s work because they interpret handovers differently. What team-building action fits?

Bring both teams together to agree how to hand off work. Walk through an actual example, agree what a complete handover contains, and try the shared routine on the next delivery.

A clinic installs a self-check-in tablet. After staff direct patients to it, average queue time drops. Which result is the benefit?

The measured drop in queue time is the benefit. The tablet is an output, and the change in how patients check in is the outcome that produces the improvement.

An automated depot increases throughput but adds a measurable overnight noise burden. How should the business case treat the noise?

Include it as a dis-benefit if the investing organization views that expected deterioration as a disadvantage. Weigh it alongside the gains, costs and risks when comparing options.

Savings will be measurable six months after a contract system goes live. Where should the team specify who will measure them and when?

In the benefits management approach. Set the measure, assign responsibility and schedule the post-project review while the project team can still arrange the handover.

A warehouse retrofit has a target for reusing shelving. Where should the team set out how it will monitor that target?

In the sustainability management approach. Define how the project will measure reuse, who will review the results, and what controls will help it meet the target.

The board needs to know whether the delivery teams have the expertise to build a proposed design. Which board role represents that perspective?

The senior supplier represents the people who provide the skills and resources to deliver the products. The project executive represents the business interest when the board weighs the investment.

A new claims portal serves both frontline staff and supervisors. Which board role represents their requirements?

The senior user represents the users. The role brings their requirements and expected benefits into board decisions about the portal.

The project manager asks project support to provide independent assurance on the records it maintains. What should the board do?

Keep project assurance separate from project support and arrange an independent check. Board members remain accountable for assurance in their respective areas.

A project will deliver signs, maps and ticket machines for a new terminal. Where should the board find the acceptance criteria for the terminal as a whole?

In the project product description. It sets out the user’s quality expectations and the criteria and methods for accepting the overall project product.

The training materials depend on an approved service script. Which planning diagram shows this dependency?

The product flow diagram. It shows the sequence and dependencies among products and helps the team build a schedule that respects those dependencies.

An experienced team can organize a short work package from its agreed description. Must it produce a separate team plan?

Team plans are optional. Use one when the team needs extra detail to coordinate the work. The team still works to the agreed work package requirements and tolerances.

The board approves an exception plan for a stage. Which plan now governs the remaining work in that stage?

The approved exception plan replaces the stage plan in exception. It becomes the basis for controlling the remaining stage work.

A ticket machine must print a receipt within two seconds. Where should that measurable requirement for the machine be defined?

In its product description as a quality specification. It gives the people checking the machine a measurable basis for the test.

A tester needs the result of last Tuesday’s load test. Which register should they check?

The quality register records planned quality activities and their results. The product register tracks the products to be delivered and their status.

Two suppliers use different test standards. Where should the project record the standards and quality responsibilities it agrees with them?

In the quality management approach. It establishes how the project will carry out quality management, including its standards, techniques and responsibilities.

A technician measures whether a completed sensor meets its specified accuracy. Which quality activity is that?

Quality control. The measurement checks the product against its specification and provides evidence for deciding whether it meets the agreed requirement.

A facilities lead owns the risk of a power outage. A technician is assigned to test backup power. What is the technician’s risk role?

Risk action owner, also called risk actionee. The technician carries out the agreed test, and the facilities lead remains responsible for the overall response to the risk.

A storm could reach the site tomorrow and disrupt work within minutes of arriving. Which risk characteristic describes how soon it could arrive?

Risk proximity. Risk velocity describes how quickly the consequences follow once the storm arrives.

A venue may lose power. The team will move the event online only if power fails. What kind of risk response is this?

A contingent plan. The team prepares the alternative in advance and activates it when the agreed trigger occurs.

A project buys insurance for losses from equipment theft. What kind of risk response does the insurance illustrate?

Transfer. The insurer takes on the financial consequences covered by the policy. The project still needs to manage any impact on delivery.

The team logged a possible permit refusal as a threat. The regulator has now refused the permit. How should the team handle the refusal?

Capture it as an issue and assess its actual impact on the project. Update the risk record to show what happened and track any remaining uncertainty separately.

The supplier confirms that a batch will miss an agreed dimensional specification. What type of issue should the team raise?

An off-specification. The team should assess the consequences and route any proposed acceptance or change through the agreed decision authority.

A customer requests a change to an approved design. The recommended option exceeds the project manager’s change authority. Who should decide?

Refer the assessed request to the authorized decision-maker under the issue management approach. That may be a delegated change authority or the project board, depending on the limits.

A major access issue needs a decision on two proposed remedies. Which management product should explain the options and recommendation?

The issue report provides the detailed assessment and recommendation for the decision. The issue register keeps the issue’s record and status.

A board member wants a routine summary of stage progress. Which report should the project manager send?

A highlight report. It goes from the project manager to the project board. The checkpoint report goes from the delivery team to the project manager and covers work package progress.

A delivery team expects a cable shortage to push its installation past the work package deadline and its allowed margin. How should the team manager raise this?

Raise an issue with the project manager. The project manager assesses the impact on the stage and whether the forecast also requires escalation to the board.

A recovery option fits the stage budget but would breach the project’s overall cost tolerance. Who must decide at that level?

The business layer. The project board refers a forecast project-level breach to the commissioning authority because that level set the project tolerance.

The business sends a project mandate for a potential office relocation. Which process tests whether the proposal is worth initiating?

Starting Up a Project. Use the mandate to investigate the proposal and assemble enough evidence for the board to decide whether to authorize initiation.

The board is asked to authorize initiation. What plan describes the work needed to develop the project’s detailed foundations?

The initiation stage plan. It sets out the work and resources needed for initiation so the board can make an informed decision about that initial commitment.

The board has authorized initiation. What separate decision permits the project to proceed on the basis of the completed initiation documentation?

Authorize the project, an activity in Directing a Project. The board reviews the foundations set out during initiation before committing to project delivery.

During delivery, the project manager asks the board to resolve a conflict between departments. Which activity lets the board intervene?

Give ongoing direction, within Directing a Project. The board provides advice or makes a decision within its authority, and the project manager handles day-to-day execution.

During initiation, where should the project manager assemble the full business case, project plan and management approaches?

In the project initiation documentation (PID). The assembled PID gives the board a basis for project authorization and subsequent control.

During initiation, the team needs to agree reporting intervals and how to escalate breaches of tolerance. Which initiation activity sets those rules?

Establish project controls. Set the reporting and escalation arrangements the project manager and board will use, and capture them in the PID.

A new survey work package is ready to start in an authorized stage. In which process does the project manager authorize it?

Controlling a Stage. The project manager authorizes the work package and agrees the delivery expectations with the team.

A stage is running late, but the project manager can recover it within delegated tolerances and change authority. Which stage-control activity fits?

Take corrective action in Controlling a Stage. For example, resequence work within the project manager’s authority and monitor whether the action restores the forecast.

The project manager receives notice that the survey work package is complete. What does the project manager do in Controlling a Stage?

Receive the completed work package. Check the completion and approval evidence against the agreed work package, then reflect the result in the stage’s status.

A team manager receives a work package whose testing schedule is impractical. When should the team manager resolve it with the project manager?

During acceptance of the work package in Managing Product Delivery. Agree achievable delivery, reporting and quality arrangements before execution.

The delivery team has finished the agreed products and obtained the required approvals. Which activity tells the project manager the work package is complete?

Notify work package completion in Managing Product Delivery. The team manager provides the agreed completion evidence to the project manager.

A non-final stage is ending. Which process prepares the evidence the board needs to authorize the next stage?

Managing a Stage Boundary. The project manager evaluates the current stage, prepares the next stage plan and updates the project plan and business case as needed for the board’s decision.

The board requests an exception plan partway through the final stage. Which process prepares the plan?

Managing a Stage Boundary. The board’s request can trigger exception planning during any stage, including the final stage.

The project board directs an early stop. Which process helps the project manager wind down the work in an orderly way?

Use Closing a Project to prepare an orderly premature closure. Agree what happens to usable products and record follow-on actions for unresolved risks and issues.

Users have accepted the project product. What must the project manager confirm about ongoing support before requesting closure?

Confirm that the receiving organization can operate and support the products after handover. Product acceptance and readiness for ongoing support both inform the closure request.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the PRINCE2 Practitioner Version 7 exam scored?

PeopleCert lists 56 questions and sub-questions worth 70 marks. A classic question is worth one mark, and a matching question contains three one-mark responses. You need 42 marks to pass. There is no penalty for incorrect answers.

What can I use during the open-book exam?

Use the official PRINCE2 Project Management Version 7 book in PeopleCert’s permitted paperback or eBook format. You can annotate or tab the paperback. PeopleCert prohibits sticky notes, loose sheets and separate training materials. Follow the current proctoring instructions for eBook access.

Can I qualify for Practitioner with PMP or CAPM?

Yes. PeopleCert lists both PMP and CAPM as accepted credentials, alongside PRINCE2 Foundation and other specified qualifications. You can upload your prerequisite evidence in your PeopleCert account for approval.

How does the Take2 resit work?

If you obtain Take2 before the initial sitting and fail, PeopleCert makes a resit available for that same exam through online proctoring. Schedule and complete the resit within six months of the initial exam date.

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How should I use these flashcards for scenario questions?

Answer each prompt from memory, then name the scenario fact that drives the decision. On a second pass, change one fact, such as the level of tolerance or who has decision authority, and decide whether your answer changes.

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