PRINCE2 7 Pract. · PeopleCert · Organizing practice · Bank updated 2026-07-03
PRINCE2 7 Pract. practice questions: Organizing practice
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A project delivers a new internal reporting module. The same in-house IT department will both build the module and use its outputs day to day, with no external supplier or separate business-user group involved. The Project Manager proposes combining the Senior User and Senior Supplier roles into a single Project Board member to simplify governance. Is this an appropriate application of the Organizing practice?
AYes — because there is no external supplier, the usual conflict-of-interest concern behind separating these roles does not apply, so combining them is always safe.
BNo — even when supplier and user sit in the same organisation, the two roles represent distinct interests (specifying and using products vs. designing and delivering them) that can conflict, so PRINCE2 advises against combining them.
CYes, provided the combined role holder also formally takes on Project Assurance for both interests to compensate for the reduced number of board members.
DNo — PRINCE2 requires the Senior Supplier role to always be held by the Team Manager, so it cannot be combined with the Senior User role.
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2/5 · Organizing practice · hard
A Project Board has appointed a Change Authority with a delegated change budget to approve routine change requests during the project. A user submits a change request whose estimated cost exceeds the remaining change budget available to the Change Authority. What should happen next, according to PRINCE2's approach to organizing decision-making?
AThe Change Authority should approve the request anyway, because change requests from users take priority over budget limits.
BThe Team Manager should decide, since they are best placed to judge the technical impact of implementing the change.
CThe Executive should unilaterally approve the change without consulting the rest of the Project Board, to keep the decision fast.
DThe Project Manager should escalate the request to the Project Board as an exception, since it falls outside the authority delegated to the Change Authority.
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A small project has a single delivery team and a Project Manager who is highly experienced in the specialist work involved. To reduce communication layers, the Project Manager proposes to personally take on the Team Manager responsibilities for that team rather than appointing someone else, and records this in the Project Initiation Documentation. Is this a valid application of tailoring within the Organizing practice?
AYes — but only if the Senior Supplier also formally resigns their Project Board seat to avoid overlap.
BNo — the Project Manager and Team Manager roles must always be held by different individuals on every project, regardless of size.
CYes — PRINCE2 allows the Project Manager to undertake Team Manager responsibilities directly, particularly on small or simple projects, provided the arrangement is documented.
DNo — only the Change Authority can authorise a Project Manager to take on Team Manager duties.
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4/5 · Organizing practice
A construction firm is delivering a new logistics depot for an external client. The client's operations director will use the depot daily once it is handed over, and has been tasked with confirming that the finished facility will deliver the expected efficiency gains and meet day-to-day operational needs. Within the project management team, which role does this best describe?
ASenior Supplier – represents those designing, developing, procuring or implementing the project's products.
BSenior User – represents those who will use the project's products, specifies benefits and confirms products meet operational needs.
CProject Assurance – provides independent monitoring of the project on behalf of the Project Board.
DExecutive – accountable to corporate or programme management for the project's overall success and value for money.
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B is correct. PRINCE2 7 organizes the project management team around business, user and supplier interests. The Senior User specifies benefits from a user viewpoint, ensures user resources are available, and confirms outputs meet operational needs, matching the operations director's tasked responsibilities in this scenario. Executive, Senior Supplier and Project Assurance each cover a different interest or function.
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5/5 · Organizing practice · hard
On a fixed-price contract, the Project Manager offers to personally carry out Project Assurance duties covering the Business Case and supplier interests, arguing this will reduce cost and speed up reporting to the Project Board. Applying PRINCE2 7 guidance on organizing the project, what is the most likely reason the Project Board would decline this offer?
AProject Assurance must remain independent of the Project Manager so that oversight of progress, risks and the Business Case stays objective; the Project Manager cannot assure their own work.
BCombining the roles would breach configuration management procedures, since Project Assurance must control the project's product baselines.
CProject Assurance is a role reserved exclusively for the Executive and cannot be delegated to anyone else on the Project Board.
DProject Assurance can only be performed by an external audit firm with no connection whatsoever to the performing organization.
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A is correct. A core organizing principle in PRINCE2 7 is that Project Assurance gives the Project Board independent confidence in the project, including in how the Project Manager is performing. Because of this, the Project Manager cannot also act as Project Assurance for any interest, even under cost or time pressure. Assurance duties may instead be delegated by Board members to other suitable, independent people.
↗ the official PRINCE2 7 Practitioner syllabus (PeopleCert, 2023) — Organizing practice
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