During stage 3, the foundations team manager tells the project manager that the completed foundations may have changed rainwater flow onto a neighbouring property. The project manager notes the concern in the project log but dismisses it without assessment and instructs the team to continue because the design has planning approval.
Is this an appropriate application of the 'capture issues and risks' activity, and why?

• A. Yes, because the project manager may dismiss an informally raised concern without further investigation
• B. No, because the project manager should assess an informally raised concern before deciding what action to take
• C. No, because the team manager should report the concern only in the next scheduled checkpoint report
• D. Yes, because recording the concern in the project log is sufficient before allowing delivery to continue

Immediately after initiation is authorized, the Head of the Portfolio Office instructs the LouisShopping project to adopt the Council's mature issue management approach without any project-specific review or tailoring.
Is this an appropriate application of the issues practice, and why?

• A. Yes, because portfolio funding gives the portfolio office authority to prohibit all project-level tailoring
• B. No, because the project manager should consider the nature of the products, delivery method and project context when preparing the issue management approach
• C. No, because product version control must be decided outside the issue management approach by the delivery teams alone
• D. Yes, because a mature organizational approach should always be used without alteration

During initiation, the project executive asks the project manager to evaluate a credible business option that omits the underground car park. The project manager includes an investment appraisal of that option in the full business case, despite the main contractor's objection.
Is this an appropriate application of the business case practice, and why?

• A. Yes, because customer and supplier organizations must always maintain completely separate project business cases regardless of the given investment
• B. No, because anticipated parking income means that no alternative should be assessed
• C. No, because a requirement in the initial scope may never be tested as part of an alternative option
• D. Yes, because developing the business case includes comparing credible business options to select the most appropriate investment

At the end of the initiation stage, the Regeneration Manager submits the project plan and business case for review. The Portfolio Director releases funding for both stages 2 and 3 and instructs the project manager to provide only a progress report at the end of stage 2, without a project board decision before stage 3 begins.
Is this an appropriate application of the 'manage by stages' principle, and why?

• A. Yes, because the Portfolio Director, as the commissioning authority, has the right to determine the reporting frequency and format that best suit portfolio-level oversight
• B. No, because it is the City Council, rather than the Portfolio Director, that should hold the authority to commit funding across multiple stages of the project
• C. No, because the project board must review the continued viability of the business case and authorize the next stage at each stage boundary, rather than approving multiple stages in advance
• D. Yes, because the project manager is authorized to manage the project on a day-to-day basis within set tolerances throughout each stage, without requiring additional project board decisions

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. Yes, because the project board should collect and review work-package progress directly from each delivery team
• C. No, because sustainability tolerances should be recorded only at project level rather than delegated through work packages
• D. No, because the project manager should authorize the work packages and agree the delegated sustainability tolerances