The Business Opportunities Director, acting as project executive, proposes that the Head of the Portfolio Office should perform business assurance and should also approve the viability of the business case and the achievability of the project plan.
Is this an appropriate application of the organization practice, and why?

• A. No, because assurance may review and provide confidence, but the project executive remains accountable for the business case
• B. Yes, because business assurance, rather than the project executive, owns the business case and project plan
• C. No, because a portfolio-office role may never perform assurance work for an individual project
• D. Yes, because appointing project assurance transfers the project executive's accountability to the assurance provider

BuildyBrick is demobilizing after delivering the shopping centre on time and within budget. Before the remaining supplier personnel leave, the project manager checks that the Council's operations and facilities teams are ready to receive, operate and maintain the completed centre.
Why is this an appropriate application of the 'confirm project acceptance' activity?

• A. Because the project manager should arrange a celebration before the contractor leaves the site
• B. Because all project information should be archived before the completed project product is accepted
• C. Because the project manager should complete the end project performance assessment before any supplier demobilizes
• D. Because the project manager should confirm that handover to the operational and maintenance environment is complete

In stage 4, the Heritage Director delegates a review of the inspection arrangements to the Heritage Manager.
The Heritage Manager will work with the BuildyBrick CEO and the project manager, then report whether the planned inspections will provide adequate assurance about impacts on historic buildings.
Is this an appropriate application of the 'define roles, responsibilities and relationships' principle, and why?

• A. No, because it is the project manager's responsibility to specify how inspections of historically significant buildings should be planned and executed
• B. No, because the Heritage Director, as senior user, should personally conduct the assurance review of the inspection plans rather than delegating to the Heritage Manager
• C. Yes, because the Heritage Manager needs a clear understanding of what the Heritage Director requires of them and of what they may reasonably expect from the other parties involved
• D. Yes, because the principle requires that communication channels between all internal and external project team members remain open and transparent at all times

The risk register states that excavation may cause subsidence and damage nearby historic buildings. The planned response is to survey the buildings and monitor vibration during excavation. The project executive is named as risk owner and the project manager as the sole risk action owner, even though operational specialists will perform the surveys and monitoring.
Is this an appropriate assignment, and why?

• A. No, because the owner monitors the risk and the action owner implements the response
• B. Yes, because the project executive is sufficiently senior to own the risk and the project manager should coordinate every response action
• C. Yes, because the project executive should own risks that could affect business justification
• D. No, because the project manager must be both the risk owner and the risk action owner

BuildyBrick is demobilizing after delivering the shopping centre on time and within budget. Before the remaining supplier personnel leave, the project manager checks that the Council's operations and facilities teams are ready to receive, operate and maintain the completed centre.
Why is this an appropriate application of the 'confirm project acceptance' activity?

• A. Because the project manager should arrange a celebration before the contractor leaves the site
• B. Because all project information should be archived before the completed project product is accepted
• C. Because the project manager should complete the end project performance assessment before any supplier demobilizes
• D. Because the project manager should confirm that handover to the operational and maintenance environment is complete