The Initiation Stage Plan details the activities, resources, and controls required to conduct the initiation stage. The primary purpose of the initiation stage is to create the suite of management products required to form the Project Initiation Documentation (PID), such as the project's plans and strategies. The threat described in option A directly impacts the quality of these key initiation stage deliverables. Therefore, a risk response (e.g., engaging an external consultant for guidance) must be planned, costed, and included as an activity within the Initiation Stage Plan to ensure the plans and strategies are adequate.

B. The approval of the Project Brief is the key activity at the end of the 'Starting up a Project' process, which authorizes the initiation stage. This risk occurs before the Initiation Stage Plan is created.

C. The request for proposals and the subsequent response from service providers are activities that typically occur in a delivery stage, after the initiation stage is complete. Responses to this risk would be planned in a later Stage Plan.

1. AXELOS

"Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2® 6th Edition" (2017).

For Correct Answer (A): Chapter 18

'Initiating a Project'

describes the purpose of this process is to "establish solid foundations for the project" (Section 18.1). The activities include creating the various strategies and the Project Plan. A risk impacting these activities must be managed within this stage. Appendix A.14

'Initiation Stage Plan'

confirms it contains the "plan for the initiation stage".

For Incorrect Option (B): Chapter 17

'Starting up a Project'

Section 17.1

states the purpose is to ensure the prerequisites for initiating a project are in place. The trigger is the project mandate

and a key output is the approved Project Brief

which is used to request authorization to start the initiation stage (Section 17.4.6).

For Incorrect Option (C): Chapter 19

'Controlling a Stage'

and Chapter 20

'Managing Product Delivery'

describe the work that occurs after initiation. Procurement activities

such as issuing a request for proposals

would be part of a work package managed within these processes

and therefore planned in a delivery Stage Plan

not the Initiation Stage Plan.