The purposes of the 'directing a project' process are to enable the project board to be accountable for the project's success by making key decisions (1) and to exercise overall control of the project (4). This process ensures that strategic guidance and oversight are maintained, but does not directly involve the project board in authorizing work packages or preparing communication approaches-that's handled by the project manager.
= PRINCE2 7 Foundation handbook and online resources

Section: Volume A

Section: Volume B

Applying the 'focus on products' principle in PRINCE2 helps to ensure stakeholder expectations are met by providing a common understanding of the project's products. This principle emphasizes the importance of clearly defining what the project has to deliver, in terms of both scope and quality, so that there is no ambiguity about the expected deliverables, thereby aligning expectations and project outputs.References: = PRINCE2 7 Foundation handbook and online resources