Products of the Controlling a Stage process This link is really a control link rather than having specific products associated. It's the trigger to start planning for the next stage in Managing Stage Boundaries. This will happen one of two ways: - because the current stage is ending successfully, so the detailed plan for the next stage has to be produced ready for Project Board approval prior to the next stage - or because the project board have asked for an exception plan to be produced, following the PM's escalation of an exception report in the current stage. Either way, the current stage is going to be shut down, and a new stage will begin. <<< Back