Specific Responsibilities of the Project Board
November 17, 2008 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Concepts
Specific Responsibilities of the Project Board
By The Office of Government Commerce - OGC, UK
The project board’s executive (the SRO - Senior Responsible Owner) is responsible for:
- Appointing the Project Sponsor/Project Director (and Project Manager, where these roles are combined) and agreeing his/her remit and delegated authority;
- Signing off the Project Brief and Project Initiation Document or equivalent;
- Agreeing all major plans;
- Authorising any major deviations from the agreed stage plans;
- Signing off the completion of each stage, including the deliverables, and giving approval to start the subsequent stage;
- Communicating information about the project to the organisation(s) and stakeholder groups as necessary;
- Ensuring that the required resources are available;
- Resolving any conflicts escalated by the project team, client or supplier;
- Agreeing the project tolerances for time, quality and cost;
- Providing overall strategic guidance for the project;
- The risk(s) associated with the project;
- The quality assurance for the project;
- Providing advice and direction to the Project Sponsor/Project Director;
- Approving the end project report and the lessons learned report;
- Ensuring that a post implementation review (or post project review) is scheduled and takes place;
- Resolving deviations from plans or escalating as necessary;
- Resolving conflicts between project team, end users and suppliers or escalating as necessary.
Successful delivery toolkit, the Office of Government Commerce - © Crown Copyright 2008
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