Project management resources
Choose the governance question that must be answered. Then use the guide and copyable template built for that decision.
Decision-led library
The sequence follows the control logic from investment justification through authorisation, reporting, exception and measurable value.
Should this investment proceed?
Build the Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management Cases, then state the exact approval required.
Build the case for approvalCan this project enter controlled delivery?
Define scope, authority, tolerances, delivery controls, assurance, benefits alignment and reporting before delivery begins.
Authorise the projectWhat exposure threatens the objective?
Set appetite, scoring, ownership and escalation rules, then maintain the auditable register that proves the controls are operating.
Control risk exposureWhat does the Board need to know this period?
Report progress, forecast performance, expose threats to tolerance and request the decisions needed before drift becomes exception.
Prepare the Highlight ReportIs delegated authority still safe?
Show forecast performance against delegated tolerances, remaining margin, material exposure and the intervention required from the Board.
Test delegated authorityCan the next stage be authorised?
Use the Stage Plan, Stage Accountability Report and exception controls to authorise bounded delivery and respond when tolerance is forecast to break.
Control the next stageDid the change create measurable value?
Define benefit ownership, baselines and targets, then review evidence, control variance and maintain accountability after project closure.
Govern benefits realisation