Project Governance - Communicating with the sponsor
3 important questions on Project Governance - Communicating with the sponsor
What information does the sponsor need from the PM to help build the comfort?
- The new asset will function and be fit for its purpose
- The right process has been adopted to deliver them in the optimum way
- It will be deliverd within time, cost and performance targets
- The PM is behving in a professional and trustworthy manner
- Appropriate controls are in place to achieve all the above
What questions of the sponsor need to be answered?
- Questions of product: will the new asset be fit for its purpose?
- Questions of process: has the right process been adopted to deliver it in the optimum way?
- Questions of surprising avoidance: is the PM behaving in a professional and trustworthy manner and are there any nasty surprises in the form of risks or other issues that are going to prevent any of the above?
What 2 ways of communication to client want from the PM?
- Written reports: delivered once every 2 weeks, reporting project performance data: time, cost and functionality
- Verbal reports: delivered once a week, reporting on risks and issues
Both are calendar-driven.
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