project assurance report

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Stuart Graham Programme Manager| NIE Networks Belfast, Antrim, United Kingdom

Hi... I am keen to introduce the role of project assurance to a number of our projects but would like them to submit a weekly report on the projects and their assurance activities. Has anyone ever done something similar or have recommendations of any suitable templates covering what should appear in an assurance report for projects?

Posted: Feb 20, 2018 11:05 AM

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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Feb 20, 2018 3:42 PM

Replying to Stuart Graham

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Thanks. Definently something for thought. Do you have any more detailed examples of the type of questions you would have asked that would have given you assurance of a well run and defined project?

I take it you didn't find checklists at predefined gates the most effective means of assurance? Could you provide some further details on why?

Stuart -

Gates are an artificial construct and encourage sequential, waterfall delivery.

A better approach is trigger/event-based governance. When a particular event happens, the team is given a set of questions they can complete to confirm their confidence in proceeding.

The benefit of this is that it shifts the measure from heavy oversight from without to ownership from within and can be applied to any delivery approach - sequential, iterative, adaptive...

Kiron

Posted: Apr 19, 2018 6:40 AM

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