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