Appendix A Terms of Reference Project Approval Gateway

Appendix A Terms of Reference – Project Approval Gateway Meeting Objective(s) • • • Approval checkpoint within the Concept, Solution Outline or Design phase to proceed to the subsequent phase from the following lenses: planning, delivery, cost, resourcing, business and technical Re-confirm the size of the project and delivery timescales Confirm that there are no known major risks. Highlight any key inter-project or programme dependencies Forum to deal at exception basis only , should not delve into unnecessary detail Attendees Frequency • • Business Sponsor and/or nominated business representatives Project Representative (Account Manager, Project Manager, Business Analyst etc. ) Mandatory Attendee List Governance Inputs • • Weekly, every Wednesday, 1 – 2: 30 pm Agenda Relevant Phase pack (located within PMO folders) PDF print of Gateway checklist responses Gateway Executive Summary – • • • These items are for reference should they be required for additional information Attendees will be notified of the documents’ location via the PMO prior to the meeting (cop Friday) Chaired by Head of PMO Outcome recorded and logged centrally within PMO and issued to attendees following the meeting Outputs Quorum • • • Go/No Go Decision to proceed • Representation from impacted business areas Mandatory Attendees or nominated empowered deputies in their absence representatives (for details please click here) Representative from GK Transformation team 7