Start a project Project Governance & Reporting Checklist
Make decisions visible.
Make evidence traceable.
A practical governance checklist for sponsors, programme managers and delivery teams responsible for multi-workstream projects.
01 / Governance foundation
Define who can decide what
Confirm sponsor, project owner, manager and work-package leads
Document delegated authority, approval thresholds and escalation routes
Set committee purpose, membership, quorum and meeting cycle
Create a responsibility matrix for deliverables and professional inputs
Link each gate to required evidence and an authorised decision
02 / Live controls
Manage the information behind the dashboard
Integrated programme and milestone baseline
Decision, action, risk, issue and change registers
Budget, commitment and funding records
Stakeholder, approval and dependency controls
Document revisions, submissions and acceptance status
Inspection, deliverable and close-out evidence
03 / Useful reporting
Report for action, not decoration
State the reporting period and data cut-off
Show variance against approved scope, programme and budget
Link material claims to source evidence
Name accountable owners and due dates for corrective action
Highlight decisions required before the next gate
Record approvals and distribute the final authorised report
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