3. The role of Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), as the individual responsible for ensuring that a programme or project meets its objectives and delivers the projected benefits, is acknowledged as best practice across Government. The SRO role aligns with Office of Government Commerce (OGC) programme and project management methodologies where the SRO, as owner of the business change, would chair the programme or project board. Detailed guidance on the role is published by the OGC in the Successful Delivery Toolkit.3 An individual's SRO responsibility should be explicitly included in personal objectives.
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3 Available at www.ogc.gov.uk. MSP and PRINCE2 methodologies further define the role.