A key responsibility of the SRO is the organisation and chairing of the Board meetings, as described in Section 3.1.3. To that end, it will be essential that the SRO arranges that all Board meetings are appropriately administered with quality Board papers and clear and accurate recording of minutes.
Other responsibilities include ensuring that the appropriate project governance arrangements are in place for each stage of the project, controlling project expenditure and ensuring adherence to the business case unless variations are expressly approved by the SRO.
In addition, the SRO should co-ordinate the relationships between the RWTP and other projects within a broader authority programme, especially in terms of project interfaces and interdependences, relative timings, timely availability of resources and the management of key risks. The absence of an individual clearly designated as SRO has been linked with problems that have arisen with other projects affecting their successful delivery.