9.1 Effective project governance helps to ensure a successful project:
• The project outcomes are aligned with the Authority's strategic priorities;
• The project has clear ownership and leadership throughout its life;
• There is an ongoing engagement with stakeholders, so that, for example, the assets are designed and built with the user, the operational task and the working environment in mind;
• The outcomes are fit for purpose;
• There are sufficient resources and skills to deliver the overall project, including a competent and trained project delivery team;
• Professional and Quality standards, and codes of practice are appropriately used;
• Public sector issues are factored in at the right time;
• There are periodic reviews throughout the project lifecycle to account for changes in the Authority's requirement (performance, time and cost), and for example to account for technology advances, changes in the project environment etc;
• Stakeholders work together and are effectively engaged; and
• There is a good understanding of and contact with the supply industry.
That is, project governance is a means for ensuring that the right project is undertaken, and that it is delivered and implemented correctly.