There is no widely accepted definition of project governance which is surprising given the importance of effective governance to project.
Garland 'Project Governance for the 21st Century' describes project governance as "the process of project decision making and the framework.... to enable this".
The UKOGC refers to Project Governance in terms of "direction and control".8
The Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance adopts a similar base but takes it further and refers to "directed, controlled and held to account".52
Each of the above (OGC, DTF, Garland) provides, to varying degrees, guidance on how to implement effective governance in a traditional project environment. However there is little guidance provided in an alliance context and consistent with Study observations there does not appear to be any wide acceptance in the industry on what constitutes alliance project governance and what is best practice.
It does appear that the above references to project governance refer to governance above the project not within the project as is generally understood by the term 'alliance governance'.