The Role Of The Project Sponsor

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Project Sponsorship is vital to the successful implementation of any project or programme and the nature of the role must be fully understood before it can be effectively practised.

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  • Project
  • IT

Course programme

Role of an Effective Sponsor

  • Critically evaluate the approach to project sponsorship against the recommendations of the National Audit Office and the Office of Government Commerce, identifying delegates own strengths and weaknesses
  • Assess the nature of project sponsorship
  • Evaluate the recommendations of the National Audit Office and Office of Government Commerce relating to sponsorship best practice
  • Examine the specific responsibilities of the sponsor and the other roles on a project or programme
  • Identify the benefits of acting as an 'intelligent client' and the importance of this role to project success
  • Identify any areas needing significant improvement in their own involvement as a project sponsor

Behaviours and Competencies of an Effective Sponsor

  • Discuss the different levels of sponsorship within major organisations; identify the impact of their own preferred sponsorship style on project performance and any changes in sponsorship behaviour they should consider to improve their effectiveness as a sponsor
  • Discuss the different potential levels of projects and programmes and the varying forms of sponsorship required for each
  • Evaluate their own personal sponsorship attributes and the impact on the performance of the project or programme
  • Identify modifications in sponsorship behaviour that they could make to improve the performance of the project or programme

Benefits Management

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of benefits definition, tracking and realisation within their programmes, to ensure their projects and programmes produce tangible results which are of benefit to their operations and customers
  • Review the role of benefits definition and management, comparing the approach to the recommendations of the Office of Government Commerce
  • Evaluate best practice approaches to benefits management
  • Develop actions to improve the definition, tracking and realisation of benefits from their projects and programmes

Risk

  • Define and implement actions to optimise the evaluation of project risk in the early phases of project development
  • Explore the root cause of risk in major projects based on historic performance
  • Evaluate and manage the uncertainty associated with the shaping of the project before the project team is mobilised

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