Project Assurance

The role of Project Assurance has been designed to provide senior management with confidence that the project environment has been established and is maintained throughout the project life-cycle. This function audits the management environment at key points.

FPMS undertake the Project Assurance role through:

Project Initiation Document (PID) Audits
FPMS audit the PID to ensure that the project environment has been fully developed. FPMS advise the Project Board (senior management) before the decision is made to Authorise the Project (DP2).

Quality Review s
FPMS chair the review process to ensure that Quality Reviews are undertaken in a consistent manner. FPMS also monitor the review and advise the Senior User of the results.

Stage Boundaries
FPMS independently assess the project performance at these milestones. The Business Case and the Project Plan are assessed for changes which may affect the viability of the project.

Controlling Progress
Highlight Reports and progress data are independently analysed.