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Project Sponsor
The project sponsor is ultimately accountable for the success of the project and for the delivery of the expected benefits. This includes:
• Developing business cases for the funding of the project and acting as spokesperson to the GLT
• Participating in project planning, including developing the project charter and project scope
• Identifying project critical success factors and approving deliverables
• Identifying and qualifying project benefits
• Providing direction and guidance on key business strategies
• Empowering the project manager
• Reviewing and approving changes to the project, including schedules, priorities and tasks
• Removing project roadblocks, by negotiating with stakeholders to gain consensus if there are differences of opinion
• Evaluating project success upon completion, by managing and controlling project benefits realisation
Business as Usual Owner
The business as usual owner is responsible for managing and overseeing process objectives and performance and has the authority to make required changes in order to achieve these objectives. In the scope of this procedure, the business owner is responsible for the area involved in and/or impacted by the project and must therefore be kept informed throughout the process and provide consent.
Project Manager
The person responsible for leading a project from
its proposal through to execution. The project manager has full responsibility for and the authority to complete the assigned project.
Responsibilities include:
• Defining clear and realisable project objectives
• Scoping and planning the project
• Estimating resources and budgets
• Initiating, controlling and executing the project
• Managing the people, resources and scope of the project • Communicating progress, risks and issues
OBX Team / OBX Project Portfolio
Lead / Manager
Each FDB site has an OBX department, responsible for maintaining the standards for operational and business excellence at the site.
Each site’s OBX team follows the ePMO’s stage gate model for project governance.
The primary job of the Site Head of OBX is to ensure that standards of operational excellence are upheld and clearly defined throughout the entire process of each project’s development and execution. This will be achieved via training, coaching and mentoring interventions and by participating in project audits and reviews.
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