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Sponsorship
| What: | Establishing and maintaining management and organizational support. | |
| When: | Throughout a project. | |
| Results: | A fast project start, protection of project resources, prompt decisions, removal of barriers, and management of escalations. |
Define the Role of the Sponsor
Project sponsors have responsibilities throughout projects, not just at the start:
- Initiation—Committing resources, providing data, getting work started
- Planning support—Providing guidance, validating plans
- Execution support—Making decisions, solving problems, providing approvals
Initiate Sponsorship
Sponsors select projects, but often they do not provide all the information needed to get them going. If the project objective and priorities ...
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