A programme governance plan your auditors will accept

Key points

• A governance plan should be short enough that people actually use it.
• Records kept during the work are worth more than reports written afterwards.
• Quality gates need agreed entry and exit criteria before work starts.

What the plan should cover

Roles and decision rights, the planning and reporting cycle, how risks and issues are raised, how changes are approved, and the quality gates each release must pass.

Keeping it audit-ready

Store decisions, reviews and approvals as you go, in one place everyone can find. An appraiser or auditor should be able to follow any decision from request to outcome.

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