Program Governance
The Superintendent Is a Governance Role, Not a Contract Messenger
How leaders should design authority, direction, certification and delegated judgement so contract administration remains credible under delivery pressure.
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Program Governance
Sponsorship Is an Office, Not an Endorsement
A sponsor is not the most senior person who supports your program. It is the office holding delegated authority to stop it — and most organisations leave it empty.
Program Governance
Procurement Governance: Designing Probity, Authority and Control Without Creating Bureaucracy
Good procurement governance protects integrity and decision quality without slowing delivery unnecessarily. The design challenge is proportional control.
Program Governance
Escalation Sized by One Risk
Escalation thresholds fire on the size of a single risk and are widened by an offsetting claim the same doctrine denies, so accumulation never reaches the board.
Program Governance
“Best for Project” Requires Decision Rights: Governing the Alliance as a Virtual Organisation
How alliance leaders can make integrated project decisions while preserving clear authority, accountability and obligations to participating organisations.
Program Governance
Authority With an Expiry Date
Most organisations delegate delivery authority once and never take it back. A governance method from twenty years ago bounded it, dated it, and made it lapse on breach.
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