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Project Governance

What is Project Governance?

The framework of authority and accountability that defines the management of a project, including decision rights and escalation procedures.

Governance

What the standards actually require on project governance

Requirements naming project governance across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

Define the problem statement, conduct risk-based assessments before data collection or modelling, assign roles and accountability, and consider third-party and environmental impacts.

AIGE-OM-1 · Project governance and problem statement definition →
COBIT 20192 controls

Project risk is removed or reduced through a systematic approach that plans for, identifies, analyses, responds to, monitors and controls the areas or events that could bring about unwanted change: a formal approach to project risk, consistent with the enterpr...

cobit-2019::BAI11.06 · BAI11.06 Manage project risk →

Silver criterion governance (MUST; group Basics, Project oversight). Criterion text: The project MUST clearly define and document its project governance model (the way it makes decisions, including key roles).

openssf-best-practices-badge-criteria::silver.governance · governance (Silver, MUST) →

Questions people ask about project governance

What is Project Governance?
The framework of authority and accountability that defines the management of a project, including decision rights and escalation procedures.
Why is Project Governance important for compliance?
Project Governance is a key concept in Governance. Understanding project governance helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Project Governance?
Project Governance appears in the requirement text of ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics, COBIT 2019, OpenSSF Best Practices Badge Criteria. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Project Governance?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how project governance applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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