CHAPTER 2: PROJECT INITIATION

The project mandate is the first step in getting your information security management system (ISMS) project off the ground. The second step is to set up the project itself and the project governance structure, effectively an extension of what is contained in the project initiation document (PID). The project governance structure needs to be more elaborate for complex, lengthy projects than for quick, relatively straightforward ones.

The project governance structure will consist of:

  • The project objective
  • The project team, typically with a project board for projects scheduled to take longer than nine months
  • A project plan (who, when) that is a more detailed version of the high-level project plan included with the ...

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