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Introduction
The importance of project governance
Projects are vitally important to organizations because it is through the
successful delivery of projects that they are able to deliver services.
Hence an organization that struggles to deliver its projects will also
struggle to deliver the level of service its customers demand.
Project governance – the process of project decision making and the
framework, models or structures that are established to enable this – is
recognized as a critical success factor for the delivery of projects. The UK
Government’s Office of Government Commerce (OGC), owners of the
world’s de facto standard for project management ...