The person responsible for the business applicability/business effects of the project.
• The project sponsor ensures benefit
Clarifies the business objectives and evaluates them in relation to the effort and risks, based on the business case
Updates the business case before each gate decision and decides whether to go on with the project or close it down • agrees with the project manager on the project arena
(objectives and limits), including the project manager's mandate • secures resources for the project
• anchors, protects and removes obstacles
Anchors the project with stakeholders, the management and resource owners
Handles conflicts of interest and makes sure that decisions are taken • collaborates, follows up and supports
Determines how the collaboration with the project manager shall work in practice
Follows up on results (time and cost) and gives feedback
Decides when the project is at risk of moving outside the agreed arena
Supports the project manager • secures results, learning and utilization
Approves projct closure, monitors the handover to customer and that the resposibility for the results is transferred to the internal receiver
Secures utilization, that the business objectives are met and established relationships are nutured
Decides when and how the evaluation/measurement of the business objectives will be done
Monitor that experiences from the project are documented and conveyed
The project sponsor should have great freedom to act on the behalf of the top management in the individual project. The project sponsor has the important task of anchoring the project with all stakeholders and has the overall responsibility for the business relationship with the customer.
Good interaction with the project manager, in which both understand the other’s role and situation, is a key ingredient in a good project.
