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Use the smallest artefact that makes the decision safer.

Every template is original clean-room content with purpose, when to use it, minimum and fuller versions, field guide, tailoring notes, common mistakes, and related templates.

Initiation

Project Brief

v1.0 clean-room

Clarify why the project should exist and what decision is needed next.

Minimum version

  • • Outcome and problem
  • • Sponsor and decision owner
  • • Scope boundaries
  • • First risks

Fuller version

  • • Strategic fit
  • • Options considered
  • • Initial tolerances
  • • Stakeholder summary
LitePublic sectorDigitalSponsor

Governance

Business Case Lite

v1.0 clean-room

Show whether the project remains worth doing in a concise, decision-ready format.

Minimum version

  • • Reason
  • • Expected benefits
  • • Cost and time range
  • • Risks to value

Fuller version

  • • Options appraisal
  • • Benefit measures
  • • Disbenefits
  • • Sensitivity
LiteBenefitsSponsor

Initiation

PID Lite

v1.0 clean-room

Create a usable initiation baseline that guides control without becoming shelfware.

Minimum version

  • • Outcome
  • • Scope
  • • Products
  • • Governance

Fuller version

  • • Quality approach
  • • Change control
  • • Communication plan
  • • Supplier controls
BaselineStandardHybrid

Planning

Stage Plan

v1.0 clean-room

Define the work, controls, and decisions for the current management stage.

Minimum version

  • • Stage goal
  • • Products
  • • Milestones
  • • Work packages

Fuller version

  • • Resource profile
  • • Quality checks
  • • Dependencies
  • • Supplier commitments
DeliveryStagePredictiveHybrid

Control

RAID Log

v1.0 clean-room

Keep risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies visible enough to drive action.

Minimum version

  • • Type
  • • Description
  • • Owner
  • • Impact

Fuller version

  • • Probability
  • • Impact score
  • • Escalation path
  • • Response plan
RisksIssuesWeeklyRecovery

Reporting

Highlight Report

v1.0 clean-room

Give sponsors a short, honest view of progress, risks, decisions, and support needed.

Minimum version

  • • Overall status
  • • Progress this period
  • • Next period
  • • Key risks/issues

Fuller version

  • • Tolerance forecast
  • • Change summary
  • • Benefits confidence
  • • Financial update
SponsorWeeklyStatus

Governance

Decision Log

v1.0 clean-room

Maintain a clear record of who decided what, when, and on what basis.

Minimum version

  • • Decision
  • • Owner
  • • Date
  • • Options

Fuller version

  • • Evidence link
  • • Consulted stakeholders
  • • Impact on baselines
  • • Review date
Audit trailSponsorPublic sector
v1.0 clean-room

Stabilise a troubled project and create a credible reset baseline.

Minimum version

  • • Current condition
  • • Stop/continue recommendation
  • • Stabilisation actions
  • • Reset controls

Fuller version

  • • Root causes
  • • Contract implications
  • • Reforecast
  • • Recovery governance
RecoveryEnhancedSponsor

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Project Product Description

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Work Package

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Risk Register

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Issue Log

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Change Request

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Exception Report

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Stage Boundary Pack

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Closure Report

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Lessons Log

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Benefits Profile

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Stakeholder Map

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Communications Plan

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