Governance / v1.0 clean-room
Stage Boundary Pack
Prepare a clear end-of-stage decision: continue, change direction, pause, or close.
When to use
Use before moving from one management stage to the next.
Sample suggested content
Project example: Pilot stage boundary
- Stage result: Pilot journey design complete; supplier readiness amber.
- Forecast: Next stage remains viable if readiness risk is controlled.
- Decision ask: Approve Stage 3 with weekly readiness checkpoint.
Minimum version
- Stage result
- Business case check
- Updated forecast
- Next stage plan
- Decision ask
Fuller version
- Benefits review
- Lessons
- Risk profile
- Change summary
- Assurance evidence
Field guide
- Stage summary
- Performance
- Forecast
- Risks
- Next plan
- Decision
Tailoring notes
- Use a short pack for Lite projects
- Add assurance and finance evidence where governance needs it
Common mistakes
- Treating the boundary as a status update only
- Missing the explicit decision ask