ABSTRACT

The step towards project implementation in any well-run company is the issue of an authorization document. Once authorization has been received, the project ceases to be merely an object for planning and speculation and becomes instead a live entity, to which the contractor is fully committed. Once a new project has entered an organization, it has to be formally ‘entered into the system’ so that all the necessary accounting, planning, progressing and administrative procedures can be put in place. Project authorizations are usually distributed to all company departments for general information, but the supporting technical and commercial documents are only handed over to the project manager. Work-to lists will probably need to cover only a few weeks ahead, but longer-term summaries may have to be given to help departmental managers to recruit or reserve the necessary people. All of this is readily achievable with the filtering and sorting capabilities of modern project management software.