2.5. Other roles

The project manager is involved in the project review. The project manager initiates the review, and ensures that the review has the input that it needs from the project team. After each stage of the review, the project manager addresses the risks and issues identified by the review.

The comparison and evaluation process is used as part of a broader system selection process, for example to support a request for proposal (RFP) or invitation to tender (ITT).

The evaluation owner is the lead role in this process. They initiate the comparison and evaluation process, and make sure that it meets the needs of the broader selection process.

The evaluation stakeholders contribute to the process by discussing and agreeing the criteria to be used for the evaluation.

The evaluation owner would usually be included as one of the evaluation stakeholders.

The compliance audit process is used to introduce a new requirement into system governance outside of the normal review cycles, and to measure compliance to the new requirement.

The compliance owner represents the new requirement. For example, if the new requirement is a regulatory obligation, the compliance owner would be the manager charged with ensuring that the organisation meets the new obligation.

The compliance stakeholders help elaborate the new requirement. The work alongside the system governance committee, but only during this process.

The compliance owner would usually be included as one of the compliance stakeholders. In some cases, there is no difficulty in elaborating the new requirements, and the compliance owner is the only compliance stakeholder.