Executive summary
A method for releasing a competitive response's funding and scope only when graded evidence shows the response is working as approved.
What is inside
What the governance and acceptance pack covers
The asset walks a governance lead and sponsor through the gate map, writing acceptance criteria from the approved case, the controls that run between gates, the evidence grading standard, decision rights, conditions and exceptions, and the acceptance record. A worked synthetic case runs the month-6 tranche release gate end to end.
- The gates between approving a competitive response and closing it
- Acceptance criteria traced to the approved investment case
- The controls that run between gates and the evidence each must produce
- A grading standard that separates assertion from reconciled evidence
- Decision rights, quorum, and the four possible gate outcomes
- Handling conditions and exceptions without losing control
- Acceptance records that the benefits review can audit