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P7 · LIFECYCLE GOVERNANCE

Sustaining Project Success Through Lifecycle Governance

Become the practitioner who can design, operate and assure a Pi v2.0 governance environment across the whole project lifecycle — from mobilisation and charter to board-level baseline decisions.

Program 712 courses · Foundation to ExpertPi System v2.0 aligned

Pi System v2.0 aligned

Owns the entire Governance level

PMC Governance domain

Approved by PIOTICON C&D Governance

The program

Governance is not a start-up activity. It runs the whole lifecycle.

P7 owns the entire Governance level of Pi System v2.0 — the only program in the nine-program portfolio that delivers the full lifecycle G-series, from mobilisation and charter through periodic review operations, compliance, assurance, capability uplift and board-level decisions.

It co-develops G-100 and G-720 with P1, but owns lifecycle re-baselining and assurance over those artefacts. It receives controls health input from P5 and feeds the capability roadmap to P8. Every other program operates inside the framework P7 establishes.

Program codeP7

Pi levelGovernance (all 9 G-series processes)

Primary domainPMC Governance

Tier mix2 Foundation · 5 Intermediate · 5 Advanced · 1 Expert

CapstoneBoard Issues, Baseline Approval & Decisions (Course 13)

FeedsIntegrated Controls (P5) · Performance Intelligence (P6) · Leadership (P8)

Audience

Built for the people who own governance, and the people who assure it.

Governance practitioners on mega projects — the roles that mobilise a project, hold decision rights, run the review cycle and independently assure the control environment. Roles are listed verbatim from the Pi v2.0 Roles Register.

The people who hold decision rights, and the people who assure them.

Project Director

The visible governance owner at PLT and Board level. Named target role on G-100, G-710, G-720, G-110, G-130 and the G-410/420/430 board trilogy.

Project Control Manager

Co-owner of decision rights, the KPI dictionary, compliance, health and maturity, and the capability and improvement set.

Project Control Engineer

Operates the lessons-learnt and improvement registers at Intermediate tier.

Independent Reviewer / Independent Assurance

Named target role on G-120, G-560 and G-570. P7 is the primary curriculum home for assurance practitioners.

What you'll be able to do

Seven capabilities a graduate walks away with.

Every outcome is a thing you'll be able to do on a real mega project — not a topic you'll have heard about.

Author a Pi v2.0 Project Mobilisation & Readiness Assessment (G-710) and a Project Brief, Objectives & Charter (G-100) that withstand board-level scrutiny.

Design a Governance Framework & Decision Rights document (G-720) using the PIOTICON RASCQIE model and a Stage-Gate Review Pack standard (G-730) with controlled gate decision records.

Build a KPI Dictionary & Performance Framework (G-610) that integrates with P5 controls and P6 performance intelligence.

Operate a periodic governance review cycle (GD01 → G-110), a governance compliance and assurance regime (GD02 → G-120) and an external stakeholder & regulatory interface register (GD03 → G-130).

Lead an independent Controls Health Check & Assurance Review (G-560) and a Controls Maturity Assessment (G-570) against the Degree of Insights model (GC01).

Run a lessons-learnt and continuous improvement programme (GC02) producing G-140, G-820 and G-830, and a PMC Capability Assessment and Community of Practice (G-810, G-820).

Manage the board-level decision lifecycle (GA01, GA02, GA03) producing G-410 Board Issues & Action Items, G-420 Board Baseline Change Approval Record, and G-430 Board Decision Status Register.

The curriculum

Thirteen courses, mobilisation to board decision.

The sequence follows the governance lifecycle: mobilisation and charter, then governance architecture, then operations, then assurance and improvement, then board decisions. Once approved, it may not be reordered without a Change Log entry.

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01P7.C01Project Mobilisation & Readiness AssessmentFoundationPlan · GP01

Establishes the mobilisation roadmap and readiness criteria for a governed project start. Unlocks the downstream governance setup work every later course depends on.

Deliverables built

G-710 · Project Mobilisation & Readiness Assessment

Pi level — Governance

02P7.C02Project Brief, Objectives & CharterFoundationPlan · GP01

Builds the Project Brief, Objectives & Charter that authorises the project and anchors every downstream baseline. Co-developed with P1 Course 1.

Deliverables built

G-100 · Project Brief, Objectives & Charter

Pi level — Governance

03P7.C03Governance Framework & Decision RightsIntermediatePlan · GP01

Designs the governance framework, authority hierarchy and escalation paths. Anchors all downstream governance operation courses.

Deliverables built

G-720 · Governance Framework & Decision Rights

Pi level — Governance

04P7.C04KPI Dictionary & Performance FrameworkIntermediatePlan · GP01

Builds the KPI Dictionary that P5 integrated controls reports against and P6 performance intelligence inherits.

Deliverables built

G-610 · KPI Dictionary & Performance Framework

Pi level — Governance

05P7.C05Stage-Gate Frameworks, Access & ApprovalIntermediatePlan / Act · GP01, GA03

Builds the stage-gate review pack standard with controlled gate decision records. Plan and Act dual-mode for gate review.

Deliverables built

G-730 · Stage-Gate Review Packs & Outcomes

Pi level — Governance

06P7.C06RASCQIE Responsibility & Decision MappingIntermediatePlan · GP01

Operationalises the governance framework with RASCQIE rules: one R, one A, Q independent of R, C before Q, I after E. Required for all governed Pi v2.0 deliverables.

Deliverables built

G-720 · Governance Framework & Decision Rights

Pi level — Governance

07P7.C07Periodic Governance Review Cycle OperationsAdvancedDo · GD01

Executes the periodic governance review cycle — cadence, protocol and facilitation of the review that keeps the project governed month on month.

Deliverables built

G-110 · Governance Review Cycle Schedule & Protocol

Pi level — Governance

08P7.C08Governance Compliance Monitoring & AssuranceAdvancedDo · GD02

Runs the compliance and assurance regime: periodic compliance status, interpretation and corrective actions. Independent Reviewer co-target role.

Deliverables built

G-120 · Governance Compliance & Assurance Report

Pi level — Governance

09P7.C09External Stakeholder & Regulatory InterfaceAdvancedDo · GD03

Manages external obligations, regulatory interfaces and commitment tracking across the lifecycle. Carries a leadership and behaviour element.

Deliverables built

G-130 · External Stakeholder & Regulatory Interface Register

Pi level — Governance

10P7.C10Controls Health Check & Maturity AssessmentAdvancedCheck · GC01

Leads an independent controls health check and assesses controls maturity against the Degree of Insights model, using performance data produced inside P5.

Deliverables built

G-560 · Controls Health Check & Assurance ReviewG-570 · Controls Maturity Assessment

Pi level — Governance

11P7.C11Lessons Learnt & Continuous ImprovementIntermediateCheck · GC02

Runs the lessons-learnt and continuous improvement programme, turning knowledge capture into traceable improvement actions with named owners.

Deliverables built

G-140 · Lessons Learned & Knowledge RegisterG-820 · Controls Community of Practice OutputsG-830 · Continuous Improvement & Transformation Roadmap

Pi level — Governance

12P7.C12PMC Capability Assessment & Community of PracticeAdvancedCheck · GP01, GC02

Baselines skills and capability gaps and facilitates the controls community of practice that sustains standards, templates and best practice.

Deliverables built

G-810 · PMC Capability AssessmentG-820 · Controls Community of Practice Outputs

Pi level — Governance

13P7.C13Board Issues, Baseline Approval & DecisionsExpertAct · GA01, GA02, GA03

The Expert capstone. Manages the board-level decision lifecycle: issue and action tracking, formal baseline change approval and decision status with rationale and implementation.

Deliverables built

G-410 · Board Issues & Action Items RegisterG-420 · Board Baseline Change Approval RecordG-430 · Board Decision Status Register

Pi level — Governance

What you produce

You leave with seventeen governed Pi v2.0 deliverables.

Every Governance deliverable in the Pi v2.0 register has a course in P7 — progressing from controlled artefact to assured and endorsed governance record.

G-710Mobilisation

Project Mobilisation & Readiness Assessment

G-100Initiation

Project Brief, Objectives & Charter

G-720Setup

Governance Framework & Decision Rights

G-610Setup

KPI Dictionary & Performance Framework

G-730Setup

Stage-Gate Review Packs & Outcomes

G-110Operations

Governance Review Cycle Schedule & Protocol

G-120Operations

Governance Compliance & Assurance Report

G-130Operations

External Stakeholder & Regulatory Interface Register

G-560Assurance

Controls Health Check & Assurance Review

G-570Assurance

Controls Maturity Assessment

G-140Improvement

Lessons Learned & Knowledge Register

G-820Improvement

Controls Community of Practice Outputs

G-830Improvement

Continuous Improvement & Transformation Roadmap

G-810Capability

PMC Capability Assessment

G-410Board decisions

Board Issues & Action Items Register

G-420Board decisions

Board Baseline Change Approval Record

G-430Board decisions

Board Decision Status Register

How it's structured

A progression of depth, tier by tier.

Tier governs depth; Type governs pedagogy. P7 spans tool-process drills on governance templates, complex judgement on compliance and regulatory interfaces, and leadership behaviour in community-of-practice and board settings.

Four maturity tiers

Foundation2 courses

Read & challenge a charter

Working knowledge of mobilisation, readiness criteria and charter authoring.

Intermediate5 courses

Own the governance structure

Independent ownership of framework, decision rights, KPI dictionary, stage-gates and improvement registers.

Advanced5 courses

Operate & assure

Complex judgement on review cycles, compliance, regulatory interfaces, health, maturity and capability.

Expert1 course

Decide at board level

Board-facing decision support and baseline change governance; coaches advanced practitioners.

How it's delivered

Half-day workshop≈ 4 effective hours — the default delivery format for each course.

Lifecycle scenario caseworkStudents produce real or simulated Pi v2.0 deliverables from G-710 through G-430.

Virtual / hybridSupported for distributed senior cohorts and assurance practitioners.

Capstone-linkedEvery course feeds the Course 13 board governance decision pack.

Courses across four tiers, Foundation to Expert

Governed G-series deliverables you produce

Pi v2.0 Governance process codes covered

PDCA

The only program delivering all four phases in one discipline

Questions

What governance practitioners ask first.

Who is this program for?

Governance practitioners on mega projects — Project Directors, Project Control Managers, Project Control Engineers, and Independent Reviewers / Independent Assurance functions. It is the primary curriculum home for assurance practitioners.

Isn't this a project start-up program?

No. P7 was expanded from an earlier start-up and mobilisation framing to whole-of-lifecycle governance. It covers all nine G-series process codes — GP01, GD01–GD03, GC01–GC02 and GA01–GA03 — across Plan, Do, Check and Act.

Do I need to take the courses in order?

Yes. The sequence follows the governance lifecycle: mobilisation and charter, governance architecture, operations, assurance and improvement, then board decisions. Once approved, it may not be reordered without a Change Log entry and approving authority sign-off.

How does P7 relate to the other programs?

G-100 and G-720 are co-developed with P1. P5 integrated controls and P6 performance intelligence operate inside the G-720 framework and against G-610 and G-730. Course 10 consumes controls data from P5, and G-830 is jointly enabled with P8.

What is the capstone?

An integrated board governance pack for a representative mega project, assembling G-100, G-720, G-730, G-610, G-110, G-120, G-560, G-570 and the G-410/G-420/G-430 board trilogy. Minimum tier for participation is Advanced; Expert for the Project Director pathway including Course 13.

Is the program aligned to a standard?

Every course inherits its scope, processes and deliverables verbatim from Pi System v2.0 — its Process List, Deliverables Register, RASCQIE Matrix and Roles Register.

Ready to govern the whole lifecycle, not just the start?

Enrolment link coming soon — registering your interest reserves a place in the next cohort.