Planning and Managing Project Compliance 📜

Understand compliance categories and their role in project management!

Compliance Overview 🌐

Compliance in project management involves adhering to rules, regulations, and guidelines from various sources, such as government bodies, organizational structures, or project charters.

Compliance Categories 📊

Compliance requirements can be categorized into two main areas: Business Environment (Organization) and Project (Manage & Control). These categories are not mutually exclusive.

Business Environment (Organization) Project (Manage & Control)
  • Health and safety
  • Security
  • Financial
  • Regulatory
  • Environmental
  • Social
  • PMO policies, procedures, etc.
  • Project and team charters
  • Project constraints (scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources)
  • Quality
  • Procurement
  • Agile processes and methods
  • Performance measurement baseline
Example: The PMO provides guidelines like monthly project status reporting to the executive committee. These are tailored to the organization’s business environment and influenced by external market and societal forces.

Business Environment Compliance Requirements 🏢

Compliance requirements in the business environment fall into two subcategories: governmental regulations/societal norms (external) and organizational governance (internal).

Project Management Compliance 📋

Project managers tailor governance to their project, integrating organizational and regulatory requirements. Examples include:

Example: A project manager must use company policies for hiring and follow procurement procedures for approved suppliers, ensuring compliance with organizational and project-specific guidelines.