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The Project Sponsor is the individual (often a manager or executive) with overall accountability for the project. The Project Sponsor is primarily concerned with ensuring that the project delivers the agreed business benefits. The Project Sponsor acts as the representative of the organisation, and plays a vital leadership role through: 1  providing 'championship' for the project, selling and marketing the project throughout the organisation. 2  providing business expertise and guidance to the Project Manager.
Having an executive-level sponsor can be crucial for shepherding major projects, particularly those that cut across functions. But in order for this to happen, both the executive and the project leader he or she is sponsoring must be clear about their mutual expectations and time commitments for insuring a success. Ron Ashkenas is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting. He is a co-author of The GE Work-Out and The Boundaryless Organization.