an overall conclusion on the program/project's status and its readiness to progress to the next phase (Gateway) or significant challenges to implementation (IRA); findings and recommendations; an indication of how critical its recommendations are; background to the program/project, including its origin, the outcomes it to achieve, and how those outcomes link to the agency’s business strategy and/or high level policy objectives; the purpose and scope of the current review; and logistics of the Assurance Review (Senior Responsible Official’s details, dates of the review activities, information on interviewees and the project documentation reviewed and the Review Team membership). Post-Review The final review report is provided to the SRO at the conclusion of the review. The report represents the advice from the Review Team to the SRO. The responsibility for deciding on appropriate action in response to the recommendations in an Assurance Review report remains entirely with the SRO and the sponsoring agency. An Assurance Review does not change the accountability of agencies for their projects in any way. The SRO is encouraged to ensure the project board, chief executive officer and where appropriate, their minister are properly informed of the progress of the project or program, including the outcomes of the review. It is left to the SRO to determine who has access to the Gateway review report, and to ensure that any requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 are handled appropriately by the sponsoring agency. At the conclusion of each review, the Review Team Leader provides a copy of the review report to the Assurance Reviews Branch. This is intended to facilitate an early understanding of issues arising from reviews and to enable timely compilation and dissemination of non-attributable Lessons Learned Reports. For the purpose of an IRA, the report is made available to the relevant minister, the portfolio secretary and/or agency head, the senior responsible official, Finance, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) and the Department of the Treasury. Finance will also refer to the outcome of the IRA in a briefing provided to Government. In limited scenarios where an IRA is applied post government decision, the IRA assessment will be included in a letter from the Minister of Finance to the Prime Minister copied to the relevant portfolio Minister and the Treasurer. A copy of the review report is also provided to the next review team to the planning meeting as part of the pre-reading documentation for any subsequent review.
an overall conclusion on the program/project's status and its readiness to progress to the next phase (Gateway) or significant challenges to implementation (IRA); findings and recommendations; an indication of how critical its recommendations are; background to the program/project, including its origin, the outcomes it to achieve, and how those outcomes link to the agency’s business strategy and/or high level policy objectives; the purpose and scope of the current review; and logistics of the Assurance Review (Senior Responsible Official’s details, dates of the review activities, information on interviewees and the project documentation reviewed and the Review Team membership). Post-Review The final review report is provided to the SRO at the conclusion of the review. The report represents the advice from the Review Team to the SRO. The responsibility for deciding on appropriate action in response to the recommendations in an Assurance Review report remains entirely with the SRO and the sponsoring agency. An Assurance Review does not change the accountability of agencies for their projects in any way. The SRO is encouraged to ensure the project board, chief executive officer and where appropriate, their minister are properly informed of the progress of the project or program, including the outcomes of the review. It is left to the SRO to determine who has access to the Gateway review report, and to ensure that any requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 are handled appropriately by the sponsoring agency. At the conclusion of each review, the Review Team Leader provides a copy of the review report to the Assurance Reviews Branch. This is intended to facilitate an early understanding of issues arising from reviews and to enable timely compilation and dissemination of non-attributable Lessons Learned Reports. For the purpose of an IRA, the report is made available to the relevant minister, the portfolio secretary and/or agency head, the senior responsible official, Finance, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) and the Department of the Treasury. Finance will also refer to the outcome of the IRA in a briefing provided to Government. In limited scenarios where an IRA is applied post government decision, the IRA assessment will be included in a letter from the Minister of Finance to the Prime Minister copied to the relevant portfolio Minister and the Treasurer. A copy of the review report is also provided to the next review team to the planning meeting as part of the pre-reading documentation for any subsequent review.
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