DELIVERY GOVERNANCE EXPLAINED

Principles 🧭

Accountability: Establish clear roles and responsibilities for accountable decision-making
Goals: Ensure alignment between teams and business goals.
Transparency: Foster transparency with stakeholders through frequent updates.
Regulation: Ensure compliance with regulatory and business policies.
Framework: Create governance framework to monitor progress, risks, and dependencies.
Tracking: Regular reviews and improvements to adapt governance to suit team dynamics.
Dashboards: Leverage dashboards to provide real-time insights
KPI’S: Use KPI’s to assess delivery health
Agility: Balance governance with team autonomy to maintain agility.

Things To Do And Get Right 📌

Define clear roles and responsibilities early.
Set a cadence for delivery reviews (e.g. fortnightly).
Track risks, dependencies, and blockers in one place.
Maintain a single source of truth for delivery plans.
Align delivery progress with business outcomes regularly.
Make escalation paths visible and agreed.
Treat governance as support, not control.
Use simple dashboards for transparency.
Embed governance into rituals (retros, demos).
Keep it lean—focus on outcomes, not process.blah blah

Tips & Tricks 💡

Govern with questions, not commands.
Pre-wire sessions to keep governance sharp.
Use narratives over RAG statuses for clarity.
Invite challenge—good governance surfaces truth.
Track value, not just delivery speed.
Visuals beat wordy slide decks every time.
Anchor every discussion to delivery goals.
Minimise artefacts—only what’s valuable.
Govern the full flow, not just development.
Coach stakeholders—don’t just inform them.