Once the Project Initiation Documentation (including the Project Plan) has been approved, Project Board members need to base their ‘approval to proceed’ on a more detailed plan for the first delivery stage (see ‘Stage 2’ in the diagram in ‘Context – part 1’ under ‘Authorize the project’).
Authorizing the project and authorizing the first delivery stage are typically done at the same time.
However, PRINCE2® describes these as two discrete activities within the Directing a Project process.
The Project Board activity to authorize a stage is covered in the section covering ‘Authorize a Stage or Exception Plan’.
All references above are in Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 unless stated otherwise.
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