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Under which heading (A-E) should they be recorded? Choose only ONE heading for each item of information. Each heading can be used once, more than once, or not at all.

The scope of the programme assurance office will include auditing the standards used by all projects to ensure alignment with those provided by the PCTech Portfolio Office

The first tranche has started, and news of the restructure has spread through both organizations.

The programme board is concerned by the large number of staff-related issues being raised by the project manager of the Divisional Restructure Project. Some TechStore staff are threatening to go to the media about the way they have been treated. As a result, the programme board requested a review of the stakeholder engagement approach.

Is this an appropriate application of the 'assurance' theme?

The Sales Channel and Processes Project is due to deliver the new sales processes within the next week. The programme manager and the BCM have been reviewing the new and revised sales processes with the Sales Manager to make sure that they meet the specified needs of the business before they are implemented.

In which activity of the 'deliver the capabilities' process should this review be carried out?

A risk assessment identified that the costs associated with terminating employment in different regions around the world were unpredictable. These cost variations could have a major impact on the profitability of the merger. As a result, the PCTech directors decided to continue with the merger but agreed that contingency should be set up based on industry benchmark data.

Is this an appropriate application of the ‘justification’ theme, and why?

The programme is currently in Tranche 2. The COO has been appointed as the SRO and the IT Manager is the programme manager. Due to the SRO’s lack of IT knowledge, the programme manager has found that it is easier to omit reporting about the IT issues as it often worried the SRO, who then created friction with the Process Alignment Project team.

Is this an appropriate application of the 'decisions' theme, and why?