Assurance, Information and Sizing
Independent assurance, governance services, information assurance and evidence-based sizing of permanent or temporary offices.
How to prepare for P3O Foundation
Secure the PPM and office boundaries first, then connect business justification with model selection, implementation, operations, tools and roles.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Independent assurance needs sufficient objectivity and authority while remaining integrated with the organization's assurance framework.
Exam cue: Separate delivery support, management control and independent assurance.
Concept 2
Information assurance protects the quality, consistency, ownership and fitness for purpose of decision information.
Exam cue: Size from service demand and capability rather than a fixed staff ratio.
Concept 3
Sizing considers demand, service scope, delivery complexity, maturity, automation, skills, geography, peaks and the temporary or permanent nature of the office.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Letting a team assure its own work without safeguards.
Guardrail: Do not select a fashionable office structure or tool before establishing the stakeholder problem and service need.
Sizing only from the number of projects.
Guardrail: Do not select a fashionable office structure or tool before establishing the stakeholder problem and service need.
Memory anchors
Independent assurance
Objective confidence that governance, controls and delivery remain fit for purpose.
Information assurance
Controls that keep decision information reliable, consistent, owned and usable.
Sizing model
An evidence-based view of people and capability needed for the selected services and demand.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What is independent assurance intended to provide?
The same analyst builds a forecast and certifies its reliability. What concern arises?
What does information assurance protect?
Answer all questions to submit.
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