danielpradilla PRINCE2 Direction Gate Brief
For detailed management product definitions, read ../../references/prince2-management-products.md when the user needs a complete PRINCE2 document set or asks what each artifact is for.
Use this workflow when the project board needs a clear decision at a PRINCE2 control point.
Inputs To Ask For
- Current process or gate
- Decision required
- Latest business case
- Latest plan and tolerance position
- Risks, issues, dependencies, and exceptions
- Recommendation from the project manager
- Alternatives considered
Output Structure
1. Decision Required
- Decision statement
- Recommended option
- Deadline for decision
- Consequence of no decision
2. Governance Context
- PRINCE2 gate or control point
- Authority required
- Relevant tolerances
- Current stage and next stage
3. Evidence Summary
- Business justification
- Delivery status
- Cost, time, quality, scope, risk, benefit, and sustainability position where relevant
- Key risks and issues
- Stakeholder or supplier considerations
4. Options
For each option:
- Description
- Benefits
- Costs or tradeoffs
- Risks
- Impact on tolerances
- Recommendation
5. Board Resolution
- Decision made
- Conditions
- Actions
- Owners
- Date for review
Quality Bar
- Make the decision easy to approve, reject, or amend.
- Do not bury exceptions in narrative.
- Show where tolerances are safe, threatened, or breached.
- Keep board-level material strategic, not task-level.