Purpose

Provide the project board with sufficient information to comprehensively

1. Review the current management stage
2. Approve the next stage plan
3. Review the updated project plan
4. Assess and confirm the continued business justification and acceptability of the known risks

Following it’s review the project board may direct the project manager replan the current stage, and the project.  The output of replanning is an exception plan, which should be submitted to the project board for approval.

Process flow

The following steps are involved in managing a Stage Boundary:

1. The Next Stage plan with product description, schedule and resources is updated in the project plan and submitted for approval to the Project Board.
2. An Exception plan is created in case the current stage will go out of tolerance. The Project Board is made aware of this deviation via an Exception Plan submitted by the Project Manager.  
3. Business Case also needs to be updated either when the next stage is approved or an Exception Plan is approved.
4. End Stage Report reviews the performance of the project on various parameters and needs to be approved by the Project Board to move to the Control Stage.

Inputs

1. Output documents from Controlling Stage 
2. Stage Plan
3. Project Plan
4. Exception Report

Key Deliverables

1. Next Stage Plans; stage plan, product description, schedule, assumptions, control, tolerance, and lessons
2. Exception Plan; cause of exception, consequences of deviation, options, recommendation, lessons and major risks
3. End Stage Reports; review of the business case, project objectives, stage objectives, team performance products, risks and forecasts
4. Business Case updates