Project lifecycle — visual

The Project Review Meeting is a review-before-commitment gate—analogous to a thesis defense—where the plan must prove it is defensible before execution locks in. See analogical grounding mappings.

flowchart LR
  A[SOW signed] --> B[Fill SOW ↔ project plan]
  B --> C[SL technical sign-off]
  C --> D[Project Review Meeting]
  D --> E{Head of Delivery approves?}
  E -->|No| B
  E -->|Yes| F[§7 Sign-offs incl. sponsor]
  F --> G[Mirror structure in Linear]
  G --> H[Break milestones into Issues]
  H --> I[Execute + client cadence]
  I --> J{Scope or major slip?}
  J -->|Yes| B
  J -->|No| I

Last updated: 2026-03-23