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Enterprise Project Stage Gating

In the current IT project management, many organizations adopt the Project Gating process to manage projects’ life cycles. Project Gates and Checkpoint Reviews provide key communication opportunities for projects to move through from each phase or specific elaboration steps. Gates and Checkpoint reviews also provide a formal means of controlling the quality of deliverables, reducing project risk, monitoring change requests, and maintaining stakeholder interest.

The gateway process consists of gates that align with each phase of the project life-Cycle, where the project sponsor can review progress and ensure that the project is ready to move forward. In general, there are six gates in a project lifecycle:

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