HOW TO READ THIS MODEL Governance — the Sponsor Guide (STEWARD) Impact — the P5™ Standard The sponsor's decision moments Click any element for its definition, drawn directly from the source publications. Authorize — a sponsor decision AUTHORIZE Continue — a sponsor decision CONTINUE Stop — a sponsor decision STOP Change — a sponsor decision CHANGE THE FOUR DECISIONS held only by the sponsor — a cycle, not a sequence. Every phase gate is a reauthorization decision. The P5 Standard — the impact lens P5 THE IMPACT LENS People 24 · Planet 18 · Prosperity 10 52 elements · 2 perspectives · 5 lenses score 1–5 · re-rate after responses roll-up → Overall Sustainability Score People — impact domain P People Planet — impact domain P Planet Prosperity — impact domain P Prosperity Process — perspective P Process Product — perspective P Product The No Masking Rule No Masking Rule — an unmitigated “1” caps the overall score at 3 The Impact Response Continuum responses climb the continuum: Mitigation → Restoration → Regeneration THE P5IA → SMP GOVERNANCE SEQUENCE Sponsor Guide Fig. 10 · P5 Standard §7.3 Step 1: Context established 1 Context established grounded in the business case Step 2: Impacts identified 2 Impacts identified events across all 52 P5 elements Step 3: Impacts scored 3 Impacts scored responses proposed · rated 1–5 Step 4: Threshold assessment 4 Threshold assessment against organizational thresholds Step 5: Responses re-scored 5 Responses re-scored must improve system capacity Step 6: THE SPONSOR DECIDES 6 THE SPONSOR DECIDES — approve mitigation within tolerances — engage functions beyond the project — adjust scope, schedule, or budget the SMP is developed here · the sponsor is named in it Step 7: Action owners assigned 7 Action owners assigned “execution rather than aspiration” Step 8: Reporting follows — last 8 Reporting follows — last managed first, reported second S — Sponsor the Mandate S Sponsor the Mandate T — Tolerances & Decision Rights T Tolerances & Decision Rights E — Enable Delivery E Enable Delivery W — Weigh Trade-Offs Explicitly W Weigh Trade-Offs A — Act as the Escalation Point A Act as the Escalation Point R — Realize & Protect Value R Realize & Protect Value D — Discipline the Governance System D Discipline the Governance System DECISION AUTHORITY & ESCALATION Sponsor Guide, Ch. 5–7 Delivery Team Delivery Team raises risks & issues Project Manager Project Manager decides within tolerances Sponsor Sponsor threshold exceeded → decides Governing Body Governing Body mandate & justification “A threshold breach is not a notification. It is a trigger for a decision.” — Guide to Responsible Project Sponsorship, Ch. 7 First principles FIRST PRINCIPLES “Sustainability is managed first and reported second.” P5 §7.3 — restated in the Sponsor Guide, Ch. 7 The same gate, the same decision, the same authority. Sustainability enters the gates sponsors already own — never a parallel governance track.