Prosessikomitea

Prosessikomitea is a Finnish term referring to a committee established within an organization to supervise and guide a specific process from planning to execution and evaluation. The mandate typically includes defining objectives, scope, and performance criteria; allocating resources; approving key milestones and decisions; and ensuring compliance with applicable policies, laws, and ethical standards.

Composition generally includes representatives from affected units and stakeholders, such as a chair, a deputy chair, a secretary, and members from management, operations, finance, legal, and subject-area experts. The exact makeup depends on the process and organizational context.

Responsibilities include planning and design of the process, establishing timelines, conducting risk assessment, ensuring quality assurance, developing a communication strategy, and maintaining documentation. The committee collects progress reports, reviews risk and issue logs, and makes decisions or recommendations that feed into higher governance bodies. Its authority may range from advisory to full decision-making power to authorize resources or changes; in many cases, significant actions require approval by a higher-level committee or executive management.

Prosessikomitea is commonly found in public administration, corporate governance, project management, procurement, and research settings, and can exist at department, project, or program level. Effective operation of a prosessikomitea can lead to clearer process ownership, standardized procedures, improved transparency, and greater accountability and performance.