Work Authorization System. A subsystem of the overall project management system. It is a collection of formaldocumented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized (committed) to ensure that the work isdone by the identified organization, at the right time, and in the proper sequence. It includes the steps, documents,tracking system, and defined approval levels needed to issue work authorizations.
This definition was found in the PMBOK V5
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