To manage the rapid advancement in ICT environments, financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) referred to in Title II of this Regulation should implement robust ICT project management policies and procedures to maintain data availability, authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality. Those ICT project management policies and procedures should identify the elements that are necessary to successfully manage ICT projects, including changes to, acquisitions of, the maintenance of, and developments of the financial entity’s ICT systems, regardless of the ICT project management methodology chosen by the financial entity. In the context of those policies and procedures, financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) should adopt testing practices and methods that suit their needs, while adhering to a risk-based approach and ensuring that a secure, reliable, and resilient ICT environment is maintained. To guarantee the secure implementation of an ICT project, financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) should ensure that staff from specific business sectors or roles influenced or impacted by that ICT project can provide the necessary information and expertise. To ensure effective oversight, reports on ICT projects, in particular about projects that affect critical or important functionsa function the disruption of which would materially impair the financial performance of a financial entity, or the soundness or continuity of its services and activities, or the discontinued, defective or failed performance of that function would materially impair the continuing compliance of a financial entity with the conditions and obligations of its authorisation, or with its other obligations under applicable financial services law and about their associated risks, should be submitted to the management bodya management body as defined in Article 4(1), point (36), of Directive 2014/65/EU, Article 3(1), point (7), of Directive 2013/36/EU, Article 2(1), point (s), of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article 2(1), point (45), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, Article 3(1), point (20), of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011, and in the relevant provision of the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets, or the equivalent persons who effectively run the entity or have key functions in accordance with relevant Union or national law. Financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) should tailor the frequency and details of the systematic and ongoing reviews and reports to the importance and the size of the ICT projects concerned.