When a Project Board asks a Project Manager to manage the temporary project team, you would like him not to come back to you for every minor detail. What do we mean with 'minor detail'? These 'minor details' need to be made clear to both parties, the Project Board as well as the Project Manager. If one does not make good agreement on these details one runs into the situation that the Project Board will manage the project team on a day to day basis and will use the project manager as errand-boy and this will in the end not motivate him nor free you from work you do not have the time for.
The Project Board should give the Project Manager a portion with which he can move forward, if possible until the closure of the project. As long as the Project Manager can operate with given margins he can go along. This will help us, the Project Manager and your project team. The Project Manager does not need to come back to you for every variation. This will promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the project team.
But what exactly is a 'minor detail'? You will agree with the Project Manager to what level he will be free to move, within set directions by the way. Typical areas on which these agreements are made are budget, organization, time, quality, information and planning. You will give the Project Manager the freedom to go ahead as long as he can move with the given limits. You will understand that you can agree on any given set of criteria.
Make yourself comfortable and spend enough time on setting these criteria. Do not only consider project result but also the conditions and constraints the project manager should take into account when achieving these results. The project team will act professionally and it will make you sleep better!
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