My top 16 UK Government project & programme guidance documents - nerd alert
I often get asked, "Aleister, what would you say is the bestest" UK Government major projects and programme guidance documents? That's a great question! I personally think there are some brilliant documents out-there with great insight, advice, and guidance that are really valuable, but often overlooked! I think this is partly because UK Gov isn't very good at promoting these documents and people simply dont know where to look. Nevertheless, I have decided to produce my top and extensively used 16 UK Gov documents (you lucky people) - literally given the keys away to my kingdom!
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/970022/IPA_Cost_Estimating_Guidance.pdf
2. Estimating requirements - an even better read! often overlooked
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/970134/IPA_CostEstimatingRequirements.pdf
3. Benchmarking - the rolls royce of guidance :)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002831/1176-APS-CCS0421465542-001_Best_Practice_in_Benchmarking_Web.pdf
4. Survival guide to challenging costs in major projects - #nao
5. Should Cost Modelling
6. Cost estimating practices for Ofwat Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) projects
7. Project Routemap - Setting up projects for success - Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) updated and refreshed the modules and added System integration to the suite, reach out Nina Ciuffardi (IPA) to find out more or Dr Frederick Levy EngD CEng MBA (non IPA)
8. The DECA: Understanding challenges in delivering project objectives
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9. Construction playbook, those from or working with contractors
10. MMC Guidance
11. Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030
12. HMT Greenbook - Economic appraisal - not financial case contingency...
13. HMT Bluebook - Project case guidance - very good guidance often missed and a great resource for those working on Buinsess Cases
14. HMT Orange book - risk - for when you hear people say "Lines of defense" and you think, whats that - check it out in here (FYI the consultant didn't invent it :) )
15. HMT Aqua Book - guidance on producing quality analysis for government?(we are seeing clients asking us "does your analysis align to the aqua book" - all our analysis aligns to the Aqua Book )
16. Risk and uncertainty guidance - brilliant read with case studies Dr David Hancock MBA
https://www.theirm.org/media/4701/irm-reportlrv2.pdf
Director, Environment and Innovation | MCIWEM C.WEM
1 年Nice post Aleister, although I think the graphic you've chosen gives away which is your fav. Good choice..... ??
MEng, MAPM, ChPP, PFP, CMP, Senior Programme Manager, Change Management Practitioner, leading large-scale Change and Transformation programmes
1 年Thanks Aleister Hellier. I agree with you - the UK Government has an excellent suite of documents to assist the P3M activity.
Contract Manager - Design and Construction
1 年I love your list, Aleister - many of these documents are new to me and I look forward to looking into them. A few years back, ‘the penny dropped’ when I read the HM Treasury’s ‘Plain English Guide to Business Cases’ - as it has for many colleagues I later shared it with. A highly readable intro to the wider context of project&programme delivery. It certainly inspired me to read up on the subject in more depth. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/935528/Green_Book_guidance_short_plain_English_guide_to_assessing_business_cases.pdf
Associate - Major Projects Advisory at KPMG
1 年Alexander Hewitt EngTech
Project All-Round Consultant, Project Manager & Deal Closer/ Investor Looking to Widen Investments / Authoring A Management Book
1 年I'm biased to the old HMT guidances and major programme UK guidances - they are still valuable though. For example the older business cases were more on the mark than the newer ones. On the cost estimate guidance do they cover lifecycle, soft fm and hard fm costs? If they don't I recommend reintroducing this. If they do then that is brilliant as the industry's use of OPEX is limited especially in relation to mega projects. As an aside the techinal guidance for each industry were always brilliant too eg schools building bulletins. Health tech memorandums HTM etc.