Ensure that a single Senior Responsible Owner is appointed for all projects, including those that cut across more than one department or agency, and that personal objectives set for these individuals include the responsibilities of this role.
In all dealings with suppliers, both on new and existing projects ensure that activities aimed at co-operation and open communication are encouraged.
Nominate a contact point for contributions to the database of lessons learned and notify the Office of Government Commerce of all current and pending projects in order to benefit from lessons learnt and to contribute to the ongoing database.
Ensure that pre-contract review of supplier's plans is carried out for all major IT projects and that review continues through the life of the project. Ensure that own plans are in order as well.
Ensure that periodic reviews are carried out during the life of a project to monitor and capture the realisation of benefits.
Ensure that a post implementation review is carried out for all projects.
Adopt a formal project management approach, such as PRINCE2, for all new projects.
Provide audit of skills as part of the Modernising Government action plan based on IS Skills framework.
Ensure that all major projects have a business case for business change, in line with the guidelines, and that this business case is monitored and updated throughout the life of the project.
Ensure that all projects follow the risk evaluation and reporting guidelines.
Liaise with the Office of Government Commerce and use the Project Profile Model to determine the complexity of new projects, to determine the required level of project management experience and conduct Peer Reviews of all new projects following guidelines supplied and feeding information back to the central review database.
Conduct a review of training provided to Project managers and ensure that all Project Managers have the appropriate training in accordance with guidelines published by the Office of Government Commerce.
Ensure that all projects follow the revised procurement guidelines.
Ensure that all projects follow a modular approach unless for overwhelming and documented reasons.
Undertake on-going assessment and improvement of Information Systems skills.