1.8 There are a number of commercial skills required by project teams to deliver complex projects and we have developed a framework that captures those (See Figure 3 on pages 16 to 17).
1.9 We have used this framework to:
• evaluate commercial skills in government departments (Part Two); and
• assess the completeness of the OGC's procurement skills frameworks (Part Three).
1.10 The OGC has agreed with departments a new definition for a procurement professional, which includes those who engage and select suppliers, develop the contractual agreement and manage the contract through to delivery. There are other professionals whose broader commercial skills are also relevant to complex projects who fall outside the OGC's remit, for example, those with knowledge of legal issues or with the ability to perform financial modelling.