3.1 Assemble resources

While some resources will have been devoted to developing the business case, a full team is generally not assembled until the proposal has been endorsed by government. Once government approval is obtained, a team is needed to develop and deliver the project.

The complexity and scale of PPPs requires a team-based management approach to ensure all the required skills are effectively applied. Teams must have clear lines of accountability and sufficient flexibility to optimise the input of a diverse management team. In this way the public sector will reflect the breadth of skills brought to the project by a private sector consortium. Key aspects include:

• a Project Director responsible for delivery of the project;

• a Project Steering Committee to direct the development of the project and deal with strategic and/or policy issues; and

• a dedicated project team comprising both internal staff and external advisors to develop and implement the PPP project, comprising commercial, financial, legal, design, operational, planning and environmental approval and other expertise.

The quantity and quality of the project team will be critical to the success of the project.

Section 8 provides further detail on assembling resources.