• Sponsor bodies should consider the different types of activity required by a programme, and the different risks that may emerge at the different stages of it. This understanding can help guide planning for how management arrangements may need to change as the programme progresses, including the types of skills and capabilities an organisation may need, and in what way a sponsor body might need to intervene if the programme goes off-track.
• Regardless of what governing agreements are in place, government fundamentally remains accountable for the programme. As a result, sponsors should remain alert to when their current governance approach may not be working, and be prepared to amend arrangements to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as appropriate.