Major publicly funded projects carry significant risks and may attract extensive media and public attention.

While you may appoint an external professional project manager, your entity is still ultimately accountable for the outcomes and for ensuring that public funds have been used effectively and efficiently.

We:

• Review your policy, procedures, and practices to help you avoid common project management risks such as performance issues with consultants or contractors, uncertainty about project objectives, inadequate recognition of risk, poor budgetary or change control processes – any of which may lead to scope creep, and time and cost overruns.
• Review all processes through any or all of the project phases and compare these with good practice.
• Review all project components including governance, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, and procurement.
• Provide real-time assurance and early identification of any issues as the project progresses.
• Deliver assurance reports at each key stage of the project.
• Carry out post-implementation reviews in order to understand any issues or risks that may have occurred and to identify opportunities for improvement.

Page last updated: 9 April 2009