Library
Our library contains documents held on the Improvement Service site together with links to documents held externally. A list of websites which also hold publications and information useful to those working in local government is available in our Information Sources section.
Users of the IS site are invited to submit documents that they think will be of value to other site users. Please note that you must be a registered user of the Improvement Service website and logged in if you wish to submit a new document. Documents submitted will not appear on the site immediately but will be subject to approval by our editorial team.
If you need any guidance or help please read our 'How to use this site' document.
Project, Programme and Change Management
DocumentsDate added
Agenda for the Programme and Change Managers Community of Practice event on 19th November 2009.
For any organisation, programmes are typically made up of numerous distinct projects and activities, which between them, produce a wide range of outcomes and outputs. Monitoring progress of programmes towards target outcomes, requires proactive identification and measurement of those elements (processes, activities or outputs) that significantly affect the projects and activities in terms of total process efficiency, effectiveness, quality, timeliness, and productivity.
To assist organisations in producing a Project Initiation Document we have developed a template for use in minor projects. This should be used where there is a low-value investment commitment that requires no formal Project Board arrangements and appropriate project planning and control procedures to be implemented.
For any organisation, programmes are typically made up of numerous distinct projects and activities, which between them, produce a wide range of outcomes and outputs. Monitoring progress of programmes towards target outcomes, requires proactive identification and measurement of those elements (processes, activities or outputs) that significantly affect the projects and activities in terms of total process efficiency, effectiveness, quality, timeliness, and productivity.
To assist organisations in producing a Project Initiation Document we have developed a template for use in major projects. This should be used where there is a high-value investment commitment that requires the establishment of a Project Board, with governance arrangements and project planning and control processes and procedures to be implemented.
The Business Case is an aggregation of specific information about types of programme or the project; benefits and the risks to achieving them, costs and timescales. A Business Case presents the optimum mix of this information that can be used to judge whether or not the programme / project is (and remains) desirable, viable and achievable. The Business Case effectively describes what the value is to the sponsoring organisation from the outcomes of the programme / project. Managing the Business Case is about value management of benefits, costs, timescales and risks.
To assist organisations in producing a Business Case, we have developed this template for minor projects. This should be used where there is a low-value investment commitment that requires no formal Project Board arrangements and appropriate project planning and control procedures to be implemented.
The Business Case is an aggregation of specific information about types of programme or the project; benefits and the risks to achieving them, costs and timescales. A Business Case presents the optimum mix of this information that can be used to judge whether or not the programme / project is (and remains) desirable, viable and achievable. The Business Case effectively describes what the value is to the sponsoring organisation from the outcomes of the programme / project. Managing the Business Case is about value management of benefits, costs, timescales and risks.
To assist organisations, we have developed this business case template for major projects. This should be used in cases where there is a high-value investment commitment that requires the establishment of a Project Board with governance arrangements and project planning and control processes and procedures to be implemented.
