The Department recognised the need to improve project capability across the whole organisation, and it has established a new director general role for project delivery. It told us it is looking at its capability, capacity and resource models across its portfolio of major projects and programmes. It told us that it has brought in over 100 programme management specialists in the past 12 months and a delivery partner to bring in specialists at short notice.17 Providing clarity to stakeholders

The Department recognised the need to improve project capability across the whole organisation, and it has established a new director general role for project delivery. It told us it is looking at its capability, capacity and resource models across its portfolio of major projects and programmes. It told us that it has brought in over 100 programme management specialists in the past 12 months and a delivery partner to bring in specialists at short notice.17 Providing clarity to stakeholders Type: conclusion | Number: 9 | Response status: accepted Government response: 1.3 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 1.4 Since March 2020, the IPA has undertaken 27 reviews of the department’s programmes that form part of the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP), which has resulted in 225 recommendations. The most com