The Department is struggling to deliver its largest, most transformational digital programmes. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s (IPA’s) most recent public reporting from March 2022 shows three of the Department’s major digital programmes have significant issues (‘amber’) and two are unachievable (‘red’). These are the Department’s most complex and transformational digital programmes, which it needs to get right if its strategy is to succeed. The Department accepts its performance u...

The Department is struggling to deliver its largest, most transformational digital programmes. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s (IPA’s) most recent public reporting from March 2022 shows three of the Department’s major digital programmes have significant issues (‘amber’) and two are unachievable (‘red’). These are the Department’s most complex and transformational digital programmes, which it needs to get right if its strategy is to succeed. The Department accepts its performance up to now is worrying and that it needs to up-skill staff and think differently about processes and risk. In particular, the Department wants a more diver Type: conclusion | Number: 4 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. 2023 noting the dependency on the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) report availability.