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Supporting project and programme teams through a Red assurance outcome.

Aligned with the HM Treasury Approvals Process (TAP) guidance. This guidance aims to support projects and programmes in taking the necessary steps to increase deliverability confidence after receiving a ‘Red’ assurance review outcome from independent IPA assurance.

 

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Led jointly by HM Treasury and the IPA since 2021, ‘Response to Red’ is a structured approach that aims to improve the delivery of some of the government’s high-cost, high-risk and high-profile projects and programmes. It ensures that programmes on the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) are best supported to take clear, purposeful and collaborative steps in the event of receiving a ‘Red’ outcome from IPA independent assurance. This may be from a stage gate, programmatic or annual review.

This guidance:

  • Aims to support project/programme teams on the structured process set in train by a ‘Red’ assurance outcome from IPA Independent Assurance.
  • Sets out the stages of the process, setting expectations, usual timeframes and next steps.
  • Fits within a broader framework and should be read within the context of the HM Treasury Approvals Process guidance and the IPA Assurance Workbooks.

It will be useful for any team under going a GMPP assurance review, and may be of useful reference to anyone working on smaller projects or programmes.


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Delivery vehicle Programme, Project

Practice Assurance, Environment and sustainability, Governance, Health and safety, Learning from experience, Management of organisational and societal change, Quality management, Solution design

Product type Case studies and reports, Workbooks and guides

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