The purpose of programme and project management is to provide a structured approach for defining and implementing policy and business strategies to enable the government and its organisations to achieve the outcomes and benefits they need.
This part of The Teal Book builds on Chapter 4 and focuses on the governance and management of programmes and projects, by providing guidance on:
- how a programme or project is governed and managed, including the aspects such as roles, behaviours, assurance and decision-making (Chapter 13: The governance and management of programmes and projects)
- how programme and project life cycles are essential to good governance by managing risk, underpinning the delivery plan and controlling the work (Chapter 14: Programme and project life cycles)
- how a programme or project should be overseen, directed and managed through the management practices, regardless of the delivery approaches taken (Chapter 15: Managing a programme or project)
A programme or project can be standalone or undertaken in the context of a portfolio or programme. While this part describes an approach for governing and managing a programme or project overall, it cannot be used in isolation. The planning and control practices in Part E and the solution delivery practices in Part F need to be referred to throughout and are an essential aspect of the governance of programmes and projects. The practices in Part C: managing portfolios, Part D: managing programmes and projects, Part E: planning and control and Part F: solution delivery of The Teal Book need to be defined to work together (see Figure D.1) and Part B should be applied to tailor the work to suit different contexts and situations.
