The structure of The Teal Book

The Teal Book expands on the Government Functional Standard for Project Delivery and is structured into 6 parts.

The first part sets the context for project delivery in government. It describes the principles that underpin government project delivery, the policy and evaluation process and what portfolios, programmes and projects are. This part also includes some background and advice on topics that need to be considered for all project delivery, such as equality, diversity and inclusion, environment and sustainability, security, and health and safety.

This part provides guidance on how to tailor The Teal Book appropriately to the context of a portfolio, programme or project so that it can be adopted effectively at both delivery and organisational levels. To support this, the part includes background and advice when delivering in specific settings.

This part describes and provides guidance on the practices and activities involved in directing and managing a portfolio.

This part describes and provides guidance on the practices and activities involved in directing and managing a programme or project.

This part describes and provides guidance on the practices involved in ensuring that work is planned and monitored, and that preventative and corrective action is taken where needed, so that the objectives of a portfolio, programme or project can be achieved.

This part describes and provides guidance on the practices involved in ensuring that an appropriate and sustainable solution is developed which is of the required quality and meets the needs of users and stakeholders.