Major Projects Authority report shows improved project management
23 May 2014 10:32 AM
The second Major
Projects Authority annual report shows how the government’s most
significant projects have performed in 2013 to
2014.
The government has published the
Major Projects Authority (MPA’s) second annual report into the
performance of 199 major projects with a forecast lifetime cost of £488
billion. It forms part of our commitment to improve project management and
transparency and save taxpayers’ money.
Read the 2014 Major
Projects Authority annual report.
Alongside the report,
the MPA’s Red-Amber-Green (RAG) project ratings, or Delivery
Confidence Assessment ratings, give a snapshot of the challenges for the
government’s projects in September 2013. See the latest major projects
data.
In this year’s
report:
- half of the 30 projects with the
most significant challenges last year have improved
- 47 new projects have entered
the MPA’s portfolio; other projects have left and are now up and
running, including the New Passport Programme, the Greater Anglia Rail
refranchising and the project to establish the Canal & River
Trust
- almost half of project leaders
have attended the government’s new Major Projects Leadership Academy, part of the
Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford; this world-leading
initiative will improve project leadership
- in the past, more than half of
project reviewers were consultants; last year that figure fell to 13% through
developing in-house skills
- we are publishing more
information about more projects, with around a third fewer exemptions than last
year
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Francis Maude, Minister for the
Cabinet Office, said:
As part of this
government’s long-term economic plan we are improving the way our major
projects are run, helping save £1.2 billion in 2012 to 2013 alone. All
leaders of these projects will go to our new training school at the University
of Oxford.
Before the last general election
there was no central assurance of projects; a lack of the right skills and
problems were not systematically highlighted before they spiralled out of
control. We know that transparency drives up standards and helps save
hard-working taxpayers’ money.
John Manzoni, Chief Executive of
the MPA said:
The MPA focuses on
ensuring that the government does projects the right way. Critical to this is
building leadership capability, clarifying project leaders’
accountability and responsibility for delivery, while ensuring that rigorous
project planning and assurance is undertaken on all of the government’s
major projects.
Major Projects
Authority
The MPA oversees the
government’s biggest projects. It ensures a proper assurance process for
projects and helps government departments to find the right people with skills
to complete projects successfully.
The MPA’s
first annual report was published on 24 May 2013.