There are multiple documents issued by central agencies that provide guidance and stipulate requirements for the program and project management of initiatives. It is recognised that these need to be consolidated and simplified, and that in the main they say “what” is to be done, not “how to” do it. For “how to” guidance many departments and agencies using non-proprietary best practice methods as the foundations of their Portfolio, Program and Project Management capability 1 . The most widespread methods used in the APS are the UK Office of Government Commerce’s (OGC - Cabinet Office) suite of best practice management.
