Lessons Learned

OGC's Major Projects team is producing a series of bulletins focusing on different topics, based on learning from Gateway™ Reviews, the Major Projects Review Group and other assurance methodologies across Government.  Suggestions for future topics are welcome and can be submitted through contacting the PPM Skills & Capability team. 

• Review of the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), September 2009 (PDF, 47KB)
• Effective Project Assurance, June 2009 (PDF, 60KB)
• Effective transition from Policy to Programme, April 2009 (PDF, 131KB)
• Programme and Project Boards, March 2009 (PDF, 156KB)
• Shared Services, October 2008 (PDF, 153KB)

A further source of useful information is the NAO/OGC list of common causes of project failure (PDF, 123KB)