What's happening on PPM Skills and Capability?

PPM Skills and Capability Initiative

The PPM Skills and Capability Initiative is a cross-Government community effort, facilitated and coordinated by a central support unit for the profession within OGC. Its ultimate aim is to improve Government's ability to successfully deliver its projects and programmes, through improving the professional programme and project management (PPM) skills of individuals working within Central Government.

The first meeting of the cross-Government PPM leadership community (Heads of Centres of Excellence, of PPM Support Units and of PPM Skills) was held in February 2008. Since then, this community has met regularly to share knowledge and to discuss and decide on how best to collectively develop the PPM profession across Central Government. This PPM Skills and Capability Initiative is a response to the increasing scale and complexity of the delivery challenge for PPM professionals in Central Government, and secondly to the Skills Strategy for Government, which was published in April 2008 and sets out new accountabilities for Heads of Profession across Government.

Achievements in 2008-2009

Nigel Smith, OGC's Chief Executive, is Head of Profession for PPM in Central Government, with OGC providing ongoing support and coordination for the PPM community initiative. The PPM Council consists of PPM Heads of Profession from 18 Departments and the three devolved administrations and is the primary decision making body for the PPM profession in Central Government.

Three subgroups of the main PPM leadership community are working on key aspects of this agenda:

Membership - Planning and implementing stakeholder engagement and communication on behalf of, and to, the PPM community across Government.
Careers - Developing a more consistent skills and capability infrastructure for PPM professionals in Central Government.
Standards - Establishing and sharing recommended standards for PPM tools, methodology, and best practice, and sharing knowledge on these topics, to improve cross-Government consistency and standardisation.

Planned Developments for 2009-2010

• Terms of Reference (PDF, 79KB)
• Who to contact for more information
• What can PPM professionals expect?
• PPM meeting schedule 2009-10 (PDF, 20KB)