Centre of Excellence for Delivery “ Helping The Public Sector Deliver Better Public Services” CoE Update PMO Community of Interest CoE for Delivery (CPD)

Centre of Excellence for DeliveryCentre of Excellence for Delivery

“Helping The Public Sector Deliver Better Public Services”

CoE Update

PMO Community of

Interest

CoE for Delivery (CPD)



CoE StructureVacant

Head of CoE

Cathy Blake-Knox

Gateway Strategy

Tony Harvey

Gateway Co-ordinator

Joy McGimpsey

CoE Support

Stephen McDowell

PPM Best Practice

John O’Callaghan

PPM L&D

Lila Clarke

PPM Best Practice

Vacant

CoE Info. M’ment



PPM Best Practice



PPM Best Practice

New DAO & Web Portal:• Generic PPM across all sectors• New web resources for practitioners & stakeholders• Focus for PPM community and emerging profession

NICS PPM Profession:• Head of Profession and Board Champion in place• NICS committed – place on OGC ‘PPM Council’• CoE working with OGC PPM Leaders group• Long term objectives, step-by-step approach



PPM Best Practice

Lessons Learned:• Alan Fellows Reports• CoE-led project to identify & publish• Regularly published via new PPM web-portal

Supporting a mature PMO Community:

• Networking and information exchange• Updates on latest PPM developments• Raising issues and problems



Gateway Review



Gateway Review

Authorised Hub status:• CoE delivery capability reviewed by OGC team,

November 2008• Senior officials interviewed - Bruce Robinson, Leo

O’Reilly, Des Armstrong • Outcome very positive about the operational delivery

of Gateway in NI and the ‘top of the office’ support• Overall status Amber with a number of

recommendations on - accreditation, communications, portfolio leaders

• Anticipated full Hub status granted by March 09.



Gateway Review

New developments in Gateway:• Delivery Confidence assessment now being

implemented for NI Gateway reviews to replace RAG• NI Reviewers undergoing accreditation process to

OGC standards • Beginning of development of Sub Hubs• New RPA being developed by OGC - go live June 09• Portfolio Leaders to provide support for CoE’s delivery

of Gateway



Gateway Review

Recent & Upcoming Project / Programmes undergoing Gateway:

• Giants Causeway Visitors Centre• New Trains Programme• Titanic Signature Building • National Museums Capital Investment

Programme• Acute Hospital for South West• HR Connect



Learning & Development



Strategic Drivers:• Professional Skills for Government• Building Professional Skills for Government - A

strategy for delivery• NICS Training and Development Strategy 2006-

2009• Leitch Report / Alan Fellows report.• NICS core competence framework.• Appointment of HoP• OGC support for APM Chartered status




Current Activity:• Research, design , delivery & evaluation of PPM courses

and workshops to meet growing demands

Working partnership with CAL:• 1 day Running Small Projects• 1 day Programme and Project overviews• 3 day Practical Project Management• 0.5 day Understanding Gateway• (Nos. trained in 2008: 340+)• Other related non-CoE courses: 2 Day Benefits

Management / Business Cases





Examples of CoE workshops provided:

• DCAL Olympics 2012 project

• DSD Urban Regeneration projects

• Crumlin Rd. Gaol project

• National Museums programme




Big Issues going forward!!• Development of sustainable PPM L&D strategy• Building strategic partnerships: APM? HE? • Supporting PPM professional Skills agenda• Research and development of new PPM

provision: Programme management, P3M3, SRO development etc

• Accreditation of courses / HR Career management

Documents

Centre of Excellence for Delivery “ Helping The Public Sector Deliver Better Public Services” CoE Update PMO Community of Interest CoE for Delivery (CPD)