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Governance and control is the ability to manage transformation activities in a structured way that enables accountability, transparency, manages risks effectively and creates the conditions for successful delivery.
What do we mean by governance and control?
The ability to manage transformation activities in a structured way that enables accountability, transparency, manages risks effectively and creates the conditions for successful delivery.
Essential for:
• All types of transformation.
Capabilities
The ability to:
- understand and implement governance
- prioritise
- apply appropriate delivery methodology
- manage the portfolio, programmes, and projects
- develop business cases
- manage risk
- define requirements
- manage dependencies
- manage resources
- manage benefits
- assure delivery quality.
Related roles
- Portfolio Manager
- Programme Manager
- Project Manager
- All team members
Governance and control – maturity index
The index attached sets out the typical governance and control characteristics demonstrated by councils at each stage of their transformation maturity.
Resources
- Improvement and assurance framework for local government
- Project and programme management | Local Government Association
- Project and programme management (www.gov.uk)
- APM | Chartered Membership Organisation
- Agile Alliance
- Major Projects Association | Connecting People | Sharing Experience
- Project Management Institute | PMI
- What is risk management? | APM
- ISO 31000:2018 – Risk management Guidelines
- Risk Management Standards (theirm.org)
- Deciding on priorities – Service Manual (www.gov.uk)
- 7 Lenses of Transformation (www.gov.uk)
