Programme and project management guidance
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Guidance on expenditure appraisal, evaluation, and approval and management of policies, programmes and projects within the public sector. Includes revised guidance on private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnerships (PPP) value for money assessment, PFI strengthening long term partnerships, and gateway review process deminimis limits. The most recent publication is FD (DoF) 06/25 - Guidance for Incorporating Environmental and Climate Considerations into Business Cases.
Documents
- FD (DoF) 06/25 (12 Sept 2025) - Guidance for Incorporating Environmental and Climate Considerations into Business Cases
- FD (DoF) 02/24 (5 Mar 2024) - New developments to business case guidance
- FD (DoF) 11/20 (2 Nov 2020) - Better Business Cases NI
- FD (DFP) 10/15 (25 Nov 2015) - Business Cases for Contracts and Procurements
- FD (DFP) 08/15 (6 Oct 2015) - Revised DFP guidance on value for money (VFM) assessment of alternative procurement options
- FD (DFP) 10/14 (28 Oct 2014) - Revised DFP guidance on value for money (VFM) assessment of alternative procurement options
- DAO (DFP) 06/14 (2 Dec 2014) - Infrastructure action plan implementation
- FD (DFP) 11/13 (6 Aug 2013) - Business case process review - revised guidance on proportionate effort
- FD (DFP) 18/11 (28 Nov 2011) - INTERREG IVA - cross border programme
- FD (DFP) 17/11 (2 Nov 2011) - Amendments to the requirements for the approval of PFI and PPP projects
- FD (DFP) 14/11 (5 Aug 2011) - Appraisal & approval procedures: total costs, mutually dependent expenditures & splitting projects
- Gateway review process - de minimis limits (20 Jan 2010)
- Letter to Accounting Officers: new programme & project management guidance withdrawing DAOs (DFP) 33/03 & 17/04 (17 Jun 2009)
- FD (DFP) 20/09 (revised Dec 2012) - The NI Guide to Expenditure Appraisal and Evaluation (NIGEAE)