Commercial Delivery Group

DoF Commercial Delivery Group (CDG) is responsible for facilitating Gateway reviews and other assurance products across NICS Departments and their ALBs. Assurance provides programmes and projects with independent and objective oversight of their delivery to time, quality, and budget.

Programme and Project Management are structured frameworks for defining and undertaking change. They provide a framework for implementing policy and business strategies to enable government and organisations to achieve outcomes and benefits of strategic importance.

Portfolio, Programme, and Project Offices (P3Os) are designed to provide a decision-enabling/delivery support structure for all change within an organisation.

The Project Delivery Profession (PDP) helps those involved in project delivery across the NICS and associated ALBs. It aims to improve their capability by providing clear roles, career pathways, competencies, and self-assessment resources.

On this page you will find links to relevant NICS Policy & Guidance that mandates engagement with the Gateway process, and other useful information and policy for programme and project teams to consider.

On this page you will find information on the training and support provided by the DoF Commercial Delivery Group (CDG) alongside information on other learning opportunities. If you would like to enquire about eligibility, costs or register for any of the courses please use the contact details provided. These courses are open to people within the NICS Departments and associated ALBs.

Guidance and a framework for appraising, developing and planning projects and programmes using the Five Case Model to deliver best social value for money; all of which is captured for a well prepared business case to support objective, evidence based decisions.

The Investment Decision Maker's main responsibility is to commit funds for the programme or project. The role represents senior management's commitment to the programme or project and the requirements for regularity, propriety, and value for money.

On this page you can find the presentations from recent Commercial Delivery Group (CDG) and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) events.

This page details the Internal Peer Review process for programmes and projects over £5M in value and with a Low or Medium risk level.

Links to useful templates.

Below is a list of lessons learned relating to Value for Money, taken from a selection of recently completed programmes and projects across the NICS.

Risk, in programme and project management terms, is defined as an uncertain event or set of events, which, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of objectives.

A programme or project management office is a single, central support structure, designed to aid change and delivery initiatives within an organisation. The PMO will have specific supporting role to its parent programme or project and will supply and receive information to and from its departmental Portfolio, Programme, and Project Office (P3O).

This page shows the contact details for the Departmental Assurance Co-ordinators (DACs) within the Commercial Delivery Group.