A selection of our publications providing help and advice on
this topic:
NAO Guide: Initiating successful projects
December 2011
In this guide we highlight National Audit Office reports which
illustrate the different approaches departments take to initiating
projects. We show how they develop a realistic understanding of the
risks, benefits and deliverability of projects. The reports can be
found in the publications section of this website.
NAO Guide: Initiating successful
projects
Large scientific facilities: Strengthening the preparation of
project proposals
November 2007
This handbook has been prepared by the
National Audit Office (NAO), Department for Innovation,
Universities and Skills (DIUS) and Research Councils UK (RCUK) to
strengthen the effectiveness of project appraisal in particular. It
focuses on those project appraisal areas where the National Audit
Office findings suggested the greatest attention was needed.
Large
scientific facilities: Strengthening the preparation of project
proposals (PDF - 452KB)
Effective project control
2007
Everyone wants the project they are managing or
working on to be successful, yet delays and cost overruns continue
to be an unwelcome feature of many significant, high profile
projects. If you’re running a project, what can you do to
ensure your project has a better chance of delivering on time and
on budget? Who is managing projects well and what are they
doing differently?
Read full article: Effective project control
Flexible managed office space decision tool
2006
A decision tool to help public sector
organisations determine how to achieve the right balance between
flexible and core space. This tool was published, in June 2006,
alongside our report, "Getting the best from public sector office
accommodation":
Current thinking on managing attendance
December 2004
A certain level of employee absence is an
unavoidable feature of working life, but this does not mean that
all absences should be regarded as inevitable and accepted
passively. It is possible to reduce the amount of absence caused by
aspects of work and also to tackle it by proactively managing
absence due to sickness. This report summarises the current
thinking and related evidence on the efficacy of various approaches
from academic and practitioner literature.
This report was published alongside our Value
for Money report Managing Attendance in the
Department for Work and Pensions (HC 18 2004-2005) in December
2004.
Current
thinking on Managing Attendance (PDF - 368KB)