New guidance for public programmes and projects issued by UK government
6 April 2025 – London, UK – Access to a new resource has been added to the PM World Library related to public P/PM resources in the United Kingdom. The resource titled “The Teal Book” is the latest UK government guidance to enable practitioners and teams to direct and manage portfolios, programmes and projects in government, ensuring the successful and timely delivery of government policy and business objectives.
According to the document's Introduction: The UK government is responsible for delivering some of the most complex and innovative portfolios, programmes, and projects in the world. Some of these are directly delivered to transform services for citizens and people within the government. Others are delivered with external partners to improve national physical and digital infrastructure, provide humanitarian assistance, or create new capabilities in sectors such as health, environment, energy, defence and space.
It is crucial to invest wisely, deliver efficiently, and ensure sustainable outcomes and benefits for the citizens of the United Kingdom. This helps to respond to global challenges, transform the lives of citizens, and puts the UK at the forefront of innovation, digital delivery and sustainability.
To achieve this, practitioners need clear expectations and the necessary procedures, guidance, and tools to help meet them. The Government Functional Standard for Project Delivery, first published in 2017, sets the expectation for the direction and management of portfolios, programmes, and projects for government departments and arm’s length bodies.
The Teal Book serves as the core and definitive reference on how project delivery should be done in government and provides the structure for presenting more detailed and specific policies, processes, procedures, and guidance. It supports Government Project Delivery’s commitment to continue to strengthen the delivery of portfolios, programmes, and projects, to build expertise and share learning and good practice.
To access this resource, go to the Public P/PM Resources section of the PMWL at https://pmworldlibrary.net/public-ppm-resources/, click on United Kingdom, click on UK National Government, then scroll down to resource. Must be a registered and logged-in to access. If not yet registered, please consider registering for the 30-Day Trial Membership at https://pmworldlibrary.net/trial-membership/