We need to get more control of projects – T&R minister
MULTI-MILLION pound States projects are being developed with missing financial information, insufficient risk management and the need for extra staff training, Treasury minister Gavin St Pier has warned.
Deputy St Pier said yesterday it was too early to comment on any potential overspends or delays in the 18 projects and programmes included in the capital investment portfolio.
However, the Treasury and Resources minister has highlighted common pitfalls and improvements required by departments to develop the next stage of their business cases.
Despite the need for extra work, Deputy St Pier said that it was not the case that departments were failing, but instead that a more sophisticated and robust project management process was now in place.
'It is saying the last capital round went pretty well, but actually we think we can do better next time around,' he said. 'To be frank we have to do better next time because there is more pressure on capital reserve in terms of the number of projects and the money available.
'We cannot afford to be anything other than disciplined and efficient.'
