Network Rail is involved in some of the most ambitious and\u00a0diverse ventures in Great Britain – A transformation in anybody’s book. Richard Corderoy, CQP\u00a0MCQI, explains in the attached Quality World Article how the Oakland Institute helped support\u00a0the Infrastructure Projects Business Group (IP) to address\u00a0governance, assurance and improvement.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s governance is now\u00a0aligned to the core value chain of the\u00a0business \u2013 there is increased clarity on\u00a0accountability and responsibility.\u00a0The governance approach\u00a0is something that enables the
\nbusiness rather than constrains it.\u00a0There is a new confidence that the\u00a0business is moving in the desired
\nstrategic direction and that there will be no surprises.\u00a0The executive is now presented\u00a0with a much more rounded set of information, routine reports, audits\u00a0and investigation reports, which\u00a0are generated from a robust and well-operated system. And improvement\u00a0activity is now focused on the most\u00a0critical parts of the business, mitigating\u00a0the most significant risks or realising the greatest opportunities.<\/p>\n
During the period of the engagement IP\u2019s delivery has improved\u00a0significantly. Since December 2014 there has been a marked reduction in\u00a0engineering overruns and the delivery\u00a0portfolio continues to plan and budget. \u00a0The group has a credible, self-sustaining,\u00a0second\u00a0line\u00a0assurance\u00a0team\u00a0that\u00a0is\u00a0well\u00a0placed to
\ncontinue\u00a0the\u00a0journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Network Rail is involved in some of the most ambitious and\u00a0diverse ventures in Great Britain – A transformation in anybody’s book. Richard Corderoy, CQP\u00a0MCQI, explains in the attached Quality World Article how the Oakland Institute helped support\u00a0the Infrastructure Projects Business Group (IP) to address\u00a0governance, assurance and improvement. The group\u2019s governance is now\u00a0aligned to the core…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5,22,40,29,7,41,42,43],"class_list":["post-2460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","tag-big-data","tag-data","tag-data-and-analytics","tag-data-assurance","tag-data-governance","tag-data-transformation","tag-digital-transformation","tag-transformation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n