Recommendation 16

However, the IPA stated that many SROs manage more than one programme, and typically have four or five, which means they are “not being afforded the time in role to do the necessary work.”30 The IPA said that government needed to recruit 25 to 35 more senior responsible owners with the requisite expertise and deploy them to critical programmes. Getting the right skills at the right time can also be a challenge; for instance, skills relevant to a civil engineering stage of a programme may be less needed when the programme enters its systems integration phase.31