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We support the work of the Major Projects Authority (MPA) and recognise the progress it has made in strengthening project assurance and improving the transparency of information on the costs, risks and performance of government major projects. However, it faces significant challenges in achieving further improvements because there are still serious weaknesses in government's project delivery capability and its portfolio of projects is rapidly increasing in size. There is still a lack of prioritisation and portfolio management at both a departmental and a cross-government level. The MPA is currently involved in many aspects of project management but in certain areas, such as ensuring departments act on its advice or in recruiting leaders for major projects, it is constrained by having to rely too heavily on informal means to influence departments.
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