December 2020 | Tools for Building Project Delivery Capability In Government: PDCF and GOST by Mark Sutherland

The UK Government delivers some of the biggest and most complex projects and programmes in the world. Critical to this is having skilled professionals and providing them with tools to help manage their careers and develop their capability.

In this interactive session Mark Sutherland will demonstrate two of the tools in place to support individual capability development. The Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) which outlines the different roles, competencies and learning within the UK Government project delivery profession. The Government Online Skills Tool (GOST) is the vehicle for project delivery professionals to assess their skills in their current and future roles, identify their gaps and build their own development plans. Both of these tools are part of a wide range of initiatives in place to drive up capability development.

Mark Sutherland is an experienced project professional with over 20 years in central Government undertaking a range of roles in and supporting projects/programmes. Over the years he has worked in a range of projects/programmes delivering HR, IT and Estates changes. For the last four years, Mark has worked in the Infrastructure and Projects Authority working on the development and rollout of the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) and the Government Online Skills Tool (GOST). 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-delivery-capability-framework-for-civil-servants

Outside of work Mark is a member of the Board of Directors of the Buxton International Festival, also chairing its Audit and Risk Committee, land Vice-Chair of Classical Sheffield.

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