Developing new ways of working for the NDA
- OverviewRead more
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) manages the UK's civil nuclear sites on behalf of HM Government. It does this through contracted arrangements with third party suppliers. The NDA decided to re-compete these contracts and recognised this as an opportunity to develop its ways of working with a view to becoming a strategic nuclear authority. Moorhouse was asked to help develop the NDA's management arrangements and enable it to become an 'Intelligent Client'. Working collaboratively with NDA representatives, we produced a clear depiction of what they do, why and whom is accountable and responsible for doing it. Following this, we developed a plan to improve working arrangements. This improved governance and decision making at the NDA and supported the alignment of delivery to strategy. Leaving the NDA with an enhanced assurance of their major projects, which allowed the NDA to take a more strategic approach and ensure value for money.
- Our client's challengeRead more
The NDA manages the UK's civil nuclear sites on behalf of HM Government. It does this through contracted arrangements with third party suppliers. The NDA is currently re-competing these contracts and has recognised this as an opportunity to develop its ways of working with a view to becoming a strategic nuclear authority. This means moving away from the traditional transactional approach to contract management and working collaboratively with its partners to both improve performance of the sites and develop a mature and capable industry. Moorhouse was asked to help the NDA develop its management arrangements and enable it to become an 'Intelligent Client'.
- Our responseRead more
Working with representatives from throughout the business, the Moorhouse team went 'back to basics' to identify the high level activities that the NDA undertakes in order to achieve its statutory remit and strategic objectives.
This activity resulted in a one-page view of everything the NDA does from which a detailed RACI chart was developed to define who are Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed, providing a clear depiction of what the NDA does, why and whom is accountable and responsible for doing it.
Having established this framework, we developed a plan of work to develop new and improved working arrangements in a number of priority areas. These areas were reviewed and ratified by the Senior End User Review Group (SEURG), a team of senior managers from across the NDA established to review and approve the outputs of the programme and manage the implementation of these through their business teams.
- The value to our clientRead more
The Moorhouse team has developed new ways of working which have delivered benefits in the following areas:
Improved governance and decision making
- Provided a clear picture of what the NDA does and how this supports delivery of its strategic objectives.
- Rationalised governance processes, delegated authorities and structures resulting in better and timely decision making.
- Developed reporting arrangements for key governance groups enabling effective decision making.
Supporting the alignment of delivery to strategy
- Defined arrangements for translating strategy into delivery with clear accountabilities and responsibilities.
- Developed interim business planning arrangements for the 2009-12 business planning cycle which enabled the NDA to address its strategic priorities in the short-term.
- Supported the implementation of a prioritisation model which will align focus and funding to strategy.
Enhancing assurance of major projects
- Improved arrangements for the sanctioning of major projects enabling NDA to take a more strategic approach and ensure value for money.
Consolidation contract management processes
- Consolidated disparate arrangements for managing contracts and innovative risk reward principles into a coherent contract management framework.
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