The solution
Hand and Millar (H&M) embedded themselves in the portfolio integration office to ensure the business function approach aligned to the wider organisation risk requirements. H&M assessed the current situation; assured the existing risk data sets; uplifted and introduced a risk management plan; and trained staff. H&M’s risk SMEs applied risk management methodologies and techniques to advise the portfolio team on how best to establish a process that ensured a clear and shared understanding of the risk management requirements was established between the user, supplier, and delivery agent.
H&M identified the activity leads throughout the portfolio to establish the appropriate point of contact for each activity in operation or in flight for identifying, assessing, reporting, and managing risk. We engaged with external teams to understand the requirements laid out in JSP892. H&M produced and delivered a bespoke risk management plan which aligned portfolio risk management to the core processes, principles, and processes of the HLB.
The portfolio plays a pivotal role in equipping staff across MOD with secure and up-to-date services. H&M ensured the portfolio began to take a holistic view by ensuring that risk requirements were considered and understood across all portfolio activities. This helped to establish a firm understanding of risk management and to inform strategic reporting into key governance boards such as the Portfolio Management Board.
Programme- and project-level approaches have an impact on the portfolio’s capabilities. H&M managed these relationships to avoid gaps, overlaps, and ensure that the right risk management solution would be delivered at the right time. H&M ensured that when baselining risk, projects and programmes understood where these constraints impacted on capability delivery, what risks these impacts imposed, and how the technology roadmap would be affected by cumulative risk.
