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The Chief Executive submits a report which considers the findings and recommendations of the external investigation in to the De Montfort Hall refurbishment scheme in the early 1990s. The report also details the Project Management Standards developed since that time to secure improvements to current and future project management arrangements across the Council. The Cabinet is asked to note the external consultant’s findings and recommendations, approve the formal adoption and implementation of the Council’s revised Project Management Standards and to refer the action plan to Scrutiny Committee to ensure full implementation of the detailed arrangements.

The Chief Executive submitted a report which considered the findings and recommendations of the external investigation in to the De Montfort Hall refurbishment scheme in the early 1990s. The report also detailed the Project Management Standards developed since that time to secure improvements to current and future project management arrangements across the Council.

RESOLVED:

(1)that the external consultant’s findings and recommendations be noted;

(2)that the Council’s revised Project Management Standards, as attached to the report, be formally adopted and a succinct operational summary drawn up for wider use; and

(3)that the Action Plan be referred to Scrutiny Committee to ensure full implementation of the detailed arrangements.