Digital change requires specific ways of investing, funding and procuring digital services and requires upskilling and capability-building to introduce and adapt new approaches. Processes which work for other programmes are not always well-suited for digital programmes. But government central functions have not made significant progress in understanding what makes digital programmes different from infrastructure or construction programmes or reflecting this in policies and procedures which de...

Digital change requires specific ways of investing, funding and procuring digital services and requires upskilling and capability-building to introduce and adapt new approaches. Processes which work for other programmes are not always well-suited for digital programmes. But government central functions have not made significant progress in understanding what makes digital programmes different from infrastructure or construction programmes or reflecting this in policies and procedures which departments are required to follow.55 We heard that the Infrastructure and Projects Authority now includes a digital expert on review teams and reviews dig Type: conclusion | Number: 22 | Response status: accepted Government response: 5.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: February 2024 5.2 CDDO has an overall milestone that the barriers to digital transformation will be addressed by 2025. However, it recognises this is dependent on other parts of