The Management Case

The purpose of the management dimension of the business case is to demonstrate that robust arrangements are in place for the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the scheme, including feedback into the organisation’s strategic planning cycle.

Demonstrating that the preferred option can be successfully delivered requires evidencing that the scheme is being managed in accordance with best practice, subjected to independent assurance and that the necessary arrangements are in place for change and contract management, benefits realisation and risk management.

The challenges are: ¨ to manage the risks in the design, build, funding and operational phases of the scheme and put in place contingency plans ¨ to deal with inevitable business and service change in a controlled environment, and ¨ to ensure that objectives are met, anticipated outcomes delivered and benefits evaluated.

Again, these systems are already in place through the contractual and ownership arrangements between Scottish Government, ScotRail Holdings and ScotRail trains and represents a key benefit of the previous decision to take ScotRail under public control.

The experience of the pilot demonstrates that the policy is deliverable, and that post implementation and evaluation arrangements are in place. This is particularly demonstrated by the invaluable assistance of analysts within ScotRail Trains and Holdings with this OBC (and helpful discussion with ScotRail staff more generally).

As such there is no need for a detailed management case in this instance.