Your role at Defra

Governance and assurance

Governance, assessments and project phases.

Learn about delivery group governance. This includes essential information about:

• Spend Control - how to get approval for spending
• Service Assessments - checking you meet the standard
• Operational Service Readiness - preparing to go live

Visit the DDTS Portfolio Hub to learn in detail about requirements for governance and assurance when delivering digital and technology projects at Defra.

Here you will find a wealth of information including tasks and templates for delivery in the Discovery, Alpha, and Beta phases.

Project phases

Identify the phase that your service has currently reached.

If the service has progressed beyond discovery, you can find Service Assessment reports from earlier phases on SharePoint.