The Delivery stage is about making the policy, plan, project or programme (PPPP) a reality on the ground. The previous stages should have involved those responsible for delivery in order to ensure that the plan is reality-proofed and ‘shovel-ready’. It is also important to build in flexibility in the Delivery phase to accommodate unexpected issues (note these in the Evaluate phase).
Key questions and tools
- Can a desired action be adapted to the situation on the ground?
- Are the planned outcomes being delivered?
- What can be done to ensure objectives are secured?
- How can you build in public engagement to your policy, plan, project or programme (PPPP)?
- Please note that we recommend that engagement should continue throughout all stages of the policy cycle.
- What are the key lessons that you have learned during this stage?
- Keep a record of these for the Evaluate stage.
Prompts for discussion
- Use the tools identified in the Plan phase and consider consulting specific guidance and examples of good practice to help overcome unexpected difficulties.
- Liaise with those people on the ground delivering the plan to ensure satisfactory progress.
- What are the key lessons emerging from the Ideas, Survey, Assess, Plan and Deliver phases thus far? Use the suite of indicators developed in the Ideas phase to help.