Plan and Manage Work (Practising)

70% on-the-job learning

• Play an active role in commissioning discussions to establish the mandate and desired deliverables for new policy projects.
• Assess the appropriate level of engagement with Māori using Te Arawhiti’s Māori Crown Relations Engagement Framework and Engagement Guidelines and build time into your planning to allow early and suitable engagement.
• Ensure projects include sufficient time and resources for testing and evaluation.
• Manage policy projects of moderate complexity, from start to finish.
• Ensure that the rights skills are available and applied in projects at the right time.
• Ensure the right data is being captured, analysed and reported to provide feedback about project progress and risks.
• Learn how and when to escalate issues for resolution.
• Model the effective and consistent use of your agency’s processes (e.g. commissioning, project planning, peer review and sign-out processes).
• Evaluate your projects after completion to identify lessons about what worked and what didn’t.
• Coach or mentor less experienced analysts in project planning and management.
• Explore the Australian Government’s Agile Policy Playbook and consider whether you can utilise Agile policy methods in your work.

20% learning from others

• Seek feedback from colleagues with more experience in managing policy projects.

10% formal learning

• Consider taking an advanced project management course (e.g. Agile Policy Management).