Gateways + Project Management + Civil Service

[marple]

Hi

Any PM's out there who know what gateways are - apparently they are specific milestones in central government projects. Went for an interview this week as a infrastructure PM but failed as I didn't know anything about "gateways" which would of been apparent from my CV.

John

[kaiser78]

Hi

Any PM's out there who know what gateways are - apparently they are specific milestones in central government projects. Went for an interview this week as a infrastructure PM but failed as I didn't know anything about "gateways" which would of been apparent from my CV.

John

Here's a novel idea - type central government project gateways into Google and see what comes back...I have just tried this and it works !

[NickNick]

When you type that into Google, your post is returned. Heh.

At a guess though are they not talking about the Gates in Prince 2?

[HairyArsedBloke]

Hey, Google shows that someone on a forum has asked that very same question - have you checked there?

[marple]

I have come to the conclusion that it is gates and not gateways, I have discovered 5 gates which are used by the DWP

Gate 0 - project start up business case
PDR - prelim design review
CDR - critical design review
ORR - operational readiness review
EPR - end of project review

The logic behind this is easy enough to understand for anyone over the age of five

So with 23 years solid public sector experience behind me I don't get teh job cos I have never heard of these processes

J

[marple]

Hey, Google shows that someone on a forum has asked that very same question - have you checked there?

which forum

[Old Greg]

I have come to the conclusion that it is gates and not gateways, I have discovered 5 gates which are used by the DWP

Gate 0 - project start up business case
PDR - prelim design review
CDR - critical design review
ORR - operational readiness review
EPR - end of project review

The logic behind this is easy enough to understand for anyone over the age of five

So with 23 years solid public sector experience behind me I don't get teh job cos I have never heard of these processes

J

I have been involved peripherally in gateway reviews, when I was working within the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). They are an external (I have a feeling the NAO may be involved, but that might be wrong as it was a few years ago), series of 'gateways' / checkpoints, that an expensive (can't remember sums involved) public project must poass through before being allowed to the next stage.

Something like that, anyway.

[cojak]

They are Gateways if you want to get a job working on them.

Google it.

(And if you say 'that's not a gateway process' it'll be your last post before I wipe your login...)

And while you're at it...

or even this.

[Mustang]

|They are specific milestones in central government projects.

They are briefly touched upon in the MSP course...........