We developed 8 major project case studies to give a more focused review to some selected projects.
The 10 major projects we reviewed in our 8 case studies are high cost (over $250 million TEI) or have shown significant cost or time changes during their lifecycle.
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The Victorian Government's spending on major projects has increased each year for the last decade. It is important that Parliament and the community have transparent and meaningful information about project progress so they can hold government and public entities accountable for their projects’ performance.
The 113 major projects we examined are worth $145.5 billion in total. There are 9 new projects, 91 existing projects and 13 completed projects. Three of these projects did not have a confirmed TEI.
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We made 6 recommendations to address our 4 key findings. The relevant entities have accepted the recommendations in full or in principle. The Department of Health and the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP), also representing the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) and the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA), do not agree that 2 recommendations are relevant to them and believe that DTF is the appropriate entity to action them.
Our review followed one line of inquiry:
1. Are public entities transparently reporting the performance of their major projects against cost, time, scope and benefits?
To answer this question, we surveyed 15 of the 19 entities in scope for this review and examined 113 selected major projects.
Appendix A lists agencies’ formal letters of response to this review along with their recommendation action plans. Appendix G contains the entity responses to our survey.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix G: Changes to outputs.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix F: Changes to objectives.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix E: Fair presentation framework assessment criteria.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix D: How VAGO assesses departments' performance measures.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix C: Review scope and method.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix B: Abbreviations, acronyms and glossary.