Source Basis and Licence

Primary Source

This playbook is based on the GOV.UK Service Manual agile delivery guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile-delivery

The GOV.UK guidance covers agile principles, agile methods, tools and techniques, user stories, planning, prioritisation, roadmaps, governance, measuring progress, spending controls, running and improving services, discovery, alpha, beta, live and retiring services.

Licence Position

GOV.UK states that its content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated.

Open Government Licence v3.0:

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Adaptation Statement

This GitBook is not a copy of the GOV.UK Service Manual. It is a tailored operating guide that adapts the GOV.UK agile delivery approach for our professional services model.

The tailoring adds:

• Statement of Work alignment

• commercial governance

• milestone and acceptance controls

• reusable IP and accelerator controls

• supplier and subcontractor alignment

• security and data assurance

• delivery evidence standards

• practical checklists and templates

How to Reference This Internally

When presenting this process to customers or partners, describe it as:

Our agile delivery process is aligned to the GOV.UK Service Manual agile delivery guidance and tailored for statement-of-work-led professional services, controlled IP reuse, enterprise governance and high-assurance delivery.

Important Boundary

This playbook explains our delivery process. It does not replace the contract, Framework Agreement, Statement of Work, data processing terms, security schedule or any other legally binding document. Where there is conflict, the signed contractual documents take precedence.