About the research and why is it important?

Our Value of Assurance research was led by experienced project professionals Sarah Coleman (Business Evolution) and Dr Andrew Schuster (PwC) with support from the APM Assurance Specific Interest Group (SIG). The study aims to develop the understanding of how project organisations and individuals can deliver an assurance management service. By exploring the practices of five organisations of different sizes across a variety of industry sectors in the UK and Canada, this research addresses two key questions:

1. What distinctive practices are being used to develop and deliver an assurance management service in project-based organisations?
2. How do organisations determine the level and type of investment they will make in assurance management practices (e.g. processes, tools, skills and knowledge)?