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DDaT Role Family: Product and Delivery Framework: UK Government DDaT Capability Framework

Overview

The Delivery Manager ensures the project is delivered on time and to quality standards. You use ArcKit to track plans, risks, backlogs, and traceability — giving you visibility across all project artifacts to identify blockers and governance gaps.

Primary Commands

Command Purpose Guide
/arckit:plan Create and maintain project plan with timeline and governance gates Guide
/arckit:risk Maintain risk register following HM Treasury Orange Book Guide
/arckit:backlog Generate and review product backlog for sprint planning Guide
/arckit:trello Export backlog to Trello for team visibility Guide
/arckit:traceability Track requirements through design to tests — identify gaps Guide
/arckit:health Scan for stale artifacts, orphaned requirements, and version drift Guide

Secondary Commands

Command Your Involvement Guide
/arckit:stakeholders Review stakeholder map for delivery dependencies Guide
/arckit:requirements Track requirements completion status Guide
/arckit:story Generate project narrative for governance reporting Guide
/arckit:operationalize Review operational readiness for go-live Guide
/arckit:analyze Review governance quality for delivery assurance Guide
/arckit:service-assessment Prepare evidence for GDS Service Standard gates Guide

Typical Workflow

plan → stakeholders → risk → requirements → backlog → trello →
traceability → health → story

Step-by-step

  1. Plan delivery: Run /arckit:plan for timeline, phases, and governance gates
  2. Map stakeholders: Ensure /arckit:stakeholders captures delivery dependencies
  3. Track risks: Run /arckit:risk and review regularly — update mitigations as project progresses
  4. Monitor requirements: Track completion of requirements from /arckit:requirements
  5. Manage backlog: Run /arckit:backlog then /arckit:trello for sprint-level tracking
  6. Check traceability: Run /arckit:traceability to ensure nothing falls through the cracks
  7. Health checks: Run /arckit:health periodically to catch drift and stale artifacts
  8. Report progress: Run /arckit:story for governance board updates

Key Artifacts You Own

  • ARC-{PID}-PLAN-v*.md — Project plan (co-owned with Product Manager)
  • ARC-{PID}-RISK-v*.md — Risk register (co-owned with Security Architect)
  • ARC-{PID}-TRAC-v*.md — Traceability matrix