Guidance

Project Development Routemap

Project Development Routemap is the UK government’s international support tool for novel or complex major projects. It helps people responsible for delivering projects to understand the capabilities needed to set up for success. It aligns with international best practice and incorporates learning from other major projects and programmes. A link to the UK version of Project Development Routemap, known as the Project Routemap, is provided below.

Documents

Project Development Routemap factsheet

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International Handbook

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International Rationale Module

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International Governance Module

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UK Systems Integration Module

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International Execution Strategy Module

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International Organisational Design & Development Module

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International Procurement Module

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International Risk Management Module

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International Asset Management Module

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Details

What is Routemap? How is Routemap applied?

Watch this short animation to find out more

To access subtitles in English, Spanish and Bahasa Indonesia, please select Settings and then Subtitles/CC in the bottom right corner of the video player.

What benefits can Routemap bring to your project?

Play this short video to hear from Routemap users from across industry, academia and government.

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Project Development Routemap

Projects that enhance and expand access to infrastructure are critical to achieving inclusive, sustainable growth and reducing poverty. However, infrastructure projects often encounter problems in their early stages. Poor project development constrains project delivery and limits the benefits it can drive from investment.

The Project Development Routemap (Routemap) has been produced as part of the UK Prosperity Fund’s Global Infrastructure Programme and provides practical instruction on the Routemap. It builds on both UK and international experience and is tailored to the needs of audiences in a broad range of countries.

It aligns with the G20 Principles for the Infrastructure Project Preparation Phase and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (in particular, supporting environmental and social sustainability). Routemap has also been identified by the Global Infrastructure Hub as a leading practice in good project preparation.

To access the UK versions of all the Routemap materials, please click here.

Case Studies

View case studies that have used Routemap.

For more information, please contact routemap@ipa.gov.uk

If you require the attached documents in other formats, please email routemap@ipa.gov.uk

Published 27 August 2020
Last updated 21 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated the guides with version 1.1

  2. Addition of factsheet

  3. Update to text

  4. First published.