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The Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis

Guidance for producing quality analysis for government.

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The Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government

Addendum to the Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government.

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Following the ‘Review of quality assurance of government analytical models’, a cross-departmental working group on analytical quality assurance was established. The Aqua Book is one of their products and is a good practice guide to those working with analysis and analytical models.

The addendum was added in response to a recommendation by the Public Accounts Committee, to provide clear principles for departments to follow on the publication of models, their outputs, and registers of business-critical models.

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Published 26 March 2015
Last updated 19 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Addendum published to the Aqua Book: guidance on producing quality analysis for government.

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