Know whether your transformation is positioned to deliver.
An independent, evidence based assessment of whether the conditions for success are in place, and where your attention is needed. Fixed scope. Fixed fee. Agreed before we start.
What reporting does not always show
Reporting answers one question well: is the work progressing. It does not answer the question you are accountable for, which is whether the outcome is still achievable. Those two can look identical for months before they diverge.
Know if the program is on track, and where it is not.
See risks while they are still small enough to fix.
Get an independent read on what's actually happening.
Walk into the board meeting with evidence you can stand behind.
If the evidence points to something deeper, we dig into the root cause. If everything is fine, we will tell you that too and you can get on with your day.
Five things we examine
Direction
Is success defined in business terms, with a number and a date? Are the load bearing assumptions written down and tested?
Do the people who have to deliver this agree on what it is, and who owns it?
We examine each one against evidence, and tell you which are holding and which are not.
Direction. Alignment. Intelligence. Capability. Environment.
The same five part view every time, applied to your program.
Intelligence
Do you know what the people closest to the work actually believe, or only what the reporting says?
Capability
Does the organisation have the skills, capacity and operating model to deliver this alongside everything else?
Environment
What is happening around the program that could change the outcome: commercial arrangements, vendors, regulation, the market?
Where the evidence points deeper
If the five conditions point to something systemic, we scope a diagnostic. Only when the evidence supports it.
Three deliverables
Confidence Scorecard
The five conditions scored against the evidence, with the reasoning shown. This is the page you can put in front of a board.
Confidence Report
What is driving confidence up, what is driving it down, and what to do next. Short enough to be read.
Executive Briefing
A working session with you and your sponsor, and the board if you want them there. Findings become decisions.
Fixed scope. Fixed fee. Three deliverables. No surprises.
How it runs
Three steps. We agree the duration before we start, and it does not change.
Evidence
We read your business case, reporting packs, plans and risk registers.
Conversations
We talk to the people closest to the work, including the ones who are worried.
Findings
A written view and a working session. You decide what to do with it.
Access to your business case, reporting packs, plans and risk registers.
Six to eight conversations with the people closest to the work.
One executive sponsor who can open doors.
Nothing else, and no disruption to delivery.
How we price
The fee is set by two things
Fixed scope. Fixed fee. Agreed before we start, and it does not change.
Program scale
How many workstreams are in scope, and how much of the organisation we need to reach.
Interview load
How many people we need to talk to, and how widely we need to spread the net.
No surprises
If your program sits outside what we do well, we will tell you on the first call.
What we do not do
Independence is not a positioning line. It is the reason the answer is worth anything.
We do not sell software.
We do not run delivery teams.
We do not recommend implementation partners.
We do not receive referral fees.
Our only job is to tell you where confidence is justified, and where it is not. Then you decide.
Who is this for?
This is for the person who has to sign off on the next tranche of funding. The person who has to stand up in front of the board and say the program is on track. The person who has seen a transformation fail before and does not want to go through that again.
We work with CFOs, COOs, CIOs and transformation sponsors. People who are accountable for a program they did not design, with money they cannot afford to waste, and a board that expects answers.
Questions we get asked
How long does it take?
It depends on the size of the program, and we agree the duration before we start. Most assessments run over weeks, not months.
What does it cost?
A fixed fee, agreed before we start, set by how many workstreams are in scope and how many people we need to talk to.
What do you need from us?
Your business case, reporting packs, plans and risk registers. Six to eight conversations. One executive sponsor.
Who does the work?
Wael and Max. Senior practitioners who have run these programs themselves, not junior teams and not graduates.
What if you find nothing wrong?
Then we say so, and you have independent evidence to defend the program internally. That is a good outcome, not a wasted fee.
Will this be seen as a review of my team?
No. We assess the conditions around the program rather than grading individuals. We tell you what is strengthening confidence and what is weakening it.
How are you independent?
We do not sell software. We do not run delivery teams. We do not receive referral fees. We have nothing to gain from finding more work for you.
What happens after the assessment?
You decide. If the evidence points to something deeper, we will tell you and we can scope a diagnostic. If it does not, we will tell you that too.
A short, no cost conversation about your program. If an independent assessment would help, we will tell you. If it would not, we will tell you that too.