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Project Delivery Review
A review of project delivery capability and setup, made before weaknesses become overruns.
The problem
Delivery problems start upstream of delivery
Capital project delivery fails in patterns. Cost growth and schedule pressure look like delivery problems, but most trace back to project setup: accountabilities that were never clear, an owner's team too thin for the scope, contracts that moved risk to the party least able to carry it, and governance that reports progress rather than tests it.
By the time these show up as overruns, the cheap moments to fix them have passed. The organisations that deliver well are not the ones with heroic project managers. They are the ones whose delivery system is set up so that ordinary effort produces predictable results.
Who it's for
Sponsors and owners
This review is for project sponsors and owners, at two moments in particular: before delivery starts, when setup can still be changed cheaply, and early in delivery, when symptoms are visible but recoverable.
It also serves organisations building project delivery capability across a portfolio rather than fixing one project at a time.
What we do
What we assess
We assess delivery capability and project setup against what the investment actually requires.
Leadership and accountability
whether the people carrying the project have the authority, clarity and support to deliver it.
Resourcing
whether the owner's team matches the scope, and where contractors are covering gaps the owner should hold.
Governance and controls
whether reporting would surface a problem early, and whether the forums that receive it can act.
Setup and interfaces
whether scope, contracts and the delivery model fit the project, and whether the boundaries between parties are clear.
What you get
The gaps that matter, early
An honest assessment of delivery capability and the gaps that carry the most risk, with recommendations your team can act on early.
Findings framed for both the project team and the executive, so the same picture drives both.
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