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Project Recovery Support
An independent review of a project in trouble, and support alongside your team to bring it back.
The problem
Trouble arrives quietly
A troubled project rarely announces itself. Cost and schedule overrun arrives gradually: a slipped milestone explained away, a contingency drawdown that was going to be recovered, reporting that stays green because nobody wants to be the first to say otherwise.
The early warning is almost always there, held by people close to the work. What is missing is a structural way for it to reach the people who can act, and an honest account of cause. Pressure lands on individuals while the real drivers sit in how the project was set up, governed or resourced.
That is why the first step in recovery is an independent project review: a project health check by people with no stake in the original plan and nothing to defend.
Who it's for
Executives, sponsors and boards
This support is for executives, sponsors and boards with a capital project that is off track, or one where the reporting says it is fine and instinct says otherwise.
It is also for the moments around a leadership change or a major contract event, when an honest baseline matters more than usual.
What we do
Diagnose, then fix
We diagnose the project's current health, then help fix what we find.
Trace symptoms to causes
cost pressure, schedule slip and turnover traced back to their sources in setup, governance and resourcing.
Establish the honest baseline
where the project actually stands on cost, schedule and scope, stated plainly.
Reset the path
the changes that will alter the trajectory, sequenced by what matters most.
Stay through the turn
where wanted, we work alongside the team to implement the reset and stay until the recovery holds.
What you get
An honest baseline and a way back
A clear view of where the project stands, what is driving the problems and what needs to change, useful to both the team and the executive.
Early warning your governance can rely on, and a recovery path the team can own.
Related work
Facing this problem?
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