Problem
New programmes often start delivering before they are ready. The team is half-formed, roles overlap, nobody owns the risk log, and reporting is invented week by week.
A shaky start is paid for throughout, because leaders cannot see whether delivery is on track until it is already behind.
Outcomes
- A delivery capability that is running, with governance, cadence and roles in place.
- A single plan and a shared view of scope, risk and dependencies.
- Reporting that gives leaders a reliable view of progress, risk and spend.
- Controls that are proportionate to the size and risk of the work.
- A route to run the office with your own people, or with ours.
Scope
In scope
- Operating model and governance design: boards, roles, decision rights and cadence.
- Mobilisation: standing up planning, controls, logs, reporting and tooling.
- Planning and estimating support, and a baseline to track against.
- Risk, issue and dependency management set-up.
- Reporting, management information and delivery assurance.
- Resource, capacity and financial control support.
Not included
- Building the solution. The office governs delivery; the build is done by delivery teams.
- Permanent staffing of your office. We mobilise it and train your team to run it.
Approach
Discovery
We assess what the programme needs and agree the operating model, governance, roles and cadence, sized to its scale and risk, so the office is proportionate rather than bureaucratic
Delivery Planning
We design the plan, the controls, the logs, the reporting and the tooling, and agree how decisions, risk and change will be handled before delivery starts
Build and Test
We stand up the office and prove it works: the plan is baselined, reporting runs, and the first risk and change cycles are rehearsed with the team. A named person confirms readiness to proceed
Operational Readiness, Hypercare and Closure
We run the office and give leaders a reliable view of progress, risk and spend, provide extra support as delivery ramps up, then continue to run it or train your team to take it over, handing over cleanly
Deliverables
Technologies
Controls
Frequently Asked Questions
How quickly can you mobilise a programme?
We can stand up governance, a plan and reporting quickly, sized to the programme, and agree the first cadence and the minimum controls needed to start safely.
Will the office slow delivery down?
It should not. We size the controls to the work, so governance supports delivery rather than getting in its way.
Can you set up an office for us to run ourselves?
Yes. We mobilise it, document how it works and train your team, so you can run it without us.
Can you work with our existing tools?
Yes. We start with what you already use and change tooling only where there is a clear reason.
Starting a programme from a standing start?
A Discovery Sprint turns the shape of the work into a prioritised, costed and delivery-ready plan the office can mobilise against.