Programme Recovery
Failure of large-scale programmes can impact more than the project itself – your reputation and profitability are also at risk. According to Leadership IQ, c.31% of CEOs are fired for poor change management.
Our Programme Recovery Services can help you:
Reduce losses and spending exposure.
Manage financial or regulatory issues.
Identify and act on critical issues.
Address delivery timing and scheduling.
Ensure governance and decision-making authority is aligned and in sync.
Assess team capabilities, address gaps, create clear roles and accountabilities, and re-build commitment and confidence.
Recovery focussed on rapid turnaround
Visible authority
Senior sponsorship and advocacy.
Agree and communicate. governance and decision-making.
Experienced specialists deployed.
Address key issues first.
High-level rescue plan, timeline, and priorities established.
Source of truth
Test, challenge, and Integrate project, business, IT, and operational data.
Identify lead and lag failover drivers.
Visible and early reporting of issues, impacts, and resolution requirements.
Consistent project controls.
Re-base objectives
Reset clear, nonnegotiable objectives; tie this back to business benefits, business case.
Drive active support and decision-making with sponsors and key stakeholders.
Discard non-prioritised activities; police scope creep.
Re-engage the project team.
Transformation blueprint
Develop a refreshed and transformative project blueprint.
Test that solutions are driving target outcomes and benefits.
Immediately plug critical gaps with a series of quick wins-communicate widely.
Champion the transformed blueprint with all stakeholders.
Control outcomes
Continually review and assess project outcomes – test control processes.
Ongoing review of lead and lag issues; critical issues visibly and actively managed.
Constant re-assessment of progress against the plan.
Ensure ongoing discovery of hidden issues and drivers.
Programme Recovery is of most use when:
Project milestones have been missed or overrun.
Cost escalation occurs due to a lack of financial management or reporting.
Scope exceeds the ability of the organisation to deliver.
The project risk profile exceeds an acceptable level for the business.
The stakeholders have lost faith in the ability of the project management / project delivery team.
Team morale and belief in the goal are suffering.
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