Colehouse – Programme recovery

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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