Regain Control
Fixed-Fee
Programme Assessment
Before committing to another date, establish whether the programme is still under control.
The Regain Control Assessment is a short, independent, fixed-fee advisory engagement designed to answer that question.
Independent. Evidence-led. Fixed fee.
Sound familiar?
Another revised date does not mean the programme is under control.
When a transformation programme starts to slip, the pressure is often to produce another recovery plan, another revised milestone or another go-live date.
But before making another commitment, sponsors need a more fundamental answer:
Is the programme genuinely capable of delivering from where it stands today?
We provide an evidence-led view of the programme’s true position, identify what is preventing delivery and set out the actions required to regain control.
Milestones keep moving
Key milestones have repeatedly moved
Different teams describe status differently
Different teams have different views of programme status
Critical dependencies remain ‘nearly ready’
Are critical data, interfaces and integrations genuinely ready, or repeatedly being reported as ‘nearly ready’?
Testing reports activity rather than readiness
Is testing demonstrating that the organisation can operate successfully after go-live, or simply measuring activity, defects and completion percentages?
Sponsors are being asked to commit without enough evidence
Sponsors are being asked to approve another delivery date
Six assessment areas
Know where you really stand
Over a focused assessment, we examine the areas that most often determine whether a delayed or underperforming transformation can recover through delivery, or whether more fundamental intervention is required.
Scope and governance
Is there genuine clarity on what is being delivered, who owns the critical decisions and how scope and change are controlled?
Plan and dependencies
Is the current plan credible, evidenced and connected to the dependencies that will actually determine delivery?
Data and integration
Are critical data, interfaces and integrations genuinely ready, or repeatedly being reported as ‘nearly ready’?
Testing and business readiness
Is testing demonstrating that the organisation can operate successfully after go-live, or simply measuring activity, defects and completion percentages?
Risks, decisions and ownership
Are the programme’s most important risks and unresolved decisions visible, understood and actively owned by people with the authority to resolve them?
Delivery confidence
Does the available evidence support the programme’s current direction, investment and target dates?
Programme Control Assessment
Before you commit again, establish the facts.
The output is designed for decision-making, not shelf space.
- Scope & governance
- Plan & dependencies
- Data & integration
- Testing & readiness
- Risk & decisions
Programme Control Assessment
Delivery confidence
An independent view, grounded in the programme’s evidence.
The decision the evidence supports
Sponsors receive the evidence required to determine whether the right course is to:
- Continue
- Recover
- Reset
- Re-scope
- Reconsider
Or reconsider the commitment entirely.
Diagnose first. Commit second.
Independent. Focused. Evidence-led.
The assessment combines:
- Targeted workshops with programme sponsors, leaders and key delivery stakeholders
- Review of programme plans, governance, risks, decisions and delivery evidence
- Examination of critical dependencies, data, integration, testing and readiness
- Validation of the assumptions supporting the current plan and target dates
- Independent challenge of reported programme status and delivery confidence
The purpose is not to conduct a lengthy audit.
It is to establish the facts quickly enough for leadership to make the next decision with confidence.
What you receive
At the end of the assessment, you receive a concise Programme Control Assessment answering four questions:
What is working.
What is not.
Why.
What needs to happen next.
The assessment sets out:
The output is designed for decision-making, not shelf space.
- The programme’s current control position
- Key findings and supporting evidence
- Root causes rather than surface symptoms
- Critical risks, dependencies and unresolved decisions
- Priority interventions
- Clear accountability and ownership
- A practical recovery roadmap
- An independent view of delivery confidence
A defined advisory product
Fixed fee.
Defined scope.
Clear answer.
Regain Control is delivered for a fixed fee.
The scope, assessment activities, stakeholder engagement and outputs are agreed upfront.
That means no open-ended discovery phase, no expanding consultancy team and no uncertainty over the cost of reaching a conclusion.
- What we will assess.
- What you will receive.
- What it will cost.
Assessment and implementation are deliberately separated.
If further recovery support is required, that decision is made after the assessment, once the priorities, risks and required interventions are understood.
When Regain Control is most valuable
The assessment is designed for programmes where:
- Key milestones have repeatedly moved
- Confidence in programme reporting is falling
- Sponsors are being asked to approve another delivery date
- Different teams have different views of programme status
- Critical dependencies remain unresolved
- Testing, data or integration issues are threatening delivery
- Significant investment has already been made, but outcomes remain uncertain
- Leadership needs an independent view before committing further time or capital
What our customers say
What our customers say.
The strongest evidence of how we work comes from the organisations we work with.
80%
of our business comes from existing customers and referrals.
The best I’ve ever experienced in over 20 years of collaboration.
Programme Manager, Hill & Smith Plc
Before you commit again
Establish the facts first.
When programme confidence is falling, the next decision should not be based on optimism, reporting convention or another revised plan.
It should be based on evidence.
Regain Control.
Diagnose first. Commit second.