Programme turnaround
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An important programme within the business is evidently going 'off track' and looks as if it will fail to deliver the benefits it was designed to achieve. For example, it may be that the key technical project seems set to deliver its outputs on time, but that the business is completely unprepared to accept the new low-cost ways of working required to off-set the investment.
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Such problems are not uncommon and usually mask much deeper issues such as lack of a clear vision, poor governance, inadequate senior level support, or insufficient focus on managing stakeholders and benefits. It is these issues which need to be tackled to turn the programme around and put it back on course to deliver the successful outcome required. We provide experienced programme leaders who rapidly assess the critical issues. We then develop and help you execute a controlled turn-around plan.
Our service includes:
- Rapid programme diagnostic and review
- Development of recommendations, plans and tools to support the existing team
- Production of an intervention plan for the programme owners – this could include temporary consulting staff filling key positions
- Clear, timely, communication to stakeholders and senior management to report progress and provide visibility of planned activity.
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The specific areas of focus for the team will vary according to need but examples of previous work include:
- Providing a carefully selected programme director to regain control of a failing programme or one that has drifted from its intended course, working where possible with your own appointed programme manager
- Using a small team to help redesign programme governance and correctly align delivery responsibility, authority and accountability
- Supporting project managers within failing elements of a wider programme to develop a structured delivery approach with achievable benefits delivery.
- Tools and training we can provideRead more
We have an extensive range of tools and techniques that have been developed by our consulting team members over many years of supporting programme and project delivery. Most of these have genuine application in turn-around situations and we are happy to share them with our clients during the course of our work.
Furthermore, we regard skills transfer as an essential dimension of our programme leadership consultancy work. We therefore much prefer to work alongside our clients as we help them turn around their ailing programmes, equipping them with the skills they will need to sustain their work going forward, rather than replacing them and creating a longer term problem for their organisation.
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Our programme turn-around work facilitates the recovery of failing programmes and helps organisations maximise the benefits they can achieve from existing sunk costs. This enables them to maximise their return on investment, accelerating delivery of project and programme objectives and outcomes that may previously never have been achieved.
