Door 02 · Explore by Service

Consulting

Structural work on governance, portfolio, recovery and cost. Each service has a fixed scope, a fixed price and a clear end point.

01

Onsite Assessment Workshop

One full day at your site, working on your own projects with your own people. No charge.

When it fits

  • You want an outside view before committing budget
  • Several projects compete for the same people

What you get

  • One topic: troubled project, PMO revamp, VMO readiness, or tools and methods
  • A day with decision makers and their advisors
  • Written summary of findings and next steps
Duration
One full day
Cost
No charge
Next step
Optional fixed-scope proposal
02

Troubled Project Recovery

Practitioner-led recovery for a project or programme that is off track on cost, schedule or stakeholder trust.

When it fits

  • Cost or schedule keeps drifting and more reporting has not changed the trend
  • Internal teams are too close to the history to reset it

What you get

  • Root-cause diagnosis that separates what is broken from what is only uncomfortable
  • Reset governance, plan and stakeholder rhythm
  • Changed ways of working so the same conditions do not return
Length
2 to 3 months
Model
Fixed-price phases or performance-based
Risk to you
No recovery, no fee
03

PMO Revamp

Reshape an existing PMO so it supports decisions instead of producing reports.

When it fits

  • The PMO spends most of its time collecting status data
  • Leadership hears about risks late

What you get

  • Review of current PMO services, roles and processes
  • Redesigned operating model, governance and reporting
  • Changes built into your existing tools and handed over
Start
10-day sprint
Model
Fixed scope, fixed price
Sponsor
PMO director, CIO
04

Portfolio Visibility Foundations

The basic portfolio controls that let you see the next six to nine months of work and resourcing.

When it fits

  • Plans and forecasts are hard to produce with confidence
  • People switch between many projects at once

What you get

  • Integrated master backlog across projects
  • Intake criteria and a capacity view
  • Reporting with before and after benchmarks
Start
10-day sprint per block
Model
Fixed scope, fixed price
Leads on to
PMO to VMO Migration
05

PMO to VMO Migration

Move to a Value Management Office, where each initiative has a cost, a benefit and a reason to exist.

When it fits

  • IT needs to reduce cost without letting people go
  • Portfolio decisions are made without a clear view of value

What you get

  • Value model linking each goal to cost and expected benefit
  • Cost of delay and unused capacity made visible
  • Governance that funds, stops or reshapes work based on value
Nature
Financial model change for IT
Model
Phased, milestone billing
Sponsor
CIO, CFO
06

Delivery Cost Recovery Sprint

A 10-day review of what project delivery really costs you, with a savings plan you can act on.

When it fits

  • Budgets are being cut and you want to remove waste before people
  • Nobody owns a complete view of delivery cost

What you get

  • Map of delivery spend: projects, licences, vendors, internal capacity
  • Savings ranked by value and effort
  • A 90-day plan for the first savings
Duration
10 days
Model
Fixed price, or a share of verified savings
Sponsor
CFO, CIO
07

Vendor and Contract Review

An independent look at what you pay system integrators and consultancies, and what you get back.

When it fits

  • A large share of delivery sits with external vendors
  • A renewal or renegotiation is coming up

What you get

  • Billed effort compared with delivered outcomes
  • Options: rescope, move to milestones or outcomes, insource or retender
  • Findings for procurement and the business owner
Duration
2 to 4 weeks
Model
Fixed price, or a share of verified savings
Independence
Agreed before we start
08

Occasional Project Management Practice

A light, shared way of running projects for people who manage them alongside their main job.

When it fits

  • Specialists in e-commerce, HR, finance, legal or SAP run projects
  • A full PMO would be too heavy for your needs

What you get

  • Map of where project capability is weakest
  • Guidelines and tools co-designed with your people
  • Training and coaching on live projects
Start
One department
Sponsor
HR or L&D, department heads
Reference
Nintendo of Europe
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