We’ll provide planning, delivery and assurance across all stages of your investment lifecycle. We’ll pull together a specialist team specifically for your investment project, matching deep technical ability to your needs. From concept, strategic alignment, justification and business case, to delivery, transition and operational management, we’ll deliver the right skill set, at the right rate, at the right time – and deliver the results you need.
Strategic outcome design and assurance (portfolio)
Covering assurance, audit and probity services
Supporting boards and executives to assure investment decisions and maintain independent oversight of notable risks
Ensuring strategic investments are well managed and well positioned for the best outcomes
Independent quality assurance (portfolio, programme and project)
Discrete quality assessments of portfolio, programme or project management, delivery capability and cultural health of delivery teams
Going beyond assessing programme/project artefacts for completeness, to uncovering potential investment risks
Tailored approach for every organisation, delivery environment and delivery method. We have deep understanding of governance, management and delivery methods including classic waterfall and Agile
Tactical lessons learned reviews, post implementation reviews and targeted health checks
Independent operations assurance (ICT and business operations)
Assessment of the quality of the operational services supporting the business, capability and cultural health of the delivery teams and the teams they work with
Readiness assessment of new services ready to be launched in day-to day operations, avoiding and resolving potential conflicts
Independent technical quality assurance
Supporting ICT enabled programmes, projects and operations with independent assessments of the design and build, and the suitability and quality of services being developed, about to be implemented or already in production
Strategic and operating assessments
Real world experience in ICT and line-of-business strategies and operations
We deliver:
– Strategic alignment reviews
– Investment maturity reviews
– Operations maturity assessments
– Cultural and behavioural assessments
Commercial management assurance
Assessing the quality and suitability of commercial and operating models between the business and vendor community – aligned to our Procurement Practice
Contract assurance
Assessment of proposed or existing contracts and other commercial arrangements
Ensuring the contracts, and management of them, are clear, effective and that objectives and obligations can be achieved
Procurement and commercial probity
Specialist assurance of procurement and commercial management practices
Ensuring processes are conducted within the law and organisational policies
Highlighting probity risk and assisting to manage that risk
Delivering a range of advice and assessments from formal probity assessment to independent moderation of selection processes
Investment governance and advice
We’ve frequently been engaged for the length of the programme or project to provide advice and guidance to executives, boards and steering committees
We bring specialist experience in cross agency and ICT common capability services and very high value and high-risk initiatives
Strong track record of supporting complex, multi-party stakeholder initiatives, challenging procurements and vendor relationships
Guiding sophisticated delivery programmes through to transition into operations and beyond
“we’ll deliver the right skill set, at the right rate, at the right time – and deliver the results you need.”
Proven, respected performance team
You’ll work with some of the most experienced specialists in the country. Our team includes:
Approved Lead Reviewers for all categories on the System Assurance Panel run by the Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO)
All our team are practitioners with deep knowledge of conceptualising, designing and delivering across all phases of the investment cycle
Leaders and advisers for a range of the Government’s policy and/or All of Government (AOG) services
