Health Checks
Organisations often seek help when programmes or projects start to run into delivery issues, focusing on resolution or recovery of the applicable initiative. While, this often resolves the issues that are faced here and now, experience shows that a broader review of delivery management approaches often allows our clients to evolve their delivery management approach. Hence Searchlights health check services can be targeted towards all or selected aspects of the delivery life cycle, including:
- Assessment & Definition: change planning, portfolio management, benefits case definition, programme mandates and project ramp up
- Implementation Management: programme and project delivery management including governance, requirements definition, traceability, benefits assessment, delivery assurance, technical delivery capability and effectiveness of delivery models – including on/offshore delivery
- Optimisation: ensuring appropriate level of benefits are realised in a sustainable manner, focusing delivery management effort towards the appropriate aspects of our clients overall portfolio
Searchlights Beacon Delivery Management Framework enables us to conduct health checks, using our assessment framework which focuses on the following delivery ‘architects’ to ensure our clients current state is assessed.
- Processes & Procedures: governance and controls including reporting, risk & issue management
- Organisation Capability: organisation design, skills and competencies
- Tools and Technology Delivery: tools for supporting both delivery management & technology delivery
- Information Management: effective management information appropriate to the stage in the life cycle
- Compliance: level of adherence to clients delivery approach and adherence to external compliance requirements
Our Beacon assessment approach will enable a rapid assessment, allowing a comparison against best in class. One size does not fit all, so we work with our clients to establish ‘What Good Looks Like’ for their context and recommend/introduce applicable improvements/changes.
