• Delivery Assurance

IT Delivery Health Check

An independent assessment to determine if the delivery of a critical technology programme remains credible, controlled, and capable of delivering as planned.

Engagement type
Rapid validation
Duration
2 – 6 weeks
Decision supported
Continue or intervene

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When to use this review

Recognise your situation

Use this review when the initiative still appears active and governed — but the decisions at stake are becoming harder to defend.

Gate decisions without certainty

A major funding, release, or go-live decision is approaching but leadership is no longer confident the current position is safe to defend.

Risks that never close

The same risks and unresolved actions are rolling forward across multiple reporting cycles without being materially corrected.

Apparent control, weakening confidence

The initiative still appears active and governed, but confidence in delivery certainty is quietly weakening.

Conflicting narratives

Different stakeholders are describing the same delivery condition in materially different ways.

Rising coordination strain

The programme is still reported as manageable, but the level of effort required to keep it moving is rising noticeably.

Dates on paper, not in reality

Key milestones remain in place on paper, but confidence in their realism is no longer strong enough to rely on without validation.

Not sure if this applies? If delivery still appears active but no longer feels fully under control — this review is the right next step.

What we assess

Seven dimensions of governance effectiveness

This review assesses whether the initiative remains genuinely deliverable as planned — and whether the current delivery position is still credible enough to defend.

Delivery viability

Whether the initiative still has a realistic path to deliver under current operating conditions.

Dependency containment

Whether external teams, partners, and interfaces remain sufficiently controlled to preserve the forward delivery path.

Execution stability

Whether the initiative is progressing through controlled delivery movement or being sustained through informal workarounds.

Delivery risk concentration

Whether risk is still distributed and manageable, or beginning to cluster around critical weaknesses.

Milestone credibility

Whether key dates and delivery commitments remain believable enough to support continued leadership backing.

Commitment realism

Whether plans, sequencing logic, and resource assumptions still support a credible forward path.

Decision ownership

Whether the right decisions are being made by the right people at the right time to prevent avoidable slippage.
Who this is for

Commissioned by those who carry accountability

This review is typically commissioned by executives and leaders who carry delivery, sponsorship, fiduciary, or oversight accountability for a critical initiative.

CIO / CTO / CDO
When to commission
A critical initiative remains active but confidence in delivery certainty is weakening.
CFO / Investment Committees
When to commission
A defensible basis is needed before deciding whether to continue funding, accelerate, or protect a major technology initiative.
Executive Sponsors / SROs
When to commission
Accountability is rising faster than confidence in the current delivery position.
Heads of Transformation / Programme Directors
When to commission
The initiative is strategically important and leadership needs an independent assessment of whether the current path remains defensible.
PMO / Delivery Leaders
When to commission
Reporting exists but does not provide enough certainty for intervention or escalation decisions.
Where this review changed the decision

Case studies

Three examples of how a Delivery Governance Assurance engagement restored confidence that the right decisions were being made by the right people at the right time.

01

Enterprise Platform Delivery Review

Situation

A major initiative was progressing but leadership was no longer confident the delivery position could be defended at the next investment gate.

Outcome

Confirmed delivery was still viable — but only if leadership tightened sequencing and removed hidden dependency bottlenecks before the next release gate.

02

Major Release Decision Review

Situation

A planned release date was approaching but stakeholder narratives were diverging and confidence in the delivery position was quietly weakening.

Outcome

Identified the date remained technically possible but no longer operationally defensible — enabling a controlled delay instead of a high-risk commitment.

03

Programme Delivery Integrity Review

Situation

Reporting remained stable but sponsor confidence was declining and coordination effort was rising across delivery teams.

Outcome

Surfaced structural delivery strain masked by stable reporting — enabling intervention four weeks before a missed milestone would have triggered a full recovery cycle.

Get started

Ready for a independent view of your IT delivery?

We review your context and recommend the right engagement — covering scope, timing, and level of assurance required. No obligation to proceed.

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Confidential

Findings shared only with the commissioning executive.

Independent

No vendor ties. Evidence-based, free from internal bias.

No obligation

Briefing is complimentary. Scope agreed before any commitment.