Definition before direction.
Most project failure is decided early, when a mandate is agreed before anyone has established what it actually requires. Advisory work fixes the definition first, because every later decision inherits it.
Definition before direction.
Mandate Definition
What is being asked for, by whom, and against what measure of success, written down and agreed.
Decision Mapping
Who decides, who approves and who must merely be informed. Confusing the three is the most common cause of delay.
Constraint Assessment
Regulatory, technical, financial and political constraints identified while options remain open.
Option Development
Realistic routes to the objective, with the cost and risk of each stated rather than implied.
Delivery Strategy
The recommended route, the reason for it, and the conditions under which it stops being the right one.
- The opportunity or requirement
- Decision makers and approval route
- Constraints: regulatory, technical, financial
- Success measure
- Funding position
- Parties already appointed
- Required timetable
All projects remain subject to mandate confirmation, feasibility, due diligence, funding, contract, regulatory approval and the appointment of appropriately qualified delivery parties. Website content does not constitute a promise of finance, approval or project completion.
Bring us the mandate.
Mandates are assessed on definition before they are assessed on merit.