Project rescue

Focusing programmes on benefits led realisation

   

We recognise that the most likely time you are going to be looking for the solutions we can provide is when you have a failing programme or change. It is in the nature of humans to only look for new ways when the old have shown themselves not to work.

With this in mind we have created a 'rescue' offering to help you deal with your immediate problems.

While benefits led projects are by nature focused on controlled direction of all project operations towards identified goals from their beginning - it is still possible to bring benefits led triage to a project that has lost its way.

Key benefits of the AlphaStep rescue service:

  • Benefit delivery Bringing some of the advantages of a benefits led focus to a project which is failing to deliver.
  • External Audit Bringing in an outside viewpoint on the project, its performance and any systemic issues which prevent successful conclusion.
  • Traceability Bringing a traceable view on the status of the project and the impact of changes on value, with demonstrable reasoning.
  • Focus Refocusing the project team towards key aims which have become lost, and bringing forth alternative options and routes over those originally envisaged.
  • Reuse Refactoring of extant work to deliver greater benefits and improved impact.
Desired Aims
& Objectives
Benefits
Strategy
Benefits Plan
Solution/
Concepts
Gaming
Achievable
Benefits
Root Problems
& Issues
Benefits
Support
Analysis &
Progress Audit

Our Approach

At AlphaStep we focus on:

  1. Liaison with key stakeholder to discuss and understand the desired benefits and the relative importance of those aims.
  2. Analysis and Audit of project progress to identify extent to which benefit critical success factors have been met.
  3. Identification of root problems and issues which have sent the project off track.
  4. Engineering of alternative paths to achieve bring focus back to required aims and refactor existing work into delivery.
  5. Support of relaunch of project and bringing benefits led focus to the remaining work.

As each project is unique, so the problems with a project necessitating rescue activities are unique. We aim to tailor or efforts to your needs and we recognise that each situation will be different. If you have questions or would like to discuss further, please contact us and we will be happy to help.