Project Rescue

Projects can fail for many and varied reasons; inability to grasp the underlying business need, underestimation of risks and complexities involved, over optimism over the capability of the delivery team.

Whether it is just an IT project or a comprehensive business system with our wealth of experience and capabilities we can unravel the key issues, bring the project back on track, and deliver the desired result.

In a typical project recovery, we follow proven disciplines to reaffirm the objectives and scope of the project with the sponsors and the stakeholders. We briefly determine what went wrong and why and establish what is salvageable.

The forward recovery plan is reviewed with the project board and sponsor to gain support and agree any alternatives and additions that may be pursued. In some cases, we may need to jointly rework the requirements specification for accuracy and understanding.

We consider needs often overlooked; for example, reworking business process, undertaking end-to-end business system testing, backout planning, and user training in a controlled environment prior to go live .

Other issues considered include data cleansing and migration as well as planning facilities for backup and archiving of the system and its data.

Throughout the recovery project we strive to minimise extra costs and avoid compromising the project benefits while mindful of the risks to business continuity. We assemble a team with the skills appropriate to the project from your own staff and our extensive network of resources.

With our wealth of experience and insight we deliver more than just a prescriptive process. We have encountered and dealt with most project failures and can promise a timely and cost effective recovery without loss of reputation or impact on business benefit.