Project Angels

Critical Friend / Programme or Project Conscience

Many of our clients come to us because they have been asked to run a large change programme or portfolio of programmes and projects which are more complex or risky than they have run previously, they may be mission critical or entail a large degree of business or cultural change.  We work with you in a critical friend or programme conscience role, helping you to be successful.

If you are a Sponsor or SRO and have been given a challenging project or programme to deliver, looking at that blank piece of paper at the beginning can be daunting.  We work with you to fast track the start-up process through a scoping meeting and workshops to turn your ideas into practice, developing objectives and outcomes / benefits, defining scope, understanding and engaging stakeholders, bringing clarity to organisation and governance, supported by a realistic high level plan and start-up documentation.

Once the programme is mobilised we build on the trust and relationships we have developed, providing ongoing support to the whole team through advice and guidance, chairing of (or attendance at) progress meetings, facilitating workshops, resolution of critical issues, provision of healthchecks / stock takes and support for external audits / Gateway™ Reviews.

We understand the pitfalls of embarking on a complex change programme and steering it through to a successful set of outcomes and benefits.  We act as the independent “eyes and ears” of the Sponsor / SRO or Programme Director / Manager, using our extensive experience to spot the early warning signs of issues that may derail your initiative.

Who would benefit from this package?

  • Organisations or individuals embarking on large change programmes within an immature programme management environment
  • Individual Sponsors / SROs who would benefit from independent advice and guidance

What do we do?

  • Programme start-up support - we provide a tailored service of practical hands on support through facilitated workshops, team building events and provision of tailored templates to mobilize your programme.
  • Ongoing advice, mentoring and coaching – we provide support to the Programme SRO / Sponsor or Programme Manager or entire Programme Team.
  • Independent Assurance, Healthchecks / Stock takes - we provide regular independent “stock takes” whereby a helicopter view of the programme’s progress is undertaken with a drill down into key issues of the day.
  • Programme Facilitation – facilitation of all key programme workshops.