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Project Readiness Review before you commit.

An independent assessment of whether your project is truly ready to start – and the decisions that must be made before it does, while they are still cheap to make.

Signs you need a readiness review

The date came before the plan

The budget and go-live date were agreed before anyone fully understood the scope.

“Done” means different things

Sponsors, users and vendors each describe success differently – and nobody has noticed yet.

Dependencies are assumed

Vendors, other projects, data and key people are counted on, but not confirmed.

Readiness was never asked

The plan covers the technology, but not whether the organization is ready to change how it works.

What the review covers

Every engagement is scoped to the work – this is the typical shape, not a fixed package.

  • Scope, objectives and success measures
  • Plan and timeline realism
  • Budget assumptions and contingency
  • Governance and decision rights
  • Sponsorship and stakeholder alignment
  • Dependencies, vendors and resourcing
  • Risks and untested assumptions
  • Organizational and operational readiness

Diagnose. Decide. Deliver.

The same discipline, applied in the same order – so nothing important is decided by accident.

01
Clarity Call

A 30-minute conversation about the project, what is at stake and what you need to know.

02
Diagnose

A review of the key documents and short, focused conversations with sponsors, leads and stakeholders.

03
Decide

Findings framed as decisions – each with options, trade-offs and a recommended owner.

04
Brief

A working session with sponsors to walk through the brief and agree what happens next.

What you receive

01

Readiness decision brief

A short document sponsors can actually read: where the project stands and what must be decided.

02

Readiness scorecard

A clear view across every area reviewed, so gaps are visible at a glance.

03

Prioritized action list

What to fix first, who should own it, and what can safely wait.

04

Sponsor walkthrough

A session to test the findings, answer questions and commit to next steps.

Common questions

Before the plan and budget are locked – ideally before kickoff or ahead of a major phase gate. It still adds value later, but the cheapest fixes are always the earliest ones.

No. An audit looks backward to assign accountability. A readiness review looks forward, to help the project succeed – and it is designed to support the team, not judge it.

Yes. When a project is already in flight and showing strain, the right fit is usually a Project Health Check & Recovery.

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