Project & organizational performance
Consulting Services
Evidence-based assessment. Targeted intervention. Stronger management systems.
Reliable project performance depends on coherent decisions, effective governance, appropriate processes, and professional capabilities. Consulting engagements help organizations identify performance problems, understand their causes, and implement targeted improvements at project, team, and organizational levels.
Explore consulting servicesUse project evidence to identify the underlying problems, not just their symptoms.
Prioritize actions and resources according to their expected contribution to project performance.
Establish practices, responsibilities, and measures that support consistent future delivery.
Where can we make a difference?
Eight complementary services address problems involving individual projects, delivery teams, and governance systems. Each engagement is scoped to the client's decision needs, operating constraints, and existing capabilities.
Project Evaluation, Review & Monitoring
Independent assessments to support project decisions
An independent view of project performance helps managers distinguish observed problems from their underlying causes and determine which actions are justified.
When this service is relevant
A project reaches a formal review or decision point; its schedule, costs, or risks move outside acceptable limits; stakeholders need objective evidence; or leadership requires regular performance information.
How the engagement works
An evaluation examines project design, implementation, and results against agreed criteria. A review assesses current performance at a defined point in time, identifying issues, necessary decisions, and lessons learned. Monitoring tracks selected performance indicators over time. Depending on the assignment, evidence may include schedule, cost, cash flow, risks, changes, governance, and stakeholder expectations. Findings draw on project documentation, performance data, and discussions with relevant stakeholders.
Project Recovery
Diagnose delivery problems and guide corrective action
Project recovery begins with evidence about why delivery is underperforming, followed by practical actions to stabilize the project and address its underlying causes.
When this service is relevant
Delivery milestones are missed; costs, margins, or cash flow are under pressure; stakeholder confidence declines; or repeated corrective actions fail to improve performance.
How the engagement works
A focused diagnostic assessment establishes current project performance, the causes of deviations, and realistic recovery objectives. The analysis covers scope, schedule, resources, responsibilities, governance, risks, and interfaces. A recovery plan defines corrective actions, priorities, owners, decision points, and indicators for monitoring progress. Depending on the agreed scope, consulting support can extend to implementation and periodic reassessment.
PMO & Portfolio Management
Align project governance, priorities, and resources with strategy
A well-designed Project Management Office (PMO) can improve coordination, support consistent project practices, and provide executives with reliable information for project and portfolio decisions.
When this service is relevant
An organization needs to establish a PMO; an existing PMO provides limited value; project practices lack consistency; or portfolio priorities and resources need better alignment with organizational strategy.
How the engagement works
The engagement defines the PMO mandate, its range of services, governance arrangements, reporting, and interfaces with project teams and executives. Where portfolio management is within scope, the work also covers project selection, prioritization, resource allocation, and portfolio review against strategic objectives. Existing PMOs can be evaluated using agreed performance indicators and stakeholder expectations. A phased roadmap sets out the required capabilities and changes, including possible interim support for selected PMO functions.
Organizational Evaluation & Improvement
Identify organizational capability gaps and improvements
Project outcomes depend not only on the competence of individual project managers but also on the surrounding system of strategy alignment, leadership, governance, resource allocation, and working practices.
When this service is relevant
Project outcomes vary widely; executives need an evidence-based view of organizational project management capability; or previous improvement efforts have not resolved recurring weaknesses.
How the engagement works
A structured organizational assessment examines strategy alignment, leadership involvement, governance, portfolio and project practices, resource allocation, and mechanisms for developing and applying expertise. Relevant documentation, interviews, and performance information inform a gap analysis. Findings are translated into a prioritized improvement roadmap with responsibilities and measures for tracking progress. Advisory support for implementation can be defined separately.
Project Management Process Optimization
Build a coherent, usable management framework
A project management framework adds value when responsibilities, decisions, and processes are clear, usable, and consistently applied.
When this service is relevant
Project teams use inconsistent practices; governance, procedures, or templates are fragmented; or the organization needs a coherent approach across projects, programs, portfolios, or PMOs.
How the engagement works
The engagement begins by assessing current practices and defining the requirements of a target project management framework. It then establishes appropriate processes, governance decisions, roles, procedures, templates, and supporting tools. Implementation is managed as an organizational change initiative, including leadership sponsorship, stakeholder engagement, communication, pilot use where appropriate, and phased adoption.
Knowledge & Skills Assessment
Assess capabilities for recruitment and development decisions
Understanding project management concepts, applying methods in practical situations, and demonstrating competence at work are related but distinct aspects of professional capability.
When this service is relevant
An organization is recruiting project management personnel, reviewing the suitability of team members for specific roles, or identifying professional development needs.
How the engagement works
Knowledge checks assess understanding of principles and methods. Applied cases and simulations evaluate how participants use that knowledge to make decisions. Structured interviews and relevant work evidence can add context about demonstrated competence. Assessment methods are selected according to the responsibilities of the role, and findings are interpreted in light of each instrument's limitations.
Coaching & Mentoring
Provide structured support for management decisions
Coaching and mentoring support project sponsors, project managers, and PMO leaders as they address demanding decisions, stakeholder challenges, and professional development needs.
When this service is relevant
A project sponsor or project manager faces an important decision; a PMO leader is introducing change; or a team needs to address risks, conflict, or delivery difficulties.
How the engagement works
Coaching uses structured questions and reflection to help clients evaluate options and make their own decisions. Mentoring draws on relevant professional experience to offer perspective and discuss practical approaches. Support may address project strategy, governance, recovery, stakeholder relationships, or PMO and portfolio challenges. Sessions can be arranged around defined decision points or over an agreed period.
Project Execution Support
Add targeted expertise and capacity during delivery
Project execution support supplements a client's team with defined management capacity or specialist expertise when delivery requirements exceed available resources.
When this service is relevant
Schedules are demanding; key resources are committed elsewhere; a defined work package needs temporary support; or complex interfaces require additional management attention.
How the engagement works
The engagement may cover planning and control, management of agreed work packages, specialist review, project management assistance, or coordination between teams. Before work begins, the client and consultant define the scope, required expertise, availability, responsibilities, decision authority, reporting, and handover arrangements. Additional specialist roles are considered only where suitable capability is available.
From assessment to sustained improvement
An independent project evaluation may identify recurring delivery problems. Project recovery can address immediate difficulties, while PMO development, process optimization, organizational evaluation, or coaching and mentoring can address the underlying management conditions. These services can be used individually or in combination, depending on the client's objectives.
Agree on objectives, decision questions, deliverables, and engagement boundaries.
Examine relevant evidence, identify issues, and determine the requirements for further action.
Conduct the agreed assessment, advisory, design, or implementation work.
Present results, clarify responsibilities, and agree on follow-up actions.
These stages describe a typical engagement, not a mandatory sequence. The scope and order of work depend on the assignment.
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Discuss your management challenge
An initial conversation can clarify the project or organizational challenge, the decisions required, and the intended results. This provides a basis for determining whether an independent consulting engagement is appropriate and defining its scope.
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