How we engage

Two ways to engage. One focus: your decision.

If the problem is defined, start with our Fixed-Fee Assessment (FFA), or engage us as fractional advisors for more strategic initiatives.
Either way, decision support is built in – it’s in our very name: Decision Services.

Focused Delivery Package
Strategic Advisory Package
Fixed-Fee Assessment
Fractional Advisory
Decision Support
Follow On Delivery
Fractional Delivery Support
[SOW]
[Retainer + Contract]

Below are the four FFA areas – where engagements often begin.

Fixed-Fee Assessments

Choose what fits your needs best.

Entry point 1

Program Delivery

When you need it

  • Delivery is slipping or at risk
  • Leadership lacks a clear view of status
  • Governance and accountability are unclear
  • Teams are busy, but outcomes are uncertain

Scope

  • Rapid review of portfolio and program health
  • Governance and decision-rights assessment
  • Risk, dependency and constraint analysis
  • Delivery recovery recommendations

Deliverables

  • Delivery Health Assessment
  • 90-Day Action Plan
Entry point 2

Business Value ROI/ROV

When you need it

  • Investment decisions lack objective value measures
  • Benefits are poorly defined or untracked
  • Cost and value assumptions are disconnected
  • Leadership needs a defendable go/no-go decision

Scope

  • Business case and value-driver review
  • Investment and value assumption validation
  • Cost, benefit and risk scenario analysis
  • Investment prioritization recommendations

Deliverables

  • Value Assessment & Decision Brief
  • Investment Recommendation
Entry point 3

M&A IT Due Diligence

When you need it

  • Technology risks are unclear before the transaction
  • IT costs and dependencies are underestimated
  • Day-1 and separation requirements are unknown
  • Hidden technical debt may affect deal value

Scope

  • Technology landscape assessment
  • Application, infrastructure and dependency review
  • IT cost and technical-debt analysis
  • Day-1, TSA and separation/integration risk review

Deliverables

  • IT Due Diligence Report
  • Day-1 Risk & Readiness Assessment
Entry point 4

AI Infrastructure & Data Governance

When you need it

  • AI pilots stall before production
  • Data access and governance are unclear
  • Infrastructure capacity isn't planned for AI
  • AI spend lacks measurable outcomes

Scope

  • Data policy, governance and security review
  • Infrastructure, capacity and network readiness
  • AI use-case and business-capability alignment
  • Foundations roadmap recommendations

Deliverables

  • AI Readiness Assessment
  • AI Foundations Roadmap
Then we deliver

The first engagement is how we start, not where we stop.

When the answer is clear, the same senior team stays to do the work: recovering the program, standing up the PMO, running the separation or integration, or building the AI foundations.

Strategic Advisory Package

Fractional advisory for strategic initiatives.

Senior judgment on your schedule, without a full-time hire. We work alongside your leadership over months, not weeks, and step into delivery where it is needed.

Fractional option

Fractional Advisory

When you need it

  • A strategic initiative needs senior judgment, not another full-time hire
  • Leadership wants an independent view across programs
  • Decisions stall between teams or sponsors
  • A transformation needs steady oversight over months

How it works

  • Fractional Advisory: a senior advisor on a set monthly cadence
  • Decision Support: options, trade-offs and decision rights made explicit
  • Fractional Delivery Support: hands-on help where delivery needs it

Engagement

  • Monthly Retainer
  • Delivery Support Contract

Program stalled? AI woes? M&A headaches?

Start with one conversation about the decision in front of you.

How can we help?
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