- Stage-gate funding release
- Board or audit committee request
- Leadership change
- Vendor dispute
- Benefits skepticism
- Sponsor + PM mandatory
- Additional respondents optional (CIO, PMO, operational)
- Signed attestation captured
- Alignment recorded across roles
- Risk rating + confidence
- Benchmark percentile
- Preliminary signals
- Designed for forwarding
- Benchmark vs matched peer cohort
- Alignment Index
- Top 5 risk drivers
- Benefits-at-risk
- 90-day action plan
- Conditions-to-proceed
- Governance Decision Memo
ALIGNMENT INDEX
The signal that pierces filtered reporting.
★ Divergence signal
The delivery team rates scope as defined. The sponsor rates it as still evolving. That divergence is documented as a governance signal — not a performance finding. Attributed to roles, not individuals. Objective. Defensible.
The Alignment Index surfaces where stakeholder views diverge on delivery reality. It directly addresses the principal-agent problem — the people spending the budget are the same people reporting on it — by corroborating perspectives across roles. Where respondents agree, there is confidence. Where they diverge, there is a governance signal that requires attention.
GOVERNANCE DECISION MEMO
The governance record at the point of funding release.
The Governance Decision Memo is designed for board papers. It records the recommended action, confidence basis, methodology version, and conditions in a single artefact. It is your documented due diligence.
WHAT THE REPORT COVERS
All contributing factors — not just technology execution.
The diagnostic assesses delivery risk across all contributing factors — not just technology execution. Business readiness, sponsorship quality, resourcing, vendor performance, and organisational preparedness to adopt the outcome are assessed alongside delivery controls.
- Governance & Sponsorship
- Business Case & Benefits
- Project Leadership
- Scope & Requirements
- RAID & Dependencies
- Vendor Performance
- Plan & Schedule
- Change & Communications
- All Board View dimensions, plus:
- Cost Tracking
- PM Processes
- Resources & Teamwork
- Solution & Architecture
- Development
- Testing
- Implementation Planning
- Post-Implementation Planning
Business readiness and adoption risk are assessed within the Change & Communications and Business Case & Benefits dimensions — recognising that programs which deliver technical outputs but fail to achieve business outcomes represent a systemic failure pattern.
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A short conversation to scope the diagnostic to your program and confirm fit. Board Assurance Reports are delivered within 48 hours of respondent completion.