Programme Assurance
Give sponsors and boards an independent, evidence-led view of delivery confidence before a major commitment, stage gate or go-live decision.
Where we help
Assurance tests the evidence behind programme reporting. We agree the review scope and reporting line with the sponsor, then assess readiness independently of the team responsible for execution.
Test the delivery baseline
Challenge scope, integrated plans, milestones, dependencies and cost-to-complete assumptions. Examine whether budget and resource commitments support the work remaining.Assess governance and suppliers
Review decision rights, escalation, RAID quality and supplier accountability. Test whether governance produces timely decisions and whether reported progress is supported by accepted outputs.Examine stage-gate readiness
Assess UAT governance, work-package completion, business acceptance, operational readiness and cutover evidence. Identify conditions that need closing before a go/no-go decision.Report confidence and action
Provide a clear executive or board view of findings, confidence limits, remediation owners and residual risk. Review benefits ownership and measures alongside delivery readiness.PearsonGoldman Delivery Confidence Assessment
Applied as a scoped health check, stage-gate review or targeted assessment of a material delivery concern.
What it examines
The consistency of plans, finances, governance, supplier evidence, testing, readiness and benefit assumptions.
Indicative outputs
A documented confidence view, evidence gaps, prioritised findings and an action register linked to the relevant decision.
The decision it supports
Sponsors can make informed investment, intervention or release decisions.
Practical delivery governance.
Our experience spans RAID and dependency governance, steering groups, programme review boards, financial controls, UAT governance, business acceptance and cutover readiness. This practical governance experience informs how we test delivery evidence, challenge assumptions and support independent sponsor decisions.
Assess delivery confidence.
Agree which delivery commitments need independent scrutiny before your next investment or release decision.
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