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Is your software project genuinely on track?

Delivery Assurance is an independent, evidence-based review that cuts through status decks to reveal the true health of your IT project — and exactly what to do about it. We call the method the Project Management Review (PMR).

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A Nimble e-solutions practice · Delivering since 2015

PROJECT MANAGEMENT REVIEW

Programme Phoenix · Q2

CRITICAL
Stakeholder commitment
Schedule predictability
Financial control
Scope management
Risk mitigation
15-day independent audit Board-ready

73%

of IT projects overrun
budget or schedule

7

management dimensions
assessed for control

21×

average ROI clients see on
the audit fee

15

working days from kick-off
to board-ready report

Now live in the UK · Independent · Confidential

How healthy is your project,
really?

Answer seven quick questions — one for each of the Seven Key Performance Health
Indicators (KPHI) — and get an instant, honest RAG verdict. No sign-up to see your
result.

Step 1 of 8

Stakeholder Commitment

Is your project sponsor actively engaged — with governance that's real, not cosmetic?

Business Benefits

Are the promised ROI and business outcomes being actively measured?

Schedule Predictability

Is delivery tracking to plan, with slippages identified and managed early?

Team Performance

Are roles clear (RACI) and the team properly resourced and structured?

Scope Management

Is scope creep controlled through formal change control that's actually followed?

Risk Mitigation

Are risks logged, owned and reviewed in a maintained RAID log?

Delivery Organisation

Is the project financially sustainable — actuals vs plan and burn rate tracked?

On Watch · Amber

Targeted oversight required

Structurally under control, but emerging issues or latent risks need targeted oversight before they impact your baseline schedule, cost or quality. Proactive intervention now is what keeps this from drifting.

Recommended: reassess within 6 months, or at your next milestone — and act on the gaps early.

Get your full Seven-KPHI breakdown

See exactly where you scored on each indicator, plus a prioritised action shortlist for your project — download it as a PDF now.

Sound familiar?

The warning signs a status report won’t tell you.

These are the patterns we find again and again on projects that are quietly heading for trouble. If three or more ring true, it’s time for an independent set of eyes.
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Managers who don't actively manage — delegation without accountability.

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Scope quietly absorbed without any change control.

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Problems being suppressed rather than escalated.

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Burn rate analysis absent — or never shared with leadership.

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No forecast-to-complete, and exposure left unquantified.

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No RAID log, or risks never reviewed in governance.

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Verbal agreements undocumented — oral vs written conflicts.

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True status never honestly communicated to the customer.

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Schedules aimed at a calendar date, not real deliverables.

If you’re nodding, you don’t need another status meeting.

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What it is

Not a status presentation.
A rigorous, independent review.

Most “project reviews” are just the project manager presenting to an executive. That’s a narrative — not an audit. The PMR is built on four principles that make it different.

01 — Principle

Evidence-based, not narrative-based
An independent reviewer interrogates the data directly — without the bias of the person running day-to-day delivery.

02 — Principle

Fact-finding, not fault-finding
This isn’t a compliance audit. The purpose is consultative — focused entirely on the governance of delivery, not blame.

03 — Principle

An objective point-in-time snapshot
Status, issues, financial position and risk — verified against the contractual commitment and the plan, not opinion.

04 — Principle

The capability most teams lack
Growing organisations rarely have truly independent internal people to do this objectively. That’s exactly where we come in.

The Framework

Seven Key Performance Health Indicators

Seven Key Performance Health Indicators — one consistent yardstick for every dimension of a project, at any stage of delivery. Together they give a complete picture no status report can.

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Stakeholder Commitment

Are sponsors engaged? Is governance real or cosmetic?

02

Business Benefits

Are the promised ROI and outcomes actively measured?

03

Schedule Predictability

Is delivery on plan? Are slippages caught and managed?

+ Complete picture

Seven indicators. One honest verdict.

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Team Performance

Are roles clear? Is the team structured and resourced?

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Scope Management

Is scope creep being controlled and documented?

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Risk Mitigation

Are risks logged, owned and managed to resolution?

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Delivery Organisation

Is the project sustainable for the delivering organisation?

The Verdict

Three ratings. One clear standard.

Every project is held to the same objective standard — from proceeding-to-baseline to critically at risk — with a defined reassessment cadence for each.

Stable GREEN

Proceeding to baseline

The project is proceeding according to baseline parameters. . While minor operational variances may occur, the Project Management team has active, validated mitigation plans in place. . No major critical risks or structural issues currently threaten delivery milestones, budget, or scope.
Reassess within 12 months · milestone-based
On WatchAMBER

Targeted oversight required

The project remains structurally under control, but emerging issues or latent risks have been identified that require targeted management oversight. Proactive intervention is necessary to prevent these variances from impacting the baseline schedule, cost, or quality metrics.

Reassess within 6 months · milestone-based

Critical RED

Immediate intervention

Severe, systemic failures are impacting project execution, resulting in definitive milestone breach, critical budget overruns, or acute client dissatisfaction. The project requires immediate executive intervention, structural re-baselining, or emergency dispute resolution to mitigate serious financial and reputational exposure

Reassess within 3 months · Milestone based

How It Works

Four phases. Fifteen days. Board-ready output.

Structured, time-bounded and minimally disruptive — while delivering a depth of scrutiny internal reviews can’t match.

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Phase One

Pre-review data acquisition

We collect the documents and access we need before engaging. We come prepared, not inquisitive.

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Phase TWO

PMR deep-dive review

A structured 2–4 hour session walking the RAG status across all seven KPHI with PM, finance and delivery leads.

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Phase THREE

360° stakeholder review

Structured interviews with the sponsor and key team — validating the ground-level reality of delivery.

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Phase FOUR

Executive readout & action plan

A detailed report with formal rating and a corrective path: what must change, who owns it, and by when.

WHY US

The boutique advantage.

Backed by Nimble e-solutions — a decade of delivering software across education, manufacturing and government — with the independence a true audit demands.

Truly independent

No skin in your project, no incentive to hide problems. You get the truth — not a comfortable narrative dressed up as an audit.

Practitioner-led

Every review is led by someone who has personally delivered large IT projects. You get the director, not a graduate analyst.

Fast turnaround

Typically complete in 15 working days, board-ready, with minimal disruption. We work around your team, not the reverse.

Actionable, not academic

Every finding carries a prioritised action, a named owner and an expected impact. Our reports get implemented — not filed.

Get Started

Choose your audit. Start in days, not months.

A free 30-minute scoping call is all it takes to know whether a PMR is right for you — and which package fits. Fixed fees. No surprises.

Health Check

£3,500

Fixed fee · 5 working days

RAG rating across all 7 KPHI

Executive summary & top risks

Prioritised action shortlist

30-minute leadership readout

Start with a Health Check

MOST POPULAR

Full Audit

£7,500

Fixed fee · 12 working days

Everything in Health Check

360° stakeholder interviews

Artefacts & RAID audit

Financial burn & forecast analysis

Board-ready report

Action plan with named owners

Book the Full Audit

Transformation Advisory

£14,500

Fixed fee · 25 days + 3-month advisory

Everything in Full Audit

Detailed corrective roadmap

3 months hands-on advisory

Follow-up re-rating review

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Know the truth about your project in 15 days.

Tell us a little about your project. A free 30-minute scoping call is all it takes to decide whether a PMR is right for you.
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Completely confidential — always

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Speak directly with a practitioner, not a sales rep

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No obligation, no status deck required