In the Discovery phase, our primary goal is to establish a comprehensive understanding of your current implementation status and the high-level plan of what you’re aiming to achieve.
We’ll critically examine the underlying motivations for your programme: What are your key objectives? What outcomes are you targeting?
Together, we’ll explore the drivers fuelling your project, whether they be corporate directives, audit requirements, or ambitions to streamline operational processes and boost efficiencies.
- Identify Business Needs and Project Sponsor
- Clarify Project Motivation and Anticipated Benefits
- Establish Programme Budget
- Engage with Stakeholders to build proposed Benefits Realisation Plan
- Identify Potential Programme Risks including Cyber Security Requirements
- Review Audit Recommendations and Proposals
- Investigate Potential Operational Efficiencies and New Working Practices
- Identify and Prioritise Programme Portfolio Projects
- Gauge the required programme resources, comparing your current team’s capabilities with the benefits of using highly skilled contractors.
- Understand internal time requirements for subject matter experts, stakeholders, and project sponsor
- Shape Potential New Target Operating Model (TOM)
- Start to Develop Technology Roadmap with Delivery Phasing
Timescales: Often Between 2 – 8 weeks dependent upon scale and size of project(s) aswell as situation of the customer (new initiative, project rescue, potential upgrade, global scalability etc)