FRONT-END IMPLEMENTATION
Projects that arrive at approval ready for a clear yes, no or not yet.
Every gate process assumes the right problem was framed before Gate 1. None of them teach you how.
You already have a gate process. What's usually missing is the work before the first approval: agreeing what the project is for, testing the assumptions and keeping real options open. We help owner organizations put that work in place, so leaders stop approving projects they later have to rescue. It fits the gate process you already use, whatever you call it.
SIGNS YOU NEED THIS
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Projects reach their first approval with a single option and a business case built around it
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Gate reviews check that documents exist, not whether the project is ready to decide
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Projects get sent back, grow in scope, or reach final approval on untested assumptions
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Framing depends on who happens to lead the project, so quality varies project to project
WHERE MOST CLIENTS START
Front-End Readiness Review
Find out which of your projects are ready for their next approval, which are not, and exactly what to fix. We look at one to three projects, interview the sponsors and project leads, and read the key documents.
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A written readiness verdict for each project
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The gaps that matter, ranked, with what it takes to close each one
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A debrief with the sponsor and the gatekeepers
2–3 weeks
from kick-off to debrief
Fixed fee
agreed before we start
THEN, IF YOU NEED MORE
Three levels of support
DIAGNOSE
Readiness Review
Find out where your live projects stand before the next gate, and what's missing.
DEMONSTRATE
Framing live projects
We run the framing on one or two live projects with your team. Your people see it done on their own work, then run the next one themselves.
EMBED
A front-end standard
Framing becomes a normal step on every project, run by your own people: templates, a clear standard for what a project must show before its first approval, defined roles and trained internal facilitators.
HOW IT STARTS
20-MINUTE CALL
You describe the situation. We tell you whether we can help.
SCOPING
A longer conversation with the people who own the problem.
PROPOSAL
Written scope, timing and fee, within a week.
FOR CONSULTING FIRMS
Work with us on your client projects
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Co-facilitation or white-label facilitation
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Opportunity Framing Practitioner for your consultants
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Referral partnership