FRONT-END IMPLEMENTATION
Projects that reach the gate ready to decide.
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 Gate 1: framing the opportunity, testing the assumptions and keeping real options open. We help owner organisations put that work in place and keep it there. It fits the gate process you already use, whatever you call it.
SIGNS YOU NEED THIS
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Projects reach the gate 1 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 recycle, grow in scope or reach sanction 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
An independent look at one to three projects approaching their next gate. We interview the sponsors and project leads, read the key documents and test each project against what a decision-ready frame needs.
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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 facilitate the framing on one or two live projects with your team, and coach your people to run the next one themselves.
EMBED
A front-end standard
Make framing a standing step: templates, what a frame must show before Gate 1, who does what, and a trained pool of 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