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Project Health Check Consulting

Our consulting team at Clarkston has the resources, methodology, best practices, and approaches to perform a project health check so that your project can get back on track and budget. Our SuccessCheck implementations help clients focus on the right areas for improvement.

Project health check consulting entails a comprehensive analysis of a project and recommendations on how to get it back on track. This is all conducted by an independent, external consultant to give an objective perspective that is removed from the day-to-day activities of the project team. A project health check helps organizations prevent minor issues from becoming major problems or helps a project that’s stalled or derailing to get back towards accomplishing the original vision. At Clarkston Consulting, we’re known for our ability to partner with clients to deliver projects on time and on budget as well as for our ability to turn around ailing projects and get them on the road to recovery. A key component of our methodology is SuccessCheck.™ Our project health check implementations help clients focus on the right areas for improvement. By reinforcing positive outcomes and understanding how things are supposed to work, our team goes beyond focusing on areas for improvements. Our goal is to capture lessons learned and offer recommendations that enhance the project’s success and future initiatives. An effective and thorough project health check includes using an independent (third-party) facilitator, a cohesive strategy, a mixed-methods approach to research, stakeholder outreach, and a final report and action plan. The Clarkston Consulting team empowers organizations to improve their overall project health by pointing out the core differences between the reported status and reality to give a clear, honest picture of the actual situation and the path forward to achieving the project’s desired business benefits. During the check, our team will provide a comprehensive review, identify gaps and risks, and provide recommendations. Through the positives and the negatives, our aim is proactive problem prevention that saves money and time and gives you the opportunity to treat the root causes before they become major issues. We’ve been doing project health check implementations for more than 30 years, and we have a proven track record of executing quickly and seamlessly.

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You’re being reassured that things will “get back on track,” but you can’t shake the feeling that one of your key projects isn’t going well. Deadlines are slipping. Costs are rising. Scope creep has taken over. The original objectives are fading. You need help – whether it’s a minor adjustment or a major overhaul – but how do you find an independent, unbiased perspective on what the path forward should be?

At Clarkston Consulting, we’re known for our ability to partner with clients to deliver projects on time and on budget as well as for our ability to turn around ailing projects and get them on the road to recovery. A key component of our methodology is SuccessCheck.™

Our Project Health Methodology: SuccessCheck

SuccessCheck is a formal, structured methodology for taking the pulse of the project and recommending corrective action when necessary. SuccessCheck isn’t a conventional audit. By reinforcing positive outcomes and understanding how things are supposed to work, SuccessCheck goes beyond focusing on areas for improvements. Our goal is to capture lessons learned and offer recommendations that enhance the project’s success and future initiatives.

 

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What we analyze?

  • Business benefit realization
  • Scope management
  • Time management
  • Cost management
  • Quality management
  • Human resource management
  • Communication
  • Risk & issue management
  • Stakeholder satsfaction
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How SuccessCheck works?

  • Extensive preparation and adaption of tools and templates
  • Review of the project charter and original business case for the project
  • Onsite interviews of key stakeholders – high-level executives and the project team
  • Analysis of key project deliverables
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What makes it different?

  • SuccessCheck isn’t just for projects in jeopardy; we do this type of health check on all of our own projects.
  • SuccessCheck isn’t about passing blame for missteps, but it focusses on highlighting improvements, reinforcing positive outcomes, and capturing lessons to build action into the process.
  • SuccessCheck isn’t just for large systems implementations but for any mission-critical project that has the chance to derail if not monitored closely.

Tips for a Thorough Project Health Check

Customer Experience Strategy

Independent Facilitator

Use a third-party to ensure objectivity and the confidence of the interviewees.

Data Strategy

Cohesive Strategy

Focus on ensuring success of the effort for the short term and long term.

Teamwork

Mixed-Methods Approach

Include face-to-face discussions and interviews along with an analysis of existing deliverables for a comprehensive understanding.

A Focused Strategy

Stakeholder Outreach

Reach out to a cross section of executives, management, and operational individuals in stakeholder interview.

Project Management Trends

Final Report + Action Plan

Prepare a final documented report with observations, recommendations, and action plans.

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CEO of a Consumer Products Company

“The discipline and approach of Clarkston Consulting’s SuccessCheck program is very impressive. It has been invaluable in helping us maintain a pulse on a broad range of stakeholders and apply course corrections during our implementation efforts.’’

We empower organizations to improve project health by harnessing our SuccessCheck methodology.

Do you need an independent, unbiased review of your mission-critical project? Do you need an accurate read on the project health and progress of your most visible enterprise initiatives?

We’ve been doing SuccessCheck implementations for more than 30 years, and we have a proven track record of executing quickly and seamlessly. Through the positives and the negatives, our aim is proactive problem prevention that saves money and time and gives you the opportunity to treat the root causes before they become major issues. Using SuccessCheck, we are able to point out the core differences between the reported status and reality to give a clear, honest picture of the actual situation and the path forward to achieving the project’s desired business benefits.

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