Program Recovery Assessment

Behind Schedule, Over Budget, or Losing Confidence? Find Out What's Actually Broken

A free, guided assessment built specifically for programs already in trouble — it separates what looks broken from what actually is, and tells you whether this needs a focused recovery sprint or hands-on leadership.

Most troubled programs don't fail all at once — they drift, and by the time the gap between plan and reality is visible to everyone, it's expensive to close. The hardest part of a recovery isn't fixing the problem once it's known — it's getting an honest, fast read on what's actually wrong versus what just feels wrong. The Program Recovery Assessment walks through delivery, financial exposure, governance, vendors, technology, people and change readiness, and tells you where the real exposure is — not where the loudest complaints are.

This assessment is built for programs where...

Milestones keep slipping and nobody can say with confidence when the program will actually land
Governance has stopped being a real decision-making forum — issues get raised but nothing gets decided
A vendor relationship or a specific workstream is quietly consuming more time and trust than it should
Budget is tracking over, and it's unclear whether that's scope creep, poor estimation, or something worse
Executive confidence is eroding and you need a credible, independent read before the next steering committee

What the assessment tells you

01

A recovery risk score, not a vague impression

Delivery, financial, governance, vendor, technology, people and change readiness are each scored — so "the program feels off" becomes a specific, defensible diagnosis.

02

What actually needs to happen next

The result distinguishes a contained, focused recovery (4–12 weeks) from a situation serious enough to need direct, hands-on leadership.

03

Three questions to ask before your next steering committee

Every result includes the specific questions an experienced Program Director would ask next — so you walk in prepared, not just informed.

Trusted by teams at

RONALowe's CanadaGroupe DynamiteCegid

$50M+

Largest program value led

~50

Engagements delivered

1,000+

Vendors & installers coordinated

100%

EBITDA protected through a $50M+ divestiture

Selected Engagements

Here's what that's looked like in practice

RONA

Multi-Vendor Technology Divestiture

Led the technology separation for a $50M+ divestiture — roughly 100 TSAs and 50+ systems — closing on a strict contractual deadline while protecting the business unit being carved out.

100%

EBITDA protected

Groupe Dynamite

E-Commerce & OMS Modernization

Delivered a new Salesforce e-commerce platform in under 6 months with no major incidents, then rolled out a Manhattan OMS that turned closed stores into mini distribution centers during COVID.

320

stores enabled for ship-from-store

Cegid

~50 Luxury & Retail Engagements

Deployed Cegid's ERP/POS suite across dozens of luxury, fashion and hardware brands — including Hermès, Chanel and Longchamp — spanning ERP, digital and in-store transformation.

10–200

people per engagement team

Get a clear read before your next steering committee

Free, 5–7 minutes, and built specifically for programs already in trouble.