Service 05 of 08
Project Oversight
From vendor selection and due diligence to TCO and ROI analysis, through delivery and early-life support, we provide rigorous oversight so your investments deliver on their promises.
An independent pair of eyes on a project, on your side of the table. We hold vendors to what they sold, keep outcomes aligned with the strategy that justified the spend, and tell you early when something is drifting.
What it covers
What Project Oversight includes
Scoped to what you need, from a single piece of advice to the whole programme.
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Vendor selection and due diligence
Requirements that can be scored, reference checks that go beyond the reference list, and contracts that say what happens when things slip.
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TCO and ROI analysis
The whole-life cost of each option, including licences, integration, support and exit, set against a return you can defend.
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Delivery assurance
Governance, milestone reviews, acceptance testing and risk reporting through the build, with plain-English status for the board.
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Early life and exit
Handover, warranty periods, support arrangements and the contractual points that decide whether you can leave a supplier later.
How we deliver it
Four practices on every engagement
Oversight works when it is set up before the contract is signed, not after the first slipped milestone.
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Set the baseline
Scope, cost, benefits and acceptance criteria agreed and written down, so there is something to hold everyone to.
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Review at each gate
Independent checks at design, build, test and go-live, with findings rated and owned.
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Hold the line
Changes assessed against the business case. Vendors accountable for what they sold, and you told early when something is drifting.
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Close properly
Benefits measured, lessons recorded, support in place and the evidence pack complete.
Where it applies
Sectors where this matters most
- Local governmentProcurement frameworks, public scrutiny and budgets that do not stretch to a second attempt.
- Regulated industriesProgrammes where the audit evidence has to exist at the end, whoever did the delivery.
- DefenceSupply chain assurance and security requirements that every supplier on the programme has to meet.
Proof
Where we have done it
- Our PartnersNetcall, Nuffield Technologies and Merge IT: the partners we work with and hold to the same standard.
- ERP Integrated Product Configuration ToolA defence contractor’s order process streamlined without compromising its product line.
- Banking Onboarding ToolA commercial bank’s onboarding delivered as a guided, secure submission.
Further reading
Also from Synapsys
The other seven services
Your programme
Is a project keeping you awake?
An independent review takes a couple of weeks and tells you where it really stands. We can stay on from there if it helps.