Nobody accepts the service
A project closes, the budget closes with it, and operations inherits a system nobody agreed to support. Go-live is a date. Acceptance is a control.
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A project closes, the budget closes with it, and operations inherits a system nobody agreed to support. Go-live is a date. Acceptance is a control.
Every team I've run had a documentation problem, and none of them had a documentation problem. They had a "written by the wrong person at the wrong time" problem.
On-time delivery went from under 20% to over 65% without renegotiating a single contract. What changed was what we measured, and who saw it.
A service level everyone reports green against and nobody trusts is worse than no service level at all.
Half the change advisory boards I've seen approve everything and stop nothing. The board isn't the control — the risk assessment is.
Every engagement starts with a conversation about outcomes, not hours. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.