PHAT Pulse

Take your programme's pulse.

A deliberately limited executive diagnostic designed to identify conditions that may warrant deeper investigation. Pulse identifies signals; it does not provide independent assurance.

Executive diagnostic

Fast, focused and designed for senior executives.

Signal detection

Identifies conditions that may warrant deeper investigation.

Completely confidential

No requirement to disclose corporate identity.

Not assurance

Pulse identifies signals; it does not provide independent assurance.

Action focused

A clear view of where to focus attention and what to explore next.

0 of 12 diagnostic questions answeredIndicative diagnostic
Programme context

How is the programme currently being reported to its governing body?

This does not affect your Pulse score. It lets us compare the programme's reported position with the signals in your responses.

Governance · 01

When an important cross-programme decision is needed, what usually happens?

Governance · 02

How well does executive reporting reflect the delivery reality you see?

Capability · 03

How complete is the client-side programme capability needed to direct and challenge delivery?

Process · 04

How effectively are global process decisions owned by the business?

Solution · 05

How confident are you that the solution design is controlled as an integrated whole?

Technical · 06

How well are architecture, integration, environments and technical dependencies converging with the programme plan?

Data · 07

What best describes data migration readiness?

Testing · 08

How is readiness to enter major test phases determined?

Change · 09

How ready are business teams to adopt the new processes, roles and system?

Commercial · 10

How effectively are client and SI accountabilities separated and challenged?

Dependencies · 11

How well are dependencies between workstreams identified before they become blockers?

Readiness · 12

If the next major programme gate were independently tested today, how confident would you be in the evidence supporting readiness?

INDICATIVE — NOT ASSURANCE

Your PHAT Pulse

—Pulse score
—Programme visibility—
—Overall Pulse signal—
Strongest apparent area—
Greatest apparent exposure—

Three questions worth asking now

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    Pulse measures perception. PHAT Independent Assurance tests the evidence behind those perceptions and examines whether apparently separate conditions combine into material programme risk.

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