Setting up a transformation program
A target picture with explicit non-goals, structure by outcomes instead of org chart, governance with three questions — and the four mistakes made when setting up. Read the article ›
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Expert articles on the questions that must be settled before an initiative starts.
No blog, no news. Worked-out answers to recurring questions from program management, transformation, business analysis and implementation — with criteria you can apply.
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FocusProgram, transformation, analysis
For whomClients, PMO, business unit
Last updatedJuly 2026
All articles.
Every article opens with a short answer and closes with the typical mistakes. Written to be applied, not skimmed.
A program off track: the first 30 days
Taking stock, a reality check, forced decisions — and the four reactions that make the situation worse. Read the article ›
Business case and decision paper
What belongs in a decision paper, why assumptions belong up front and why the do-nothing option is the strongest argument. Read the article ›
Requirements in a regulated environment
The five-link chain from regulation to evidence and four questions that force testable acceptance criteria. Read the article ›
Status reports that trigger decisions
Why traffic lights decide nothing, how a one-pager that actually gets read is built, and how to phrase risks so they prompt action. Read the article ›
When a go-live is defensible
What I look at first, the four reasons I postpone, and why the fallback decision belongs before the go-live. Read the article ›
Why these pages exist.
Most of the questions I am asked at the start of an engagement repeat themselves. How do you scope a program so that it stays steerable? Why does our initiative remain unsteerable despite all the reports? When is a go-live genuinely defensible?
These pages are my worked-out answers to those questions. They contain no internal project details and no client information — but rather criteria and approaches that can be applied without me. Anyone who then concludes that they need no support has still gained something.
If something is missing from one of these texts, or you have a question that is not answered here: write to me. Pointers like these decide which article comes next.
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