Delivery Rescue

Stalled platform projects re-baselined with acceptance criteria, then delivered

Where this usually starts

None of this is unusual. It is what a stalled build looks like from the inside.

A build that has slipped its date more than once, with no written reason why
A defect list that keeps growing faster than anyone is closing it
A vendor or team who can't say, in writing, what "finished" actually means
A board or investor asking for a delivery date nobody can honestly give

What you get

A stalled project re-baselined against written acceptance criteria, then delivered to a stable release.

How the engagement runs

1

Two-week re-baseline

We review the codebase, the defect list and the delivery history to understand what state the project is actually in - not what the last status report said.

2

Consolidated defect list

Every open issue is brought into one list, deduplicated and triaged, so there is a single source of truth instead of three trackers that disagree.

3

Written acceptance criteria, item by item

Each item on the list gets acceptance criteria you sign off before we build against it - so "fixed" means the same thing to everyone.

4

Delivery to a stable release

We work the scoped plan to a release that meets its criteria, with the business able to see progress against the list throughout.

What's included

2-week re-baseline
Consolidated defect list
Written acceptance criteria per item
Scoped delivery plan to a stable release
Delivery to the stable release

What we need from you

Access to the codebase, the existing defect trackers and delivery history, and a short session with the outgoing team or vendor if one is available. From your side, a decision-maker who can sign off the re-baselined scope.

What "done" means

Every item carried into the delivery plan has its own written acceptance criteria, agreed before we build against it. "Done" is the release meeting those criteria, not a status update saying it's close.

Questions this answers

Can this project be rescued, or does it need to be rebuilt?
How do we get an honest, written answer on what's actually left to do?
How do we stop the defect list from growing faster than we can close it?

Timeframe

2-week re-baseline, then scoped delivery

Not included

  • Unbounded 'make it good' work

Start with the audit

Rescue engagements are scoped from the findings of a Platform & Delivery-Risk Audit.