Governance Reconstruction & Lessons-Learned Review
Understand what happened, and what it means going forward.
A significant transformation, incident, recovery, termination, vendor change, overrun, or other consequential event has already occurred. Before the organization moves on, leadership deserves a clear, evidence-based account of what happened and why.
Every consequential event leaves an incomplete story behind: partial records, competing recollections, and a leadership team that wants to understand what actually happened before deciding what comes next.
What was known, what decisions were made, who had authority, what was escalated, what interventions occurred, and what should the organization learn?
What a reconstruction answers
A clear, evidence-based account, not blame.
- What was known, and when?
- What decisions were made, and by whom?
- Who had authority over the outcome?
- What was escalated, and what wasn't?
- What interventions occurred, and when?
- What should the organization learn?
The purpose is not to assign fault. It is to give leadership a reliable account of how governance functioned when it mattered most, and what should change before the next significant initiative.
What the engagement includes
Every engagement is scoped to the organization and the event.
Evidence Inventory
Governance records, reporting, decisions, and correspondence relevant to the initiative or event.
Chronology
A clear, evidence-based timeline of what occurred and when.
Governance Decision Reconstruction
How authority, escalation, and intervention mechanisms functioned, or didn't, at each point along the timeline.
Lessons & Recommendations
Consequences, governance findings, and recommendations the organization can act on going forward.
What you'll receive
A Governance Reconstruction Report.
- Evidence-based chronology
- Key decisions and decision-makers
- Governance findings
- Lessons learned
- Recommendations for the next initiative
Preparing for what comes next?
Start with Technology Governance ReadinessLearn, then move forward