RESTORING VALUE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST
AUTHESIS’ signature service - for organisations facing troubled projects.
1. The Challenge: When Projects Stall
Organisations undertake projects to deliver tangible whether by creating new capabilities, improving processes, gaining a competitive advantage or achieving other strategic objectives. Yet, all too often, they stall, derail or quietly drift off.
Here are some common warning signs:
- Milestones consistently slip, while “recovery plans” never succeed.
- Planned timeline and costs are exceeded by more than 20% even when excluding agreed scope changes.
- Stakeholders lose trust and show dissatisfaction.
- Teams feel they are working hard, but their impact is not perceivable.
We define a troubled project as one that, if left unmanaged, is likely to fail. Identifying the deviations and their underlying causes early allowing to take corrective action is crucial for project recovery. Unfortunately, many organisations recognize the warning signs too late resulting in lost time, wasted resources and the missed opportunity to create a positive outcome.
2. The AUTHESIS Approach: Turning Projects ArounD
At AUTHESIS, troubled projects aren’t the end of the road — they are the beginning of recovery. We help organisations regain control, rebuild confidence and achieve objectives.
Our approach combines:
- Rapid diagnostics – tailored project reviews, whether plan-based or agile, to quickly reveal weaknesses.
- Decisive interventions – from replanning and delivery acceleration to full governance reset and stakeholder alignment.
- Continuous course correction – measuring outcomes and taking corrective actions as needed.
- Pragmatism over theory – decades of experience in IT project management, IT service management and sourcing ensure we apply what works in practice.
The goal is to restore value delivery fast.
3. Proven in Practice
AUTHESIS has worked with organisations across industries to rescue projects where failure was not an option. A few examples:
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Service Portal Development – Not Facing Reality
A service portal project had exhausted nearly all its funds while progress was overstated towards management. Supplier capabilities proved subpar and delivery confidence had eroded. AUTHESIS took over, defined a realistic turnaround plan and refocused the effort on delivering a viable product within a committed timeframe. Although additional funding had to be secured, the project was completed successfully within the new budget limit and the agreed end date.
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Data Exchange Platform Integration – Compliance at Risk
A data exchange platform project in a regulated industry faced serious compliance gaps and risked missing regulatory requirements. Any delay in commissioning would have led to significant additional costs. AUTHESIS conducted a focused assessment including stakeholder analysis and developed an action plan to secure timely commissioning. By strengthening compliance and quality management, especially test management and migration approach, the project was successfully completed on schedule.
These stories show a consistent theme: we step in when projects matter most.
4. First Step: Assess Your Project
Is your project in trouble? Find out in minutes with our self-assessment tool.
Whether you follow a plan-based value delivery approach with a strong focus on scope (e.g., according to PMI PMBOK), or an agile delivery model emphasizing time and iteration (e.g., Scrum), early indicators of delivery risks often go unnoticed. Our free and anonymous Self-Assessment Tools help you identify potential issues early, compare your team’s perception with an objective assessment, and receive actionable recommendations. Below, you can choose the assessment tailored to your delivery style. It only takes you minutes to gain qualified third-party insights into the health of your value delivery initiative.
Based on your assessment results, we offer a free conversation or short workshop to review results and explore how to restore delivery confidence. Troubled projects are our specialty. With decades of experience and proven tools, we help organizations move from delivery-uncertainty to delivery-confidence. Let’s talk about how we can support you to make your value delivery initiatives a success.
Why This Matters to You?
Regardless of whether your value delivery initiative follows a plan-based or an agile delivery framework - unidentified or unresolved challenges can lead to reduced productivity, inefficient use of resources, increased costs, and stakeholder frustration. Early detection of such issues enables timely corrective action and improves the chances of successful delivery.
Our free and anonymous Self-Assessment Tools support both delivery styles and help you:
- Assess your value delivery across key dimensions relevant to your chosen approach.
- Receive expert insights by comparing your perception with an objective evaluation.
- Identify whether your initiative is on track, at risk of deviation, or facing major challenges.
By reflecting on early signs of misalignment before they escalate, the tools empower you to take informed action—whether you’re managing scope in a structured plan-based environment or adapting priorities in an agile setting.
Get STarted
Step 1: Complete the Self Assessment THAT FITS YOUR DELIVEY STYLE
Invest some minutes to answer rating questions about the value delivery initiative you would like to assess.
The assessment is completely anonymous, ensuring that neither the assessor nor the project details are
disclosed.
You also do not have to register to get the results report based on your input.
If you want your name and / or the value delivery initiative name displayed on the final report, you can optionally enter it in the questionnaire.
Step 2: RECEIVE YOUR Self Assessment Report
Instantly after having completed the self assessment you recieve your assessment report . The report is containing radar charts that compare
- perceptions
- assessment results
- AUTHESIS expert judgements
across key project dimensions.
The assessment report also contains information about improvement areas.
You can download the assessment report for free and without registration.
Step 3: REFLECT AND TAKE action
- Review the results report to analyze value delivery initiative areas requiring attention.
- Compare results with your initial perception to identify blind spots.
- You may want to contact us to discuss the findings and / or align next steps with your team.
Disclaimer
The assessments were developed by project management professionals, Scrum Masters and Product Owners with many years of value delivery management experience. The accuracy of the assessments depends on the honesty and thoroughness of your responses. These tools provide insights and hints based on a selected small number of questions. They do not replace full- and in-depth value delivery assessments conducted by project management professionals, Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
These value delivery assessments were developed in collaboration between Authesis AG and Maduz Management Consulting & Advisory GmbH and is jointly operated.
In addition to these assessments, we provide professional service in the area of project- program- and portfolio management (plan based and agile) that go far beyond these self-assessments. Whether you’re looking for deeper analysis of this vaule delivery initiative or other professional project- program- and portfolio management services, our team of certified senior professionals provides everything you need.