Harbour Group

Untangling a delivery process across four agencies

Four suppliers, one roadmap, no shared definition of done. A single delivery cadence replaced three months of standoff.

Client
Harbour Group
Industry
Retail
Role
Programme lead
Timeline
5 months
Programme managementVendor coordinationReporting

4

Suppliers aligned

-38%

Time in status meetings

On date

Peak-season launch

Nobody was underperforming. Everyone was optimising for their own contract, which produced a roadmap that could not possibly land.

0
Shared backlog

Replacing four

Fortnightly
Joint review

All suppliers present

0%
Less meeting time

Per supplier, per month

One backlog, one definition of done, one fortnightly review where dependencies were negotiated in the open. Peak season launched on the original date.

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