Technology projects that fail — over budget, behind schedule, short of their intended outcome — almost always exhibit the same warning signs before they begin: an unrealistic schedule, a vendor with delivery commitments their capacity cannot support, a team without the specific capability the project requires, a governance model that cannot manage scope change, or a business case that was not challenged before the project was authorized. Full On Consulting's project health check identifies these signals before the project commits resources and budget — delivering a rapid, practitioner-led assessment of project readiness, vendor capability, team staffing, governance design, and delivery risk, when addressing them is still straightforward.
$40M+
In documented client savings through IT project delivery leadership and proactive risk management
1-2 Weeks
Rapid project health check turnaround — assessment delivered within project preparation timelines
Pre-Project
Assessment conducted before the project begins — when gaps can be addressed at low cost rather than after delivery has started
Practitioner
Experienced IT project delivery practitioners — not checklist reviewers or certification-only assessors
What the Project Health Check Covers
From Project Plan Validation and Vendor Assessment to Governance Design and Risk Identification
Pre-Project Readiness Assessment
Pre-project readiness assessment — validating that a technology project has the foundational elements required for a successful start: a defined scope and business case, an achievable schedule, an adequate budget, the right implementation vendor, an effective project governance model, and an executive sponsor who is prepared to fulfill their governance obligations. Readiness assessment that identifies the gaps that will cause the project to fail if not addressed before the project begins, while addressing them is still low-cost — rather than discovering them after the project has committed resources and budget.
Project Plan & Schedule Validation
Project plan and schedule validation — reviewing the project schedule for feasibility, identifying unrealistic task durations and resource assumptions, assessing the completeness of the work breakdown structure, validating that project dependencies are correctly sequenced, and stress-testing the schedule against the resource availability and vendor capacity that will actually be available during delivery. Schedule validation by practitioners who have delivered comparable technology projects and can assess whether the planned timeline reflects realistic delivery experience or optimistic assumptions that will produce early schedule variance.
Vendor & Contract Review
Technology vendor and implementation contract review — assessing whether the selected vendor has the capability and capacity to deliver the contracted scope on the committed timeline, reviewing the contract for terms that shift delivery risk to the organization, and identifying commercial gaps that will create disputes during delivery. Vendor review from practitioners who have selected, contracted with, and managed enterprise technology vendors — with the experience to identify vendor proposal patterns that indicate unrealistic delivery commitments or commercial terms that will disadvantage the organization in scope and schedule disputes.
Governance Model Assessment
Project governance model assessment — evaluating whether the planned project governance structure is appropriate for the project's complexity: whether the decision-making authority is correctly assigned, whether the change control process will prevent scope creep, whether the escalation pathway is defined and accessible, and whether the status reporting cadence and format will give the project sponsor the information they need to make informed project decisions. Governance assessment that identifies gaps before the project starts — when designing effective governance is straightforward — rather than after the project has accumulated delivery risk through inadequate governance.
Staffing & Capability Assessment
Project team staffing and capability assessment — evaluating whether the project team has the skills and experience required to deliver the planned scope, identifying capability gaps that will require external resources or training to address, assessing whether the team members have the time availability their project roles require, and determining whether the team structure will produce the cross-functional collaboration the project requires. Staffing assessment that identifies the gaps between planned and required team capability before the project commits to a delivery schedule that cannot be achieved with the team as currently constituted.
Risk Identification & Mitigation Planning
Pre-project risk identification and mitigation planning — identifying the delivery risks that are visible in the project plan, vendor selection, team capability, and organizational context before the project begins, quantifying the probability and impact of each identified risk, and developing the mitigation actions that reduce risk exposure before delivery commences. Risk identification by practitioners who have delivered comparable technology projects and know the risks that predictably materialize — scope creep from incomplete requirements, vendor timeline optimism, integration complexity underestimation, change management underinvestment — rather than generic risk checklist review.
What Makes Us Different
Why Our Project Health Checks Catch the Issues That Cause Project Failure
Practitioner Assessment — Not Checklist Review
Project readiness assessments that work from a standard checklist of items to verify produce documentation that the project can present as evidence of readiness without actually addressing the questions the checklist items represent. Full On Consulting project health checks are conducted by practitioners who have delivered comparable technology projects — who can assess whether the project schedule is achievable from experience with comparable projects, whether the vendor's capability claims are credible given their delivery track record, and whether the governance model will actually function under the organizational dynamics the project will encounter.
Pre-Project Assessment Timing
The highest value point for a project health check is before the project begins — when identified gaps can be addressed by redesigning the project governance, renegotiating vendor commitments, adjusting the project scope or timeline, or adding team capability, all at low cost. Project health checks conducted after a project is already in distress are more expensive to act on because the identified gaps have already consumed budget and schedule. We conduct pre-project readiness assessments as the default — not as a recovery tool deployed after the damage is done.
Vendor Assessment With Commercial Depth
Project readiness assessments that evaluate vendors based on their proposal documentation and reference calls produce vendor assessments that are as accurate as the vendor's proposal and reference management practices allow — which is to say, optimistic. Our vendor assessments go deeper: evaluating whether the vendor's delivery methodology is genuinely suited to the project type, whether the vendor's proposed team has the specific implementation experience the project requires, and whether the contract terms will enable or impede effective vendor performance management during delivery.
Rapid Delivery — 1-2 Week Turnaround
Project health checks that take weeks to complete before a project can begin create a sequencing problem for organizations with defined project start commitments. Full On Consulting delivers project health check findings in 1-2 weeks — rapid enough to fit within the project preparation timeline of most technology projects, with interim findings communicated as they emerge for projects with constrained timelines. Assessment that enables informed go/no-go decisions without becoming a project start constraint.
Featured Case Study
SAP HCM Integration — $16B Merger, 90+ Facilities, $400K Saved Through Disciplined Project Delivery
Full On Consulting led the SAP HCM integration program for a healthcare organization navigating a $16B merger — a delivery program where pre-project readiness assessment and disciplined delivery governance were essential to managing the complexity of deploying SAP HR systems across 90+ facilities while managing merger integration dynamics, organizational change across two combined entities, and vendor performance accountability throughout a multi-phase implementation.
The $400K in documented savings achieved through this program reflects the value of project delivery governance that is set up correctly from the start — with the right vendor management structures, change control processes, and executive sponsor engagement model to navigate the complexity of merger-context implementation without the cost overruns that commonly accompany comparable programs. Project health check disciplines applied before delivery begins.
Read the Full Case Study →$400K
In documented savings through disciplined SAP HCM project delivery governance across 90+ facilities
1-2 Wks
Project health check turnaround — assessment delivered within project preparation timelines
$40M+
Total documented client savings through proactive IT project delivery governance and risk management
Before You Engage
What to Ask a Project Health Check Provider
Does the assessor have direct delivery experience on comparable projects?
Project health checks conducted by practitioners without direct delivery experience on comparable technology projects produce assessments that identify process and documentation gaps but miss the delivery risks that only become visible to someone who has personally navigated the same implementation type, vendor relationship, and organizational dynamics. A practitioner who has led SAP implementations can assess whether the proposed SAP project schedule is realistic; a practitioner who has managed Salesforce implementation vendors can assess whether the selected partner's delivery track record supports their capacity commitments. Ask specifically what comparable projects the assessor has personally led — not supervised or advised, but led with delivery accountability.
Will they identify issues that could affect the go/no-go decision?
Project health checks conducted for organizations that have already made a public commitment to project start face an implicit pressure to confirm readiness rather than to identify issues that could delay start. Ask how the assessor handles findings that would recommend delaying a project start or requiring significant remediation before proceeding: whether those findings are included in the assessment report, how they are communicated to executive sponsors, and whether the assessor is willing to recommend a project not start if the readiness conditions are not met. The value of a project health check is proportional to the assessor's willingness to deliver uncomfortable findings.
How do they validate the vendor's actual delivery capacity?
Technology vendor proposals routinely commit to delivery timelines that assume the vendor has immediate access to the experienced delivery resources the project requires — an assumption that is frequently inaccurate when the vendor's experienced resources are committed to other active engagements. Ask how the assessor validates vendor delivery capacity: whether they assess the specific individuals proposed to the project rather than the vendor's general practice capability, whether they evaluate the vendor's current active engagement load relative to the proposed project's resource requirements, and whether they review the vendor's delivery performance on comparable recent engagements rather than relying on the vendor's curated case studies.
What happens if the health check identifies significant readiness gaps?
Project health check findings that identify significant readiness gaps present the organization with options — address the gaps before proceeding, accept the gaps as known risks, adjust the project scope or timeline to accommodate the gaps, or delay the project until the gaps can be resolved. Ask how the assessor presents these options: specifically whether the findings report includes the specific actions required to address each identified gap, the estimated effort and cost to address each gap, and the residual delivery risk if the gap is accepted without remediation. Assessment that ends with a decision the project sponsor can make is more actionable than assessment that ends with a findings list.
Project Readiness Assessment — Before Budget Is Committed
Project Health Check: Know What Your Project Is Missing Before It Fails
Our experienced IT project delivery practitioners will assess your project plan, vendor capability, team staffing, governance model, and risk profile — identifying the gaps that cause technology projects to overrun before your project has committed the budget and resources that make those gaps expensive to address. 1-2 week turnaround. Practitioner judgment, not checklist review.
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Project Health Check vs. Program Health Check
Project Health Check — You're Here
A single-initiative assessment — validating readiness before a project begins or assessing an in-flight project that is underperforming. Covers project plan feasibility, vendor capability, team staffing, governance model, and risk identification. Delivered in 1-2 weeks.
Best for: A specific IT project — pre-start readiness or in-flight course correction on a single initiative.
Program Health Check — Multi-Workstream?
A multi-workstream program assessment — evaluating the delivery performance, governance, vendor accountability, financial trajectory, and organizational readiness of an active program with multiple concurrent workstreams. Delivered in 2-4 weeks with recovery options for executive decision.
Best for: Enterprise transformation programs — SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, or infrastructure programs with multiple concurrent workstreams.
Learn about Program Health Check →WHY FULL ON CONSULTING
Senior Consultants Only
Every engagement is led and delivered by senior consultants — former CIOs, CTOs, and enterprise IT executives. You get the people you were sold, not a bait-and-switch to junior staff after the contract is signed.
$40M+ in Documented Savings
Our track record includes $40M+ in verified client savings, a $130M M&A integration across 90+ global facilities, and an end-user computing transformation for 18,000 employees. We deliver measurable outcomes — not just recommendations.
20+ Years of Enterprise Experience
Our consultants average 20+ years of enterprise IT experience across Fortune 500 and mid-market companies. We have run the same programs we are being asked to lead — across SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and large-scale transformations.
Strategy Through Execution
We do not hand you a strategy deck and walk away. Our teams stay engaged from initial assessment through go-live — accountable for outcomes, not just deliverables. If we recommend it, we are prepared to execute it.
Boutique Agility
As a boutique firm, we move faster, adapt to your priorities, and work with your team rather than around it. No bureaucracy, no layers of overhead — just focused, senior-led execution from day one.
A Partner, Not a Vendor
We build long-term relationships grounded in trust and integrity. Many of our clients have engaged us across multiple initiatives and refer us to peers — because we do what we say we will do, every time.