Investment criteria
A scoring method for new proposals that weighs value, risk, cost and strategic fit the same way every time.
Service offering
Portfolio governance
Clear rules for deciding what to fund, pause or stop, applied the same way to every proposal.
We design how the organisation decides what to fund, pause or stop: investment criteria, stage gates, a prioritisation method and the committee calendar. Dependencies and risk appetite are made explicit, so trade-offs are argued once, in the right forum.
Where budgets follow an annual cycle, as in most government entities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, we align stage gates and the committee calendar with budget preparation, so funding decisions and their evidence arrive together.
What the work involves
Committee rhythm
Terms of reference, a calendar and standard papers for the investment committee and the forums below it.
Dependency view
A portfolio-wide map of dependencies and shared resources, so conflicts surface before they delay delivery.
Steering and decisions
A steering rhythm, a decision log and a risk register your leadership keeps using after we leave.
Change and adoption
Communication and support for the people affected, planned with HR and line managers.
When portfolio governance needs attention
The signs are usually a full pipeline, few stopped projects and committees that see proposals too late to change them.
- More initiatives are running than the organisation can staff.
- Projects are rarely paused or stopped, even when the case has weakened.
- Committee papers arrive without comparable cost and benefit figures.
Talk to us about portfolio governance
Tell us what you need to achieve and by when. We will propose a scope, a team and an itemised quotation.