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Readiness Check

Find what will derail the program before the program starts.

2-3 weeksPre-program diagnostic

Before an ERP, digitalization, or major technology investment, verify ownership, capacity, data, governance, dependencies, and change readiness while there is still time to fix them.

Led directly by SvenIndependent recommendationsScope agreed before delivery

Runs on the Galactus assessment platform: anchored questions, evidence-based scoring, and red flags that override averages. See how our assessments work

44 anchored questions · 6 scored domains · the two program killers tested explicitly

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How this engagement stays controlledA senior mandate should make the decision, evidence, and accountability easier to control.

Decision first

The mandate starts with the decision, owner, time window, and evidence that could change the answer.

Evidence and boundaries

Scope, exclusions, evidence access, and uncertainty are made explicit before conclusions are presented.

Accountable handover

Sven leads the work directly and closes with clear ownership, decisions, and next actions.

Test before mobilizing

How readiness becomes a go, fix-first, or not-yet decision

The program is tested before budget, people, and credibility are committed to a plan the organization may not yet be able to carry.

01 / Frame

Test the program before mobilization

A Readiness Check is useful before an ERP, digitalization, or major platform program turns assumptions into commitments. It tests whether leadership, scope, capacity, data, and governance can support the promised plan.

02 / Test

Readiness is a set of conditions, not a mood

Executive sponsorship, decision rights, standardization choices, key-user capacity, data quality, dependencies, vendor readiness, and change impact are examined against the actual program rather than a generic maturity model.

03 / Decide

The outcome is go, fix-first, or not-yet

Leadership receives a clear verdict with the evidence and conditions behind it. Weak foundations are not softened into an average score, and a vendor timeline is not treated as proof that the organization is ready.

04 / Prepare

Fix-first becomes the pre-mobilization plan

When the program should not start yet, the output identifies what must change, who must own it, and which conditions must be demonstrated before budget, people, and executive credibility are committed.

Decision dossier

What this mandate decides, includes, and hands back.

The useful boundary is visible before the work begins: the decision, the evidence, what is excluded, and what happens next.

Decision

The decision this supports

Whether to proceed, pause, re-scope, or repair specific foundations before committing budget and executive credibility.

Included

In scope

Decision ownership, governance, capacity, process maturity, data readiness, architecture and integration dependencies, security, vendor readiness, change impact, and delivery controls.

Boundary

Out of scope

Software selection, implementation partner selection, detailed solution design, or acting as the program assurance office unless separately agreed.

Evidence

Evidence required

Business case, scope, roadmap, governance design, resource plan, data and integration inventories, risk and dependency logs, vendor material, and stakeholder interviews.

Handover

What happens next

The result identifies go, conditional go, or no-go conditions and the actions that must be owned before mobilization.

How the mandate is set up

Timing

2-3 weeks

Delivery owner

Every mandate is led directly by Sven Van Roosenbroek. Specialist involvement, when needed, is made explicit in scope.

Commercial model

Fixed fee based on program scope and stakeholder coverage.

What you receive

  • A go / fix-first / not-yet verdict with the evidence behind it
  • The two program killers tested explicitly: sponsorship with budget authority, and standardization willingness versus what was bought
  • Data readiness measured on your actual master data, not assumed
  • Key-user availability verified against calendars, not org charts
  • What the previous attempt left behind, surfaced before it sabotages this one
  • A readiness roadmap: what to fix, in which order, before day one

Use this when

  • Boards about to approve an ERP replacement or major digitalization budget
  • Organizations where the previous program stalled and nobody fully processed why
  • PE-backed companies where the value creation plan assumes a system change
  • Leadership teams that suspect the vendor's timeline is optimistic

Bring the decision to a direct conversation.

Thirty minutes is enough to establish fit, the right depth, and the next responsible step.