Testimonials
Local Government - Programme Assurance:
“I have worked closely with Katie on a large scale system implementation project for our Local Authority. Katie’s input was invaluable to offer the required challenge and assurances to ensure that the implementation would be successful, that sufficient controls were in place, that we were realising the benefits of the system as intended, that we were managing the risks appropriately, the delays, the cost to the business etc. She has a comprehensive understanding of the processes that should be followed and the potential pitfalls.
Katie is an engaging and professional colleague who produces extremely professional and detailed reports and challenge, sometimes under severe time constraints but always delivered. Katie is an asset to the team and I cannot recommend her services highly enough.”
— Head of Housing, Castle Point Borough Council
‘‘Katie was engaged to conduct an independent review our local response to the pandemic. This was an in-depth process and procedural undertaking to help identify gaps as well as what further improvements could be instigated. A mammoth quantitative analysis along with a series of observational exploration were required to deliver the highly anticipated outcomes of this review and a detailed action plan. Katie was diligent, inconspicuous in her approach and outstandingly accurate in her narratives. A highly credible professional.’’
— Director of Public Health, Southend on Sea Borough Council
“Katie's assessment was very fair, and will be hugely helpful for us on our continuous improvement journey.
— AD Estates & Decarbonisation, Barnet Council
‘I found you a pleasure to work with. You were thorough, produced a high quality of work and were emotionally intelligent in your contribution. I would employ you!’’
— Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police
‘‘Katie is very perceptive, listened well and worked closely with us to ensure the required outcomes were delivered from any work commissioned. She is highly skilled and extremely knowledgeable in all areas of project and programme assurance. She worked proactively with us and service areas as some long term high profile and cost projects were being developed and delivered. Her work had a significant and positive impact on how these projects progressed. As a result, Katie was highly respected by staff at all levels in the organisation, including senior management. Personally, Katie is a pleasure to work with. She very quickly developed good relationships with the rest of the team and services she worked with. She provided regular and structured feedback on work being undertaken, clear delivery milestones that were actively monitored and details of when client involvement was required in order for reviews to be delivered on time. She has a strong work ethic and is committed to delivering high quality, tailored work.’’
- Head of Internal Audit, Essex Council
“Professional, sensible, pragmatic, realistic – all words which come to mind when I think of Katie. Her advice to my programmes has been invaluable.”
— Director of Transformation, London Borough
‘‘The project work Katie completed was very well received by services and enabled them to move forward with an extremely challenging programme.’’
— Head of Internal Audit, Southend on Sea Borough Council
‘‘Katie is a dynamic and knowledgeable professional. with clear expertise in programme management, governance and relationship management. Katie has a strong work ethic that is evident in her approach and was a pleasure to work with.’’
- Senior Policy Professional, London Borough of Merton
“Katie is incredibly experienced on what ‘good’ looks like on projects and programme. I really valued the support Katie has been able to give me on project reviews. Overall it has been an absolute pleasure working with Katie over the last two years.”
— Audit Manager, Isle of White Council
“Katie is, as ever, a key reference point for us when it comes to any issues we have relating to project management. Her experience in this field is invaluable and I always know that if she is involved in one of these reviews that the outcome will be a clear, well written report with realistic actions that the team agrees with.”
— Head of Audit, Barnet Council
“Katie's knowledge and understanding of the Local Government sector is second to none, her programme management expertise is inspiring.”
— Audit Manager, Islington Council
Digital Transformation Assurance, Advisory & Programme Turnaround:
‘‘Alisdair is a first class programme Director and CTO, as part of the ABP senior programme leadership team he has provided us with total transparency in terms of how and what is required to deliver a SAP centric business transformation programme. He has ensured TCS have delivered to quality and plan and has been integral to the success of the TCS deployment. He is a total subject matter expert in all things SAP and has provided additional value add in terms of innovation, benefit realisation, IT support model.’’
— Tonia Hicks, Associated British Ports
“Alisdair was part of the Pladis SAP leadership team and I worked with him on the commercial aspects of the SAP transformation programme. Alisdair helped resolve ongoing commercial negotiations with the SI's and worked with me on the SAP support and licensing scope and provided the SAP assurance overview. Alisdair has a deep working knowledge of all aspects of SAP and the means to deliver business transformation.”
— Sarah Burton, Pladis Global
“Alisdair Bach is the Mr. Motivator of the SAP world. When our portfolio of major SAP programmes was under stress, Alisdair re-energised the team and systematically set about strengthening both the internal delivery capability and the links to external stakeholders. Whether engendering a sense of pride in the PM community, building practical links to IT Service and BAU, or talking to the Business to understand their concerns and how best to address them, Alisdair is a force of nature who will always found a way through obstacles to deliver the best available outcome for the client..”
— Garret Beggan, Deberiat
‘‘Alisdair was introduced to Jaguar Land Rover as the SAP TURBO Programme was very behind due to poor programme management. Alisdair brought a direct, pragmatic and business-centred approach, which ensured an enhanced level of engagement between IT/programme and organisation. He combined this approach with a deep and passionate understanding of SAP and ERP Programmes to ensure that TURBO then went live on time, to budget with a planned and funded early life support period ensuring business expectations were met.’’
- Guy Sorrill, Sysdoc
“Alisdair took over a large SAP implementation that was extremely challenging and immediately brought a calmness and a huge amount of energy to the team to push it successfully over the line. He builds strong teams that work together and for each other and despite the challenging deadlines, maintains a great morale. He is a deliverer, extremely tenacious in his nature and a pleasure to work with.”
— Mark Dalton, Expleo UK
“Kagool had a large global Data Migration and Integration SAP delivery with dependencies on multiple complex IT systems, each maintained by separate suppliers where incumbent inter-supplier relationships were significantly strained. The customer maintained a high benchmark for delivery as this was a time sensitive big bang delivery where a high probability of a predictable outcome was required. Alisdair provided non-partisan senior leadership closing the divides across the multiple IT delivery partners, brokering arrangements, encouraging & challenging the existing suppliers to deliver beyond their existing SOWs and created a single cohesive & co-operative supplier Data Delivery Programme from the end Client's perspective on behalf of Kagool.”
— Dan Barlow, Kagool Data
What You Will Gain When You Contact Us
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Visibility & Clarity
A clear understanding of your programmes current status and the barriers to successful delivery.
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Reduced Risk
Through an action plan to address the problem areas, containing delays and overspends.
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Greater Confidence
In your programmes ability to achieve its objectives and realise the intended benefits.
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Enhanced Reputation
Safeguarding your personal and professional reputation and building trust in your organisation.