These project summaries will give you a feel for how we have helped agencies resolve complex issues in order to deliver initiatives and enable organisational change.
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Commissioning consultancy projects
Successful consultancy projects and new initiatives rely on specific and realistic outcomes being clearly specified in Terms of Reference or other commissioning documents. Where the nature of some assignments mean outcomes cannot be clearly specified at the outset, a different approach is needed. Time pressure and capability gaps can mean a lack of focus at the beginning of external consultancy assignments can lead to sub-optimal outcomes or project failure. Read More
Review of internal charges
The allocation of corporate costs is a source of ongoing friction in most public sector agencies. Both the size of the pie and how it is divided are hotly debated. We were asked to undertake an independent review of corporate charges in an agency to provide clarity over the charging methodology and to assess whether proposed charges were fair and reasonable. Read More
Funding options and business case for Growing Up in New Zealand
This longitudinal study run by Auckland University aims to follow the development of more than 6,500 children from birth to age 21. However, funding for the study ended (when the children were 5 years old) even though the study was still generating useful insights and evidence. Our project identified and assessed various funding options. Read More
Digital identity ecosystem
The speed of technological change is escalating, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep pace with customer expectations and growing demand. Work was therefore underway to consider options for the future delivery of identity authentication and verification services. Read More