Programme Recovery and Control
Programme Recovery & Control

Get the programme back in hand.

When delivery starts to drift, Bushey establishes the facts, restores control and gives leaders a workable route back to the outcome.

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Recovery canvas

Recovery starts with a clear view of what is actually happening.

ExposureCritical path uncertain
DecisionAuthority unclear
DependencySupplier hand-off open
ControlRecovery route agreed
Live programme viewAct on evidence →
The recovery principle

We do not start with a replacement plan. We start with the truth: what has changed, what is at risk and what must happen next.

Diagnose the position

Find the fault line, not just the symptom.

Recovery works when the intervention reaches the source of the problem. Our diagnostic connects missed milestones and escalating risk to the decisions, dependencies and controls behind them.

01 / Outcome

The programme has lost its point of reference.

Activity continues, but the business result is no longer steering priorities.

02 / Control

Important choices are unresolved or invisible.

Decision rights and escalation routes no longer match the delivery pressure.

03 / Delivery

Dependencies have become the critical path.

Workstreams, suppliers or readiness conditions are no longer joined up.

04 / Confidence

Status no longer reflects the real position.

Leadership needs evidence before it can responsibly proceed.

The return-to-control route

Four moves from exposure to confidence.

A structured intervention sequence that gives the programme a genuine path forward, rather than a more optimistic version of the same plan.

01 / Stabilise

Stop the loss of control.

Put immediate governance around critical decisions, risks and dependencies.

02 / Diagnose

Establish the facts.

Test the plan, evidence, ownership and assumptions against delivery reality.

03 / Reset

Build the recovery route.

Set a viable critical path, clear accountabilities and executive actions.

04 / Regain

Return to controlled delivery.

Re-establish cadence, evidence and confidence through the next commitment.

Control that stays

Recovery is complete when control is operating again.

The work is not finished when a new plan is approved. It is finished when the programme can identify its next risks, make decisions and evidence readiness without carrying the same hidden exposure forward.

Recovery control radarReturn to green
OwnershipNamed and active
RiskVisible and escalated
DecisionsTimed and evidenced
ReadinessValidated at the gate

Engage as soon as the programme needs a different kind of attention.

Missed milestones

The plan is moving, but delivery confidence is falling.

Escalating risk

Issues are compounding faster than the programme can resolve them.

Executive concern

Leadership needs an honest position and a practical recovery route.

Bring us the programme that needs to get back in hand.

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