Independent diagnostic intelligence for program and project governance

Boards, Sponsors, and Steering Committees direct programs they do not run themselves. The reporting reaches them through the people running the work. It arrives structured for delivery, not for direction. Well-founded direction produces programs that deliver, and the record of how the board directed stands the test of retrospective scrutiny.

ZSF supports the board's direction. The diagnostic unravels the reporting and provides evidence-supported recommendations based on the information in the project or program status report: the connections drawn out, the position clarified, the recommendations articulated with the evidence that supports them. Page one puts the material in the board's hands.

What the diagnostic delivers

A board-grade document. The board reads page one and has what the meeting needs. The evidence for each recommendation sits in the sections that follow, available for anyone who wants to interrogate any part of the diagnostic in depth.

Each recommendation arrives ready for direction: the action, the owner, the deliverable, the date, and the verification the board will see when delivered. The audit trail records the reasoning, so the board directs on evidence they can point to.

Explore ZSF

• What ZSF Isthe substance behind the diagnostic
• How It Worksthe discipline that makes the diagnostic reliable
• Aboutthe founder and how to reach him