— Improvement Projects
Focused help on one specific improvement.
Sometimes a priority needs more intensive support than a regular session can give. An Improvement Project is a separately scoped piece of work to help develop one specific solution, with defined deliverables, an agreed fee and an end date.
Your team still owns the decisions, the rollout and the daily use. We help develop the agreed deliverables with you, and walk the people who’ll use them through what’s produced.
01 Typical projects
Specific, bounded, useful.
Projects usually come out of a Business Review or a partnership plan. These are examples, not a menu. Every scope is written for the business.
- 01
Management reporting and key measures
A simple monthly and weekly reporting pack, measure definitions and a review routine, designed to work in the tools you already use.
- 02
Pricing and margin model
A model showing which customers, services and jobs make money, and pricing rules that protect margin.
- 03
Core process redesign
One end-to-end workflow mapped, simplified and documented with one owner per step.
- 04
Procedures for a key workflow
A practical procedure set for one area, written with the people who do the work.
- 05
Roles and decision rights
Clear responsibilities and a decision-rights matrix for the owner and leadership team.
- 06
Cash-flow forecast model
A rolling 13-week cash forecast your team can maintain.
- 07
Management meeting rhythm
Agendas, inputs and routines for weekly and monthly management meetings.
- 08
System requirements
A vendor-neutral statement of what your next system must do, before you talk to vendors.
02 How projects are scoped
What every project scope covers.
A one-page scope, agreed in writing, protects both sides from drift.
- Step 1Outcome and boundariesWhat the project should achieve, and what’s out of scope.
- Step 2DeliverablesExactly what will be produced, and how you’ll accept it.
- Step 3Your internal ownerThe person on your team who owns the rollout and the result.
- Step 4Fee and timingThe fee and an end date, set out in the written scope. Changes are agreed in writing first.
Who does what
More direct involvement than a partnership, but your team still owns the change.
Your team
- Names an internal owner and makes time available
- Makes design decisions and approves deliverables
- Rolls out the change and runs it
Prosper
- Helps develop the agreed deliverables with your team
- Facilitates working sessions and prepares drafts
- Walks the people who’ll use it through what’s produced
- Holds a close-out session to confirm the deliverables are in use
How projects differ from a partnership.
The two can run together: the partnership keeps the whole plan moving, and a project adds focused effort on one item.
| Aspect | Advisory Partnership | Improvement Project |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | The whole business and its priorities | One specific improvement |
| Prosper’s role | Advise, help set priorities, guide decisions, review progress | Help develop agreed deliverables with your team |
| Your team’s role | Owns the plan and does the work | Owns decisions, rollout and daily use |
| Duration | Ongoing, reviewed at agreed intervals | Typically two to eight weeks, with an end date |
| Agreed in | A written partnership proposal | A written project scope |
What projects are not
We don’t run or implement major projects and programs, act as interim managers, manage your staff, or install and configure software. Where a change needs that kind of capacity, we’ll help you define what’s needed and what kind of help to look for.
A clear scope and fee before any work begins.
Every project is different, so each one is quoted on its own rather than from a price list. Once we understand what you want to change, you receive a written proposal with the outcome, the deliverables, your internal owner, the timing and the fee. Changes are agreed in writing first.
Every engagement follows the same four steps: a first conversation, a written proposal, your decision, and a written agreement before any work begins. How proposals work
Have a specific improvement in mind?
Tell us what you want to change. We’ll tell you honestly whether it needs a project, a partnership, or neither.
Confidential. No obligation. We reply within two business days.