Project management
Build the working plan, set milestones and owners, coordinate the people doing the work, and keep the schedule current.
Working schedule · Owner and action log · Leadership status reporting
Project management for complex operational change.
ALA Consulting Group manages implementations, coordinates teams and vendors, and takes over projects that have fallen behind. Your leadership gets a current plan and the decisions needed to move it forward.
A $5M implementation managed through substantial completion.
CORE SERVICES
Where ALA Consulting Group can help.
Bring ALA in to manage delivery, rebuild a delayed plan, or coordinate an implementation through handover.
Project recovery
Identify what is causing the delay, revise the schedule, settle priorities, and manage the work against a new completion date.
Recovery plan · Revised completion date · Risk and decision tracking
Change readiness and rollout
Coordinate training, readiness checks, cutover, go-live, and the first weeks of operational support.
Readiness checks · Cutover plan · Go-live and early support
HOW ALA WORKS
See the problem. Set the order. Run the work.
ALA Consulting Group reviews the existing plans and contracts and meets the people doing the work. The first step is to confirm responsibilities, update the schedule, and set up reporting for the project team and leadership.
Contact ALA Consulting GroupA schedule change, in practice
The vendor is three days late.
Testing needs the vendor’s delivery. Training needs a tested system. Moving one date changes the others.
Illustrative example with fictional data.
Switch plans to see the three-day delay move through the schedule.
Download the planning templatesOperations platform rollout
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Vendor deliveryVendor
User testingTest lead
Staff trainingTraining lead
LaunchProject sponsor
Launch date12October
Training follows testing. Launch follows the readiness decision.
ALA’s next step
Confirm the vendor’s revised delivery, check staff availability, and take the new launch date to the project sponsor for approval.
Read the dates and assumptions
| Task | Original | Proposed |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor delivery | 5 Oct | 8 Oct |
| User testing | 6 to 8 Oct | 9 to 13 Oct |
| Staff training | 9 Oct | 14 Oct |
| Launch | 12 Oct | 15 Oct |
This example shifts dependent work by three working days. Weekends are excluded and task durations stay the same. The revised dates require vendor, staff, and sponsor confirmation; launch still depends on readiness.
Selected leadership experience.
Implementation, systems change and recovery assignments led by ALA principal Adonis Doke in prior roles.
Explore the project recordImplementation management
Client coordination on a $5M implementation.
The client’s main point of contact, managing the implementation through substantial completion.
Systems modernizationUniversity telecommunications replacement.
Replacement and upgrade of a system with 300+ phone numbers, including an outside dialer integration.
Project recoveryRecovery planning across delayed site projects.
New recovery plans established within six weeks.
A WORKING REFERENCE
Give leadership a report they can act on.
ALA’s Project Status & RAID Reporting Guide covers the current forecast, decisions due, and the risks and dependencies that could change the plan.
Use the weekly report outline and worked example to prepare for your next project review.
Get the reporting guide Free PDF · Name, work email and organization requested
SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Apply the work to your setting.
FROM THE ALA BLOG
Project management articles.
Implementation
A go-live readiness checklist for business implementations
Review testing, ownership, training, data, support, and fallback plans before launch, with a practical checklist for a clear go-live decision.
Project recovery
How to build a project recovery plan when the deadline slips
A practical guide to assessing a delayed project, rebuilding the schedule, assigning decisions, and agreeing on a recovery date your team can defend.
Project management
What belongs in a weekly project status report
Download ALA’s fillable PDF status template to connect schedule changes, decisions, owners, and budget in a report that helps leadership act.
START A CONVERSATION
Tell ALA Consulting Group what you need.
Bring the deadline, the current plan and the decisions holding up progress. Start with a short project inquiry so ALA can review the work with you.
Contact ALA Consulting Group