Guides

Each guide explains one artefact in full — enough that you could build your own from scratch, including the parts that usually go wrong.

Cutover Plan Template

A cutover plan template covering timeline, rollback triggers, comms and go/no-go criteria — plus the five things teams leave out u…

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RAID Log Template

What belongs in a RAID log — risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies — the columns worth having, and why most RAID logs are aband…

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Go-Live Checklist

A practical go-live checklist covering readiness, go/no-go criteria, rollback triggers, comms and hypercare — with the checks team…

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Steering Committee Report Template

What belongs in a steering committee report — status, decisions needed, risks, financials — and how to structure one page that act…

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Dependency Tracker Template

How to track cross-team and cross-project dependencies — the fields that matter, how to spot the ones that will slip, and why depe…

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Risk Register Template

What belongs in a project risk register — probability and impact scoring, the four response strategies, residual risk — and the mi…

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Project Status Report Template

What belongs in a weekly project status report — RAG status, milestones, risks, budget — how to define RAG honestly, and why the l…

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RACI Matrix Template

How to build a RACI matrix that settles arguments instead of causing them — the four roles, the one-Accountable rule, and the vari…

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