Get Critical Technology Initiatives Back Under Control.
From independent delivery assessments to hands on ERP recovery and enterprise transformation leadership, Airan helps organizations identify material delivery issues, establish corrective actions, and manage execution through agreed milestones.
- Two recovery servicesERP turnaround and enterprise transformation recovery
- Fixed scope assessmentOptional, not required
- IndependentNo stake in your plan, vendor or software
Two Ways Airan Helps Programs Regain Control.
Both services can start with an assessment or go straight to recovery leadership. Choose one to see the problems it addresses, what Airan does and how an engagement begins.
ERP Turnaround & Stabilization
For organizations whose ERP implementation, migration, rollout, upgrade or stabilization has lost control of schedule, cost or readiness. Relevant environments include Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and other enterprise applications where Airan has suitable leadership and specialist capability.
- ERP implementation recovery
- Oracle EBS and Fusion program governance, where appropriate
- Schedule and dependency recovery
- Finance process and integration readiness coordination
- Implementation partner accountability
- Testing and cutover governance
- Stabilization after go live
- Executive steering and reporting
Problems addressed
- Go live dates that keep moving
- Finance and operations processes not ready
- Integration and data conversion behind plan
- Instability and backlog after go live
Typical triggers
- A missed or postponed go live
- A change request that resets cost or dates
- Failed test cycles or mock conversions
- Close, billing or supply chain disruption after go live
What Airan does
- Establishes real status from evidence
- Builds the recovery plan with your team and partner
- Runs steering, governance and escalation
- Coordinates partner and workstream delivery against the plan
Client responsibilities
- An accountable executive sponsor
- Timely decisions on scope, design and release
- Access to people, documents and the partner
- The business and technical resources the plan needs
Expected deliverables
- Recovery plan and integrated schedule
- Governance and escalation framework
- RAID and dependency management
- Executive reporting and readiness checkpoints
How it begins
- A confidential conversation about the program
- A decision to assess first or start recovery
- A written scope of role, authority and duration
Enterprise Transformation Recovery
For enterprise technology initiatives where delivery has broken down across several projects, teams and vendors, and leadership no longer has one reliable view of progress. Airan can provide project and program management leadership within these engagements.
- Troubled technology program recovery
- Governance across several projects and vendors
- Cross functional dependency coordination
- Recovery plan execution
- Resource and decision bottlenecks
- Program forecasting and reporting
- Enterprise application consolidation
- Delivery leadership through milestones and transition
Problems addressed
- Projects reporting progress on different terms
- Dependencies falling between teams and vendors
- Forecasts that do not match spend or progress
- Scarce people and slow decisions holding up delivery
Typical triggers
- A steering committee that has lost confidence in reporting
- A consolidation or modernization program behind plan
- Vendor disputes over scope or handoffs
- A new CIO or sponsor inheriting the program
What Airan does
- Builds one integrated plan, RAID log and dependency view
- Sets decision rights and escalation that work
- Leads recovery execution across workstreams
- Reports to leadership in terms it can act on
Client responsibilities
- A sponsor with authority across the projects involved
- Agreed decision rights for Airan's role
- Vendor participation in governance
- Named owners for each workstream
Expected deliverables
- Approved recovery plan
- Integrated program schedule
- Governance and escalation framework
- Program forecasting and executive reporting
How it begins
- A confidential conversation about the program
- A decision to assess first or start recovery
- A written scope of role, authority and duration
Situations That Usually Prompt a Conversation.
ERP go live repeatedly postponed
Each new date arrives with less confidence than the last.
Critical processes not ready
Close, billing, procurement or supply chain processes are not ready to run on the new system.
Implementation vendor disputes
Disagreement over scope, defects or acceptance is slowing the work itself.
Budget rising without a trusted forecast
Funding requests grow and leadership cannot test the numbers behind them.
Workstream dependencies unresolved
Integration, data or environment dependencies sit between teams with no owner.
Steering has lost confidence in reporting
Leadership is no longer sure the status it receives reflects reality.
A new CIO inherits a troubled program
A new leader needs an independent baseline before making commitments.
Unstable production after go live
Incidents, backlogs and workarounds keep growing after the move into production.
Not every one of these situations calls for a recovery engagement. Sometimes a focused assessment, a governance change or one clear decision is enough. The first conversation is about working out which.
Independent Implementation Risk & Recovery Assessment.
A fixed scope, independent review of one project or program. Airan tests reported status against the records and the people involved, then gives leadership a scorecard, findings and a recovery action roadmap. It is optional. You can engage Airan for recovery without it.
Focused Assessment
Typical duration: 5 business days
- 8defined documents
- 4stakeholder interviews
- 2workstreams, up to
Best suited for a project requiring a targeted review of key delivery controls and immediate concerns.
Request a ProposalWhat's included
- One project.
- Up to 2 workstreams.
- 8 defined documents.
- 4 stakeholder interviews.
- Core delivery governance and risk evaluation.
- Executive assessment summary.
- Project health scorecard.
- Priority findings register.
- Focused corrective action roadmap.
- One executive readout.
Standard Assessment
Typical duration: 7 to 10 business days
- 12defined documents
- 6stakeholder interviews
- 3workstreams, up to
Best suited for a significant technology initiative needing a broader management level assessment of delivery health.
Request a ProposalWhat's included
- One project.
- Up to 3 workstreams.
- 12 defined documents.
- 6 stakeholder interviews.
- Broader review of governance, financial controls, vendor accountability, resources and delivery readiness.
- Executive assessment summary.
- Project health scorecard.
- Priority findings register.
- 30/60/90 day action roadmap.
- One executive readout.
Expanded Assessment
Typical duration: 10 to 15 business days
- 20defined documents
- 10stakeholder interviews
- 5workstreams, up to
Best suited for a more complex initiative requiring greater evidence coverage and broader stakeholder participation.
Request a ProposalWhat's included
- One program or agreed initiative boundary.
- Up to 5 workstreams.
- 20 defined documents.
- 10 stakeholder interviews.
- Extended review of workstream dependencies, vendor accountability, integration, testing, data, cutover and operational readiness where applicable.
- Executive assessment summary.
- Project health scorecard.
- Priority findings register.
- 30/60/90 day action roadmap.
- One executive readout.
Fixed scope, confirmed in writing. Every assessment operates under a written statement of work defining the project boundary, review activities, document and interview limits, deliverables and schedule.
All packages have defined document, interview, workstream and artifact size limits. Scope and timing are agreed with you before work begins.
Package rules and options
Document matrixWhich of the 20 defined documents each package reviews
| # | Document or artifact | Focused | Standard | Expanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Approved Project Charter / Business Case | Included | Included | Included |
| 2 | Approved Scope & Requirements Baseline | Included | Included | Included |
| 3 | Original Approved Project Schedule Baseline | Included | Included | Included |
| 4 | Current Integrated Project Schedule | Included | Included | Included |
| 5 | Latest Project Status Report / Dashboard | Included | Included | Included |
| 6 | Current RAID Register | Included | Included | Included |
| 7 | Project Budget & Cost Forecast Report | Included | Included | Included |
| 8 | Governance / Decision & Escalation Log | Included | Included | Included |
| 9 | Primary Vendor SOW / Delivery Agreement | Not included | Included | Included |
| 10 | Approved Change Request Register | Not included | Included | Included |
| 11 | Resource Allocation / Staffing Plan | Not included | Included | Included |
| 12 | Test Strategy & Readiness Summary | Not included | Included | Included |
| 13 | Solution Architecture / Integration Overview | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 14 | Data Migration Strategy & Readiness Report | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 15 | Defect Summary & Aging Report | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 16 | Cutover / Deployment Readiness Plan | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 17 | UAT Execution & Acceptance Summary | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 18 | Vendor Deliverables / Acceptance Register | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 19 | Cross Workstream Dependency Register | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 20 | Operational Transition / Hypercare Plan | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Documents in each package | 8 | 12 | 20 |
What "included" means. An included document means structured management level review of that artifact against relevant assessment questions. It does not mean a financial audit, legal review, comprehensive technical inspection or validation of every underlying transaction.
Stakeholder interview matrixWho is interviewed in each package, up to 45 minutes each
| # | Stakeholder interview | Focused | Standard | Expanded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Executive Sponsor / Accountable IT Leader | Included | Included | Included |
| 2 | Project / Program Manager | Included | Included | Included |
| 3 | Business Owner / Functional Lead | Included | Included | Included |
| 4 | Technical / Solution Lead | Included | Included | Included |
| 5 | Vendor Delivery Lead | Not included | Included | Included |
| 6 | Testing / Quality Lead | Not included | Included | Included |
| 7 | Integration Lead | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 8 | Data Migration Lead | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 9 | Finance / PMO Controls Lead | Not included | Not included | Included |
| 10 | Cutover / Operations Lead | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Total interviews | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Each interview is a structured conversation of up to 45 minutes with no more than two representatives performing the same stakeholder function. Equivalent stakeholders may be substituted by mutual agreement.
What counts as one documentArtifact size limits, adjustments and missing evidence
Artifact size limits
- One agreed logical artifact, not an entire project repository.
- General text document: up to 25 substantive pages.
- Spreadsheet: up to 10 active tabs and 15,000 populated cells.
- Presentation: up to 40 slides.
- Project schedule: up to 250 activities.
- RAID register: up to 100 active entries.
- A revised version submitted for comparison normally counts as another document.
- Attachments and appendices are counted separately when detailed analysis is requested.
Adjustments
The selected artifact list may be adjusted by mutual agreement when a document does not apply to the project's stage or delivery model. Substitution does not increase the package's review entitlement.
Missing evidence
An absent or unavailable document may be reported as an assessment limitation or control gap. Airan does not assume that unavailable evidence demonstrates project health.
Optional add onsExtra documents, interviews, workstreams or sessions, agreed in writing before work begins
| Optional service | What it includes |
|---|---|
| Additional Standard Document Review | One additional agreed document unit, within the standard artifact size limits. |
| Additional Complex Document Review | One larger or technically involved artifact within an agreed effort limit. Significantly larger analyses are quoted separately. |
| Additional 45 Minute Stakeholder Interview | Preparation, structured interview, notes and integration into the assessment. |
| Additional 30 Minute Follow Up Interview | Focused clarification of an existing finding or unresolved question. |
| Additional Project Workstream Review | Management level assessment of one additional workstream and its relevant dependencies. Additional interviews and document units are charged separately where required. |
| Additional Vendor Review | One additional vendor's delivery accountability, commitments and governance. Detailed contractual or legal interpretation is excluded. |
| Additional Schedule Baseline Comparison | Comparison of one additional schedule version within standard project plan size limits. |
| Additional Executive Readout | A separate executive presentation session, up to 60 minutes, including reasonable preparation. |
| Additional Report Revision Cycle | One consolidated change cycle involving up to 10 material client requested comments or additional analytical changes. Corrections of Airan's own errors are included without additional charge. |
| On Site Principal Attendance | Up to eight working hours, excluding preapproved travel, lodging and other expenses. |
All add ons are scoped and approved in writing before work begins. Not every additional need requires an add on; scope substitutions may be possible by agreement.
Included, excluded and engagement termsAssessment boundaries and limitations
Included within your assessment
- Review of the agreed project boundary.
- Applicable management level delivery assessment domains.
- Defined documents and interviews.
- Evidence based observations and limitations.
- Final project health scorecard.
- Findings and corrective action recommendations.
- One executive findings readout.
Separately scoped when required
- Hands on technical remediation.
- Full ERP configuration validation.
- Source code reviews.
- Security penetration testing.
- Legal or financial audits.
- Unlimited meetings or document reviews.
- Additional project workstreams.
- Ongoing project management.
- Recovery implementation.
- Repeated reporting cycles.
- Additional executive presentations.
Client participation
The client provides reasonably timely access to agreed documents, stakeholders and relevant project information. Material access delays may affect the delivery schedule.
Assessment limitations
Findings are based on the records, interviews and evidence available during the assessment. The service is not an exhaustive technical audit, financial audit, legal opinion, cybersecurity certification or guarantee of project recovery.
Independence
Airan provides independent professional observations and recommendations. Final management decisions remain the client's responsibility.
Confidentiality
Information is handled under the confidentiality, access, subcontracting and security terms agreed for the engagement. Offshore or third party access is used only where authorized.
Corrections and changes
Corrections of Airan's errors are not charged separately. New analysis, expanded scope or additional client requested review cycles may require a change authorization.
Commercial terms
Payment milestones, travel arrangements, cancellation provisions, intellectual property terms, liability provisions and other contractual requirements are established in the signed agreement.
From Findings to Accountable Recovery Execution.
These capabilities are available directly, without a prior assessment. Each is delivered within one of the two recovery services above, under a written scope that sets out Airan's role and authority.
Recovery strategy and delivery planning
Turn findings or known problems into a plan with priorities, owners, milestones and decision points.
Project recovery management
Manage a troubled project day to day through the recovery plan, within agreed authority.
Implementation project management, start to finish
Lead an implementation from planning through go live and handover to operations.
Enterprise program leadership
Lead related projects with one plan, one governance model and one view of risk.
Vendor and workstream coordination
Coordinate partners and internal workstreams against agreed deliverables, handoffs and acceptance.
Go live and stabilization governance
Govern readiness, cutover, hypercare and the return to steady operation.
Tell us about the program, your timelines and the role you need Airan to play. We will come back with a clear proposal.
Four Phases, Whether You Need an Assessment or Recovery Leadership.
- 01
Discover and Scope
A confidential conversation, then agreement on the boundary, objectives, stakeholders and Airan's role.
Assessment clientsChoose a package and confirm the evidence schedule.
Recovery clientsAgree responsibilities, decision authority, staffing, milestones and duration.
- 02
Establish Evidence and Baseline
Collect the agreed records and hold the first conversations to establish where the program stands.
Assessment clientsAiran reviews the defined documents and interviews in your package.
Recovery clientsAiran builds the baseline plan, RAID log and governance calendar the recovery runs on.
- 03
Execute Assessment or Recovery
Do the agreed work, with regular checkpoints with the sponsor.
Assessment clientsAiran evaluates the delivery health areas and validates findings.
Recovery clientsAiran leads corrective actions, coordinates teams and vendors, and manages to agreed milestones.
- 04
Report, Govern, and Transition
Close out with clear records and a clean handover.
Assessment clientsReceive the summary, scorecard, findings register, roadmap and executive readout.
Recovery clientsReceive reporting on an agreed cadence, then a handover of governance and records.
Client teams and technical vendors remain responsible for technical implementation, including configuration, development, integration, data migration and test execution, unless additional specialist delivery resources are expressly contracted.
What Leadership Receives.
Deliverables depend on the type of engagement and the scope agreed. Choose an engagement type.
Assessment deliverables
Executive Assessment Summary
A concise explanation of the most important delivery observations, risks, limitations and decisions required.
Project Health Scorecard
A structured view of applicable assessment domains, supported by the evidence available.
Findings Register
Material observations, supporting evidence, business implications and recommended actions.
Recovery Action Roadmap
Recommended corrective actions, owners, dependencies and decision points. A focused roadmap in the Focused package; a 30/60/90 day roadmap in Standard and Expanded.
Executive Readout
One session to walk leadership through the findings and agree next steps.
Assessment deliverables are fixed by package and confirmed in the statement of work.
Recovery management deliverables
Approved Recovery Plan
Priorities, corrective actions, owners and decision points, approved by the sponsor.
Integrated Project Schedule
One schedule across workstreams and vendors, with a credible critical path.
Governance and Escalation Framework
Steering cadence, decision rights and escalation paths everyone works to.
RAID and Dependency Management
Risks, actions, issues, decisions and dependencies with owners and dates.
Vendor Accountability Tracking
Vendor deliverables, handoffs and acceptance tracked against agreed commitments.
Executive Reporting
Regular reporting on progress, forecast, risk and decisions needed.
Cutover or Stabilization Readiness Management
Readiness criteria, rehearsals and go or no go checkpoints, where included in scope.
Engagement Transition and Closure Records
A clean handover of governance, open items and records at the end of the engagement.
Recovery deliverables vary with the scope, authority and duration agreed. The written agreement lists the deliverables that apply to your engagement.
Delivery Leadership Built in Large Enterprise Programs.
Airan engagements are led at principal level. The experience behind them comes from senior roles running enterprise application delivery, IT operations and vendor governance at scale.
- More than 20 years in enterprise IT leadership, program delivery and IT operations
- Responsible for a technology delivery P&L of about $23 million
- Led globally distributed delivery organizations of more than 80 people in environments with several vendors
- Enterprise application programs, including Oracle, from implementation through operations
- Incident management, SLA performance and service delivery improvement
- Vendor governance, stakeholder management and executive reporting
This experience was gained by Airan's founder in senior roles with previous employers. It describes career history, not engagements delivered by Airan LLC.
To be clear about what Airan is
- Airan is not an Oracle partner and does not claim software vendor certification.
- The assessment is a management review, not a statutory, financial, security or technical audit.
- Airan takes on a limited number of engagements at a time, so each gets principal level attention.
- Consulting and systems integration firms can engage Airan as a subcontracted assessor or delivery leader.
Questions About ERP and Program Recovery
Can Airan help if our implementation partner is already engaged?
Yes. Most recoveries happen with the existing partner in place. Airan works with the partner and your internal team to establish the facts, agree the plan and track delivery against it.
Do we have to replace our existing systems integrator?
No. Airan's role is to restore control and accountability, not to replace your partner. Whether to change partners stays your decision. If you ask, Airan will give an evidence based view to inform it.
Must we purchase an assessment before recovery management?
No. The assessment helps when leadership needs an independent baseline first. If the problems are already understood, Airan can be engaged directly for recovery planning, recovery management or program leadership. Those engagements are scoped on their own.
How are findings validated?
Each finding is traced to the documents reviewed, the interviews held or both. Airan separates verified observations from unresolved questions, tests draft findings with the relevant stakeholders before they are final and states any limitations in the evidence.
Can Airan take over day to day project management?
Yes, where agreed. Airan can act as recovery manager or program manager, alongside or in place of an existing project manager, as you decide. The role, authority and duration are set out in the written agreement.
What authority does Airan need to manage recovery?
Enough to make the plan work, agreed in writing: clear decision rights, access to stakeholders and vendors, a direct escalation path to the sponsor and the ability to run the governance cadence. Airan does not control your employees, budgets or independent vendors beyond the authority you and your contracts provide.
How is an engagement scoped?
Assessments come in three fixed scope packages, Focused, Standard and Expanded, with optional additions. Recovery and delivery leadership is scoped to the program, your timelines and the role Airan plays. Contact Airan and we will send a proposal that fits.
What technical work is excluded?
Hands on technical remediation, configuration, development, source code reviews, full ERP configuration validation, security penetration testing and legal or financial audits. These remain with your teams and vendors unless additional specialist resources are expressly contracted.
Can Airan support Oracle financial systems initiatives?
Yes, at the level of governance, recovery and readiness. The founder's background includes Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP programs. Airan is not an Oracle partner, and certified technical specialists are engaged separately where a program needs them.
What happens if the available evidence is incomplete?
Missing evidence is reported as an assessment limitation or a control gap. Airan does not assume that unavailable evidence shows the program is healthy. Where useful, a substitute document or interview can be agreed within the package, or added with written approval.
Can consulting firms bring Airan into a client engagement?
Yes. Consulting and systems integration firms can engage Airan as a subcontracted assessor or delivery leader under a defined scope, with roles and client communication agreed in writing.
The Next Step Is to Establish What Your Program Actually Needs.
A short conversation is usually enough to tell whether you need an assessment, recovery leadership or neither. If Airan is not the right fit, we will say so.
- Your name, business email, company and role
- Program type: ERP turnaround, transformation recovery or assessment
- Your primary concern
- A general overview of the program and its stage
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