Diagnostic

How the diagnostic works

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Diagnostic Engagements

From first signal to validated diagnosis

Diagnostic engagements run in two tiers. The Enterprise System Health Check is the entry point, a fixed-fee two-day screening that shows where to look. The Enterprise System Diagnostic is the deeper engagement that establishes what is true, what is constraining performance, and what needs to change first, with scope, duration, and investment calibrated to organisational complexity.

Tier 1 · The Entry Point
The Enterprise System Health Check

A fixed-fee, two-day on-site engagement. Day one runs six 60-minute sessions, one with each functional executive, working through an anchor question for each of the eight capability domains. Day two moves into SME conversations, targeted follow-ups, and document review triangulation, with document review commencing before the engagement begins. You receive an enterprise traffic light view across the eight capability domains with an executive summary of systemic findings.

The Health Check is a perception-based screening, not a validated diagnosis. It tells you where to look. The Enterprise System Diagnostic tells you what is true.

$9,500 ex GST, fixed. Travel and expenses at cost.
Commission the Enterprise System Diagnostic within 90 days and the full Health Check fee credits against it.
Tier 2 · The Deeper Engagement

The Enterprise System Diagnostic

When outcomes are not moving, the constraint is almost always in the system.

The diagnostic identifies where strategy, operating model, and execution have become misaligned across the eight capability domains, tracing the structural cause rather than describing the symptom. The interpretive layer is built through co-design, stakeholder interviews, decision-path mapping, and direct leader engagement.

Engagement
Scope and investment
determined by
organisational complexity
Discussed during discovery
1
Frame the System
Clarify the executive mandate and establish the boundaries of the system. Document review, executive interviews, stakeholder interviews, communication channel analysis, and light system mapping. An initial problem statement and early root cause hypotheses are identified. Traceability analysis begins to connect presenting symptoms to structural causes across the eight capability domains.
Phase 1
2
Rigorous Analysis
Deep analysis of the system framing. Early hypotheses are tested against evidence gathered through structured interviews, decision-path mapping, governance review, and process assessment. Assumptions are validated or revised. A confirmed problem statement and root cause summary are developed at capability domain level, with risks and constraints clearly identified.
Phase 2
3
Validated Diagnosis
RAG assessment across all eight capability domains. Board or C-suite level presentation and written report with confirmed findings, root causes, and a proposed roadmap for what needs to change and in what sequence. The engagement structure for the next phase is agreed at this point.
Phase 3

Duration is determined by organisational complexity, not prescribed in advance. A 30-person NFP and a national program with entrenched governance dysfunction require fundamentally different diagnostic depth. Scope and duration are agreed during the initial discovery conversation.

What you receive
A board-ready system diagnostic, RAG rated across all eight capability domains: Technology, Governance, Structure, People, Process, Information Flow, Data, and overall Purpose alignment
Clarity on where strategy, operating model, and execution have disconnected and why previous interventions have not held
A capability readiness assessment covering whether the enterprise system is structurally ready to hold the next stage of growth, change, or technology integration
Regulatory alignment gap analysis where relevant, covering applicable governance frameworks and compliance obligations for the sector
Faster executive decision-making through restored decision rights and governance clarity
Prioritised intervention recommendations with sequencing rationale and a recommended engagement structure for what comes next