Phase 1: Project Establishment

Every well-managed project begins with clear establishment of scope, budget, programme, and governance. We prepare a Project Execution Plan that records all four before any design work starts.

What It Contains

The brief, a cost plan, an indicative programme, the consultant schedule, the approvals pathway, and the reporting and decision-making protocol.

Why It Matters

Projects that skip this phase tend to rediscover these questions later, under time pressure, when the answers are more expensive.

What is in a Project Execution Plan?

Brief, cost plan, programme, consultant schedule, approvals pathway and reporting protocol.

How long does establishment take?

Usually two to four weeks, and it saves considerably more later.

Can this phase be skipped?

It can, but the same questions resurface later under time pressure.