Insights
Practical perspectives on why complex change underdelivers
Short, specific notes drawn from the capabilities Delivery DNA examines. No frameworks to adopt, no jargon to decode — each one ends with something you could test this month.
Delivery notes
Four things we see repeatedly
Each note maps to one of the five Delivery DNA domains.
Reference
The five domains these notes come from
Delivery DNA examines delivery capability across five domains. Each holds three capabilities.
- Direction & Value
- Whether delivery is pointed at outcomes people can describe, and whether value is still being tested once work is underway.
- Leadership & Governance
- How decisions get made, how sponsorship behaves in practice, and whether assurance informs delivery or simply reports on it.
- Delivery System
- The mechanics: how work is planned and sequenced, how dependencies and risk are handled, and how consistently the method is applied.
- People & Enablement
- Whether the right capability is available to the right work, and whether teams are set up and supported to deliver it.
- Insight & Adaptation
- The quality of delivery information, the honesty of reporting, and whether the organisation actually learns between projects.
Test these against your own delivery
The free Snapshot asks one question per capability and returns an indicative five-domain profile in 6–8 minutes.