Digital projects, recovery and management

Digital projects – audit, recovery and management

Charity digital projects are complex and even the best teams hit roadblocks. We have developed a quick, low cost project audit to help rapidly identify what is going wrong and help you get moving again.

From rebrands and mergers to digital transformations and website launches, we help teams navigate challenges and deliver great work.

Digital projects, recovery and management

Digital projects and programme management

Every organisation has struggled at some point with digital delivery. Digital programmes can be complex, and getting your team, stakeholders and agency moving in the same direction can feel like pushing an elephant uphill while herding cats!

We have a long history of working with teams to support their delivery or to get a project or programme unstuck.

This has included managing complex rebrands and mergers, transforming a strategy into a delivery roadmap and leading the team to implement it, navigating charity digital agency relationships and unblocking projects or teams that have stalled.

Project audits

When digital projects start to go wrong it can be both expensive and highly stressful.  Whether it’s agency issues, scope creep, technical challenges or unrealistic stakeholder expectations, digital projects have plenty of potential to turn your hair grey!

We have worked with a wide range of organisations to help put in-flight projects back on track.  As a result we have developed a rapid audit to help teams identify where the issues are impacting, which includes:

 

  • Project documentation review
  • Governance review
  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Agency documentation review
  • Report and recommendations

These normally take between three and six days depending on your needs, so they are rapid and cost-effective ways to help you identify what is happening and start to get the wheels rolling in the right direction.

Planning rebrands and mergers

Because new brands or charity mergers don’t happen that often, very few teams have seen them before and they are highly complex pieces of work. From the recent change of JDRF to Breakthrough T1D to the Age UK merger, we have experience of delivering complex change to a tight schedule.

Digital strategy programmes

Digital transformation often fails in execution—what looks great in a strategy document or workshop can become difficult to deliver, with costs and timelines spiralling. We help organisations plan realistic roadmaps, drive change and stay focused on what truly matters to deliver successful transformation.

If delivery needs to be scaled back or refocused, we identify the key drivers of change to ensure transformation still happens in a way that is achievable, impactful and sustainable.

Project and programme recovery

Charity digital projects and programmes can go off track for many reasons. We’ve helped organisations navigate agency breakdowns, spiralling costs, stalled developments and navigate high-risk challenges that felt unmanageable. With experience and a clear, pragmatic approach, we are experienced hands and cool heads and we can help your team move forward.

Planning roadmaps

Planning a major new programme of work is complex and getting the delivery approach right is critical. With our expertise, we help you map dependencies, assess risks, define the skillsets needed and set a realistic budget. We work with you to establish the right sequence for delivery and provide a clear, structured plan to keep your programme on track and achievable.

From helping a charity break free from a bad agency to guiding an organisation from forty websites down to two, we’ve tackled all kinds of challenges for all kinds of organisations. If your digital project is stuck, off track, or more complex than expected, we can help bring clarity and momentum. Let’s chat and find the right way forward together.

“We Are MC2 act as a critical friend – challenging our thinking and using their knowledge and expertise to advise us on the best solutions. Working together as one team, we have created a programme, technology roadmap and team structure to deliver a transformative digital platform… They’re a brilliant strategic partner and have been integral to our successes…”

Chris Parker, Head of Digital and Content, MS Society

“We Are MC² took a complex brief and through a process that involved assessment of research, insight, project documentation and methodical interviews with senior internal stakeholders, delivered an erudite and operationally practical suite of recommendations. Their report enabled the charity to move work forward and make decisions with high confidence.”

Jason Harding, Head of Digital Education, Diabetes UK

“We were delighted by the high calibre consultancy service that We Are MC² provided. Organisational rebrands are complicated programmes of change with multiple interdependencies. We valued the structured clarity that MC² provided, supporting us to deliver the rebrand across our digital ecosystem.

“We found Alison and Liz to be superb partners, bringing technical expertise, a focus on risk mitigation, pragmatic problem solving and a culture of collaboration that was fundamentally important to all involved.”

Hilary Nathan, Director of Policy and Communications, Breakthrough T1D

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