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Operations Audit and Setup Sprint
The Operations Audit and Setup Sprint reviews where meetings, documents, reports and approvals are breaking down, then produces a 90-day plan and puts one useful control into use.
What the diagnostic reviews
The review follows the work through its real handovers: meeting preparation and actions, reporting inputs, document flow, approvals, recurring requests, diaries and finance-operations coordination. It identifies where information is late, duplicated, missing an owner or repeatedly returned to senior people for completion.
What is delivered
You receive a practical 90-day plan that states the problems to address, the order of work, owners, dependencies and the evidence that each change is in place. The sprint also sets up one agreed control, such as an action log, reporting template, document structure or approval tracker, using the team’s existing working methods where possible.
What to provide before the work starts
Provide the recurring meeting and report calendar, examples of current packs or registers, the systems involved, the active backlog, key people to speak to and the decision that needs to be made at the end of the sprint. The fixed-fee quote changes with the number of workflows, materials, stakeholders, systems and the control to be set up.
Good fit
Who this service can help.
- Leaders who know the work is messy but cannot yet define the retainer.
- Teams that need evidence before committing to monthly support.
- Founders or project directors who want one useful setup, not just advice.
Boundaries
Keep the boundaries clear.
- A free consultation disguised as strategy.
- A full transformation programme.
- A basic admin setup call.
FAQ
Clear answers about scope and fit.
How long does the Operations Audit and Setup Sprint take?
The intended sprint length is two to three weeks, depending on access, workload and the chosen quick-win setup.
Can the sprint be credited against a retainer?
The current strategy allows for the sprint fee to be credited against the first three months of a retainer if agreed within a set window.
What is the output?
The output is a practical 90-day operations plan and one live control point, such as a reporting template, action log or document-control structure.
Related situations
Related situations.