Delivery Program Setup
Turn intent into a release plan that actually ships.
Project charter, milestone plan, RAID log, release checklist, and weekly governance cadence. The unglamorous work that decides whether anything launches on time.
Starts with
Your backlog, release history, dependency map, and the reasons last quarter's commitments slipped.
You leave with
A project charter, milestone plan with owners, RAID log, and a governance cadence your team can run.
Fit
Is this for you?
Teams shipping platform work where delivery slips, releases are painful, or governance is missing. Engineering leads who need program structure without hiring a full-time TPM.
Probably not if
- Teams that need technical architecture decisions — pair with Atlas.
- Organizations wanting staff augmentation instead of program setup.
Deliverables
What you receive.
- Project charter: scope, success criteria, stakeholders, and decision rights
- Milestone plan with dependencies, owners, and realistic dates
- RAID log: risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies tracked from day one
- Release checklist: definition of done, rollback criteria, and sign-off gates
- Weekly governance cadence: standup format, escalation path, and reporting template
Build options
What we can deliver after.
The diagnostic is the front door. If the roadmap still needs hands on the work, these are the typical next steps — scoped from the problem, not from a menu.
- Fractional TPM / Delivery Program Lead retainer to run the program
- Release train setup with CI/CD integration and deployment gates
- Incident response playbook design (TTD / TTN / TTR targets)
- Post-Diagnostic Execution Retainer for roadmap items alongside program governance
Scoping to delivery
How the engagement runs.
- 01Discovery call: confirm program scope, team size, and release pain
- 02Access: backlog, recent sprint/release history, org chart for owners
- 03Week 1: stakeholder interviews, dependency mapping, pain point catalog
- 04Week 2: charter draft, milestone plan, RAID log initialization
- 05Week 2–3: governance design, release checklist, team walkthrough and handoff
Typical follow-on
Fractional TPM / Delivery Program Lead retainer to run what Ridge sets up.