Independent Owner-side Governance Assured
Governing delivery alignment to protect owner accountability
Execution and delivery are where approved intent, design decisions and contractual commitments are translated into physical progress. This stage is characterised by increasing irreversibility, compressed decision windows and rapidly escalating owner exposure. Governance Decision Intelligence (GDI) provides owner-side governance insight during execution by maintaining forward visibility over whether delivery conditions, behaviours and decision pathways remain consistent with approved capital, cost, schedule and control expectations as execution progresses. Operating above delivery teams, contractors and operators, GDI enables early recognition of emerging loss of alignment, authority or control while corrective action remains feasible and accountability remains clear.
Purpose and Intent
To provide forward governance insight into whether execution and delivery conditions are likely to remain aligned with approved intent and formal commitments, enabling owners to govern exposure, preserve control and intervene proportionately before remaining options narrow.
Focus and Scope
Governance Decision Intelligence (GDI) focuses on the relationship between delivery behaviour and approved commitments, including: |
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The focus is not on managing delivery activities. |
Expected Outcomes
Early identification of conditions under which execution and delivery behaviours are unlikely to remain aligned with approved commitments, including an increased likelihood of: |
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These insights are formed while corrective action remains feasible, before loss of control and accumulated exposure become difficult or costly to recover. |
Governance Impact
Provides an objective basis for owner-side governance action, including: |
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This supports defensible owner governance without assuming delivery management, contractor control or operational responsibility. |
How Insight Is Applied
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Sarel Blaauw
senior partner
+61 498 785 165