Case Study: Implementation
Transpennine Route Upgrade Resourcing Insight
CADA improved programme resource planning by integrating data from multiple alliance sources and surfacing quality and skills pinch points.
The Ambition
A major rail programme needed better resource visibility across alliance organisations, with clearer insight into quality issues and constrained skills.
Close collaboration with senior leadership and programme management team to develop requirements and operationalise enhancements to the existing process across the alliance.
How We Added Value
- Provided bespoke senior reporting to support top-down resource planning decisions.
- Implemented automated quality checks with early warning indicators.
- Created shared access to consistent data for all alliance partners.
Strategic Delivery Phases
Identification
Worked with leadership and project teams to define planning and reporting needs.
Planning
Provided bespoke reports for senior leadership to aid resource planning.
Delivery
Developed automation tools to collate data across each Alliance organisation's spreadsheets into a single, controlled database.
Proof of Concept
Developed a dashboard accessible to all Alliance members to interrogate the data.
Outcome
- Improved ability to target planning interventions where data quality was weak.
- Highlighted resource and skills bottlenecks earlier in delivery cycles.
- Strengthened cross-organisation collaboration through a common evidence base.
Need clearer programme resource planning?
Integrate fragmented planning data and surface quality and skills risks before they escalate.
Improve planning visibilityTools and Methods
- Data Integration
- Planning Dashboards
- Quality Monitoring