Programme delivery

270+ projects. Measured outcomes.
Architecture-led from start to close.

Full-lifecycle delivery — strategy through architecture, build, cutover, operate and retire. 270+ projects delivered, 76 large-scale mission-critical. -35% cost reduction, +74% faster releases, 99.999% availability achieved.

Delivery with architecture authority

Most delivery failures have an architecture root cause — scope agreed without an architecture view, decisions deferred until they become critical path, integration assumptions that were never validated. My mandate spans both sides: the architecture authority that makes design calls traceable, and the programme governance that translates those calls into delivery reality.

Methodologies: PRINCE2 · SAFe · Agile · Waterfall hybrid · ITIL · DevSecOps

Delivery outcomes

270+Projects delivered
76Large-scale mission-critical
-35%Cost reduction achieved
+74%Faster releases post-DevSecOps
99.999%Availability SLA achieved

Delivery methods

PRINCE2SAFeAgile DevSecOpsITIL 4Waterfall Hybrid

What I offer

Programme delivery services

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Programme governance & control

PMO design, milestone governance, budget control, risk registers, escalation frameworks — for multi-workstream programmes.

270+ projects governed
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Architecture-led delivery

Architecture authority embedded in delivery — design decisions traced through sprint backlog to production. No surprise integrations.

Zero rework incidents
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Cutover & transition management

Complex cutover orchestration — parallel run, data migration, rollback procedures, go-live command centre. Delivered on time.

28+ major cutovers
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DevSecOps & CI/CD

Pipeline design, security gates, automated testing, observability — +74% faster releases, zero security exceptions.

+74% release velocity
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Operate, stabilise, retire

Post-go-live stabilisation, SLA management, service transition to BAU, decommissioning plans.

99.999% SLA achieved
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Programme recovery

Failing or stalled programmes — root-cause diagnosis, recovery plan, re-baselining, governance re-establishment. Delivered on schedule.

Multiple recoveries
270+Projects delivered
76Mission-critical
-35%Cost reduction
+74%Faster releases
99.999%Availability

Key engagements

Major delivery mandates

United Nations / OICT
Programme delivery — 11 UN entities, 178 states, digital backbone consolidation
PRINCE2Multi-entityGovernance
NATO / NCIA
Defence programme delivery in classified environment — on schedule, on budget
ClassifiedSAFeNATO
PIR2-IT retained mandates
Full-lifecycle delivery authority across banking, DPI and government clients
Full lifecycleArchitecture-led
IBM (client delivery)
Enterprise programme delivery — banking and government transformation
AgileDevSecOpsWaterfall

Visual reference

Programme delivery infographic

Programme & Service Delivery — Marius Russo-Got

Need delivery authority on a complex programme?

Architecture-led delivery, programme recovery, cutover management — available for retained mandates.

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