Review the delivery interfaces
Agree the access window
Does the plan identify when the work can happen, and who must confirm that access?
Keep in the review: Review the working calendar, access assumptions and outstanding confirmations alongside the schedule.
Follow the interfaces
What happens to the next work package when a predecessor, approval or handoff moves?
Keep in the review: Compare updates, inspect logic and retain the reviewer’s question with the relevant activity or submission.
Bring the decision forward
Which unresolved issue needs program attention before the next review meeting?
Keep in the review: Connect the exception, responsible party and requested action in the project review and portfolio brief.
Experience behind the practice
MTA capital program
Risk assessment for MTA Construction & Development, including workshops and integrated cost and schedule analysis.
- Facilitated risk workshops
- Integrated cost and schedule risk analysis
- Supported a documented risk-assessment process
Prior advisory work; not a Kairos software deployment or customer endorsement.
A useful next read
Look-ahead planning — Connect the near-term plan to constraints and readiness.
Schedule risk analysis — Understand uncertainty beyond a single finish date.
Portfolio brief example — See a completed, fictional executive work product.
Make the first review count
Start with one work package, a baseline, a current update and the access assumptions your reviewers already use. Agree which interface or decision the first review should clarify.