Delivery Assurance

Purpose

Delivery assurance gives confidence that work is progressing, risks are managed, and outputs are fit for purpose.

Assurance Areas

Delivery assurance covers:

• scope

• schedule

• cost

• quality

• security

• technical architecture

• commercial obligations

• supplier delivery

• acceptance evidence

• customer readiness

Assurance Questions

A delivery review should ask:

• Are we delivering the agreed scope?

• Are milestones on track?

• Are risks and issues visible?

• Are blockers being resolved?

• Are decisions being made at the right level?

• Is the customer fulfilling dependencies?

• Is quality being built in?

• Are security obligations being met?

• Is acceptance evidence being captured?

• Are changes being controlled?

Assurance Evidence

Evidence may include:

• signed Statement of Work

• approved delivery plan

• sprint reports

• backlog reports

• test evidence

• architecture decisions

• security review records

• code review records

• acceptance certificates

• customer approvals