Client confidence is falling
Stakeholders are dissatisfied with performance and no longer trust the forecast.
Professional Services, Tangible Results
Forensic project management for troubled, delayed, and disputed projects.
Project Sciences investigates project failure, identifies root causes, assesses schedule and budget impacts, and builds practical recovery roadmaps grounded in evidence—not optimism.
- 24-hour initial response
- Evidence-based assessment
- Executive-ready findings
What FPM does
When normal project management is no longer enough.
Forensic Project Management (FPM) is the discipline of investigating, diagnosing, and recovering troubled projects. It is an evidence-based examination of delayed, over-budget, disputed, underperforming, or failing initiatives to determine what happened, why it happened, what the impact is, and what corrective actions are required.
This goes beyond conventional project management. It is, in effect, a form of project crisis intervention. Internal teams often cannot repair a failing project from inside the same system that contributed to the problem. Our role is not to assign blame or criticize. We work collaboratively with stakeholders to develop objective, non-judgmental observations, defensible assessments, and positive outcomes for current and future projects.
Forensic triage
The 7 critical warning indicators
One signal may be manageable. Several signals appearing together usually indicate a project that needs independent intervention.
Deadlines keep moving
Milestones are repeatedly missed, deferred, or redefined without credible recovery.
Budget exposure is increasing
Costs are trending beyond plan, but the final financial impact remains unclear.
Deliverables are unstable
Requirements are unclear, scope is drifting, or acceptance criteria continually change.
Teams have lost focus
Priorities conflict, accountability is diffuse, and activity is not producing progress.
Vendors are misaligned
Suppliers are failing to perform, responsibilities are disputed, or SLAs are ineffective.
Cancellation is being discussed
Executive sponsors are considering suspension, termination, litigation, or replacement.
Core capabilities
Key forensic tasks and activities
We separate symptoms from causes, reconstruct the project reality, and restore a practical operating structure.
Root-cause analysis
Identify the real reasons the project is failing—not merely the most visible symptoms.
Scope forensics
Examine scope drift, unclear requirements, change history, and strategic misalignment.
Schedule reconstruction
Rebuild a credible timeline from facts, dependencies, capacity, and actual performance.
Budget triage
Determine where funds were expended, identify exposure, and stop further leakage.
Stakeholder reset
Re-establish trust, clarify roles, and reset expectations using transparent evidence.
Risk containment
Neutralize immediate threats and protect critical deliverables from further damage.
Recovery roadmap
Create an achievable, measurable plan with clear ownership and decision points.
Governance reinforcement
Install controls, reporting, and accountability so progress remains disciplined.
Road to recovery
Request a Project Management Triage Assessment (PMTA)
Most engagements begin with a Project Management Triage Assessment—a focused, independent review that establishes the project’s condition, immediate risks, root causes, and practical recovery options.
Start the assessment- When to call
Delayed projects, budget overruns, failed implementations, vendor disputes, PMO issues, or executive concern.
- What we investigate
Scope, schedule, cost, governance, quality, risk, communications, and vendor performance.
- What clients receive
Findings report, evidence chronology, project health score, recovery roadmap, and executive briefing.
- Why Project Sciences
PMP, Scrum, ITIL, ISO/quality, PMO, metrics, WBS, roadmaps, and decades of practical experience.
- Industries served
IT, telecommunications, technology, operations, transformation programs, and public/private sector projects.
- Response commitment
Contact us by phone or email. We strive to respond to inquiries within 24 hours.
Typical engagements
Where forensic intervention creates value
01
The turnaround
“In-flight” project triage and rescue
A mission-critical IT or transformation effort is falling short of requirements, confidence is deteriorating, and decisive intervention is needed.
02
The dispute
Post-mortem claims analysis
A project has incurred—or is at risk of incurring—unanticipated costs that may result in vendor-client disputes or executive inquiries.
03
The governance reset
Root-cause PMO review and re-baseline
An established Project Management Office is not consistently delivering its project portfolio on time or with reliable performance information.
04
The metrics investigation
Schedule delay and cost-overrun forensics
The project is over budget or underwater, visibility is limited, and there is little time remaining to regain control.
Collaborative recovery
The FPM roadmap
A disciplined sequence that moves the project from instability to durable control.
Stabilize
Stop ad hoc practices, freeze uncontrolled scope changes, and establish immediate control.
Investigate
Interview stakeholders, audit documents, analyze decisions, and map failure points.
Diagnose
Identify leadership gaps, technical issues, vendor failures, unrealistic timelines, and other root causes.
Rebuild
Create a new plan, governance model, communication structure, and performance metrics.
Execute
Apply senior project leadership, enforce accountability, track progress, and report transparently.
Prevent recurrence
Implement controls, documentation, and processes that keep the project stable over time.
Experience that supports action
Clear findings. Practical decisions. Measurable control.
Project Sciences brings mature project, quality, service-management, Agile, and PMO experience to high-pressure project environments. Our consultants are credentialed specialists with decades of deep experience and know-how. And Assessments are led by senior practitioners with a comprehensive background in project recovery, PMO governance, schedule analysis, quality systems, Agile delivery, ITIL practices, work breakdown structures, performance metrics, and executive reporting.
PMPProject leadership
ScrumAgile delivery
ITILService lifecycle
ISOQuality discipline
PMOGovernance and metrics
WBSPlanning and control
Project Management Triage Assessment
When the project is failing, you don’t need more status reports—you need a forensic intervention that explains what went wrong, cost inefficiencies, and how to recover.
Tell us where the project is under pressure. We will respond within 24 hours to discuss the situation and determine whether a PMTA is appropriate.
Phone469-298-9643
Emailinfo@project-sciences.net
Business hoursMonday–Friday, 9:00 AM–6:00 PM CDT
Office2300 McDermott Rd, Suite 200-198
Plano, Texas 75025 USA
Plano, Texas 75025 USA