Delivery Director Exercise · BlueAcornIci
Readiness Assessment — How to Begin
July 24th, 2026 · Prepared by Alex Feder· For exercise purposes only
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This presentation was prepared as a response to the CJA Discovery project brief — a hiring exercise for a Delivery Director role at BlueAcornIci. It outlines a structured approach to beginning the engagement: surfacing the open questions that must be answered before kickoff, mapping readiness across four delivery dimensions, and offering concrete recommendations based on gaps identified in the brief.
Commercial Alignment
SOW/Est. docs, FPFT model rationale, contract & customer dependencies
Delivery Readiness
Availability, staffing plan, access, documentation — then pressure-test the schedule
Solution Validation
Confirm 3 use cases, WebSDK & XDM migration, and business value outcomes (1–2 months)
Delivery Governance
Approval process/timeline, budget reporting, milestone acceptance criteria
What assumptions drove the five-week timeline?
When does the project clock actually start?
What customer deliverables are required before kickoff?
How will "business value in 1–2 months" be measured?
What constitutes "done" for each milestone?
Multiple platforms mentioned + Data Governance (US / CAN) + Stakeholder Responsibilities
Documentation & Scope
Proposal, SOW, Estimate Grid, and Scoping Documents are referenced but not available for validation.
Milestone Sequencing
Milestone 3 references approval of the XDM schema draft, while Milestone 4 also requests approval of schema design — overlap needs resolution.
Delivery Planning
The five-week timeline assumes stakeholder availability, approvals, and customer readiness without defining those assumptions.
Solution Definition
"Migration-ready" is the stated outcome, but additional clarity is needed around XDM artifacts and implementation readiness.
Validate commercial assumptions before kickoff.
Treat Milestone 3 as current-state draft design, with Milestone 4 serving as final target-state approval.
Validate dependencies and approval SLAs before committing to the schedule.
Clarify deliverables such as XDM schemas, identity strategy, source mappings, and governance expectations.
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