Independent Oversight for SAP Implementations
Advocacy. Oversight. Results. We sit on your side of the table so your System Integrator delivers what was promised — not what's easiest for them.
There is often a gap between what the business needs and what the SI actually builds. PlainSightIQ Oversight sits in that gap — checking that the project is being built right, and that it's the right thing to build.
Advocacy. Oversight. Results.
Three principles that define every engagement — and the reason our clients put us in the room.
Advocacy
We prioritize your interests, positioning ourselves alongside your team to navigate challenges and keep the project focused on your goals — not the SI's.
Oversight
Independent audits give you transparency — so you're informed of critical risks throughout the project, not just at the milestones the SI chooses to report.
Results
We focus on tangible outcomes — making sure the project achieves what it set out to do, and delivers real value to your business.
System Integrators have incentives that can conflict with yours
How SIs are incentivised
- Conflicts — their profit margin can run directly against your best outcome. What is right for them may not be right for you.
- Duration — longer projects mean more billable hours, more staff on-site, more change requests. There is rarely an incentive to finish fast.
- Risk misrepresentation — status reports are often written for the audience, not for accuracy. Problems are minimised until they can no longer be hidden.
What PlainSightIQ Oversight brings
- No implementation staff — we have no billable resource to protect, no team to keep on-site, no reason to stretch the timeline.
- No SI partnership agreements — we are not a reseller or referral partner of any System Integrator. Nothing to protect but you.
- Only loyalty to your business case — our measure of success is whether the project delivered what you needed, on time and on scope.
Four productized services. One purpose.
Each service targets a specific point in the SI lifecycle — from the SOW you haven't signed yet to the project that has already stalled.
48-Hour Contract Risk Review
Before you sign anything, we read it for you — with 25 years of knowing where SIs hide risk.
Vague acceptance criteria, resource bait-and-switch, and uncapped Time & Materials exposure are standard in SI contracts. Most clients don't see them until it's too late.
A Red/Amber/Green risk report with redline language — handed back within 48 hours so you negotiate from strength, not good faith.
Continuous Project-Health Governance
Independent eyes on your project — every month, throughout delivery.
"Watermelon" status reporting — green on the outside, red on the inside. Boards make decisions based on polished slide decks rather than project reality.
A monthly Shadow Dashboard for the board — built from our own independent assessment of schedule, scope, quality, and risk, not from the SI's reporting.
Commercial & Team Efficiency Review
Are you paying the right people the right amount? We find out.
Junior-heavy, "gold-plated" staffing — senior names on the proposal, junior staff on the ground — inflates cost without adding value. Rate cards are rarely challenged.
A negotiation playbook identifying specific savings opportunities or confirming fair value — so you go into every commercial conversation with evidence, not instinct.
Recovery for Stalled SAP Projects
When the project has stopped moving and nobody has a straight answer, we come in.
Stalled implementations drain budget, destroy team morale, and put go-live dates into permanent "TBC" territory. The longer they drift, the harder recovery becomes.
A 10-day forensic diagnostic followed by a Stay-or-Pivot recommendation — with a 90-day stabilisation roadmap so the business can make a clear-eyed decision and move.
Independent means independent. No exceptions.
Built for mid-market manufacturers (£400M–£4B revenue) running SAP without an internal SAP Centre of Excellence — where the stakes are high and the oversight gap is widest.
We do not provide implementation staff. We have no resource to keep billable and no reason to extend your project by a single day.
We do not have partnership agreements with System Integrators. No referral fees, no preferred-partner status, nothing that creates a commercial relationship with the people we're auditing.
Our only loyalty is to the client's business case. If the project is on track, we say so. If it isn't, we say that too — clearly, and with evidence.
"We're not here to sell you more consultants. We're here to make sure the ones you already have deliver what they promised."
Ready to put someone unbiased on your side?
Advocacy, oversight, and results — from the day you sign the SOW to the day you go live.