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Rewriting the Delivery Operating Model Around RACI & SLAs

The work got done. The 'how' wasn't written down.

Context

The work got done. The 'how' wasn't written down.

My role

Led the rewrite with the General Manager

Scope

Global in-house delivery centre; 40+ cross-functional team, Sweden & India

Capability

Governance · Operating model · Change · Vendor management · Operational excellence

Before

Complex procedures, unclear ownership and older processes that needed a rethink.

Intervention

Plain-language SOPs with RACI and SLAs, PM onboarding, vendor selection/onboarding plan, reporting and structured retrospectives.

After

Ownership and service expectations are written down and understood; new project managers start with the same standards; stakeholders see progress more clearly.

How it works
  1. Ambiguity
  2. RACI
  3. SLA
  4. Accountability
  5. Structured execution
The operating model Six connected elements: plain-language SOPs, RACI ownership, SLA guidelines, PM onboarding, stakeholder reporting, and retrospectives that feed back into the SOPs. SOPs RACI SLAs ONBOARDING REPORTING RETROS LESSONS FEED BACK INTO THE STANDARDS
01 — Context

A global in-house delivery centre with a 40+ member cross-functional team (design, development, content) working across Sweden and India.

02 — The challenge

Standard operating procedures were written in complex language and ownership was unclear: who decides, who does the work, who needs to know. Several older processes, including how vendors were selected, needed a fresh look.

03 — Why it mattered

When ownership lives in people's heads, every new joiner and every hand-off depends on finding the right person to ask.

04 — My role

I led the rewrite with the General Manager as part of a wider change effort, and built the onboarding, vendor and reporting pieces around it.

05 — My thinking

I started with ownership, because it wasn't clearly defined and people were doing the same work in different ways. The objective was one consistent experience across the studio, for clients and for the team.

06 — The approach

Rewrote the SOPs in plain language; made ownership explicit with a RACI matrix; set service expectations with SLA guidelines.

07 — Intervention

Built a vendor selection and onboarding action plan; a PM onboarding walkthrough for every new joiner; Gantt-based timelines and monthly retainer reporting; structured retrospectives on high-stakes projects.

08 — How I led

Worked with the General Manager as part of a wider change effort to re-examine and update older processes. Sat down with each service team manager to understand their workflow, then agreed the objective and goals together. Worked through resistance by keeping everyone aligned to one shared goal.

09 — The outcome

Ownership and service expectations are written down and understood; new project managers start with the same standards; stakeholders see progress more clearly. Across these and other process changes, delivery delays fell 33% on a before-and-after comparison.

Evidence & capabilities
Operating-model designGovernanceChange managementVendor managementOperational excellence
The takeaway

Ownership that isn't written down isn't really ownership.