Broughton & Co.
A control system for major project delivery
Independent authority across complex, high value projects.
The independent authority when delivery success matters.
What we do.
We are an independent project authority serving UK Government, Operators & Tier 1 Consultancies providing essential impartial advisory across complex, high-value major projects.
We advise clients on effective implementation of the major project delivery assurance framework for full MPDAF lifecycle to achieve effective integrated delivery to schedule, cost, and benefits realisation. MPDAF is an assured 11-step framework integrating the owner with the sponsor, exective management, and practitioner levels with support teams through progressive and gated assurance, and gated governance gates
Capabilities.
We have integrated strategy, delivery, assurance, and operations into a single system of control — to ensure major infrastructure projects deliver as intended.Coaching
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"A control system for major project delivery"
Approach / Method.
Major projects rarely fail because of one isolated issue. They fail when strategy, governance, assurance, delivery disciplines, supply chain, operations, and decision-making do not function as a coherent system.MPDAF™ provides that system.A full lifecycle, systems-based integration model — from strategic need through to asset handover and realised outcomes.MPDAF™ integrates strategic need, investment justification, delivery strategy, systems engineering, progressive assurance, governance, integrated planning, supply chain model selection, commissioning, readiness for service, operations review, and benefits realisation.The result is clearer decisions, stronger governance, earlier risk visibility, improved delivery control, and greater confidence that major projects will deliver as intended outcomes.Broughton & Co are the designers of MPDAF™ — a control system for major project delivery.Working independently across government, operators, and Tier 1 consultancies, we bring both strategic and practitioner-level experience to see the full project system objectively — not from within the delivery noise, but across it.
Experience.
Multi-decade major project systems design and delivery across government and regulated environments — within complex, multi-stakeholder delivery with significant capital investment.Government
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Guided by experience.
"The objective is a repeatable delivery system — yet only 0.5% of projects deliver the trifecta: successful delivery to budget, schedule, with the required quality and benefits."
Broughton & Co. changes these metrics.
Broughton & Co changes these outcomes by addressing the root cause of failure — the absence of a coherent delivery system.
Through MPDAF™, strategy, governance, assurance, delivery disciplines, supply chain, and operations are integrated into a single system of control. This creates alignment from the outset, maintains visibility and accountability through delivery, and enables timely intervention where risk emerges. The result is a repeatable delivery model — capable of consistently achieving cost, schedule, quality, and benefits realisation.
Contact.
With a team of talented professionals with requisite experience of public and private sector major project delivery to assist you wherever you are located, the stage of your project, and the assets you are managing.
FAQ's
MPDAF™ is a systems-based control model for major project delivery.It integrates strategic need, investment justification, delivery strategy, systems engineering, assurance, governance, integrated planning, supply chain model selection, commissioning, readiness for service, operations review, and benefits realisation into one coherent delivery system.It ensures projects set off on the right footing, and systematically delivers through control steps with progressive assurance and governance checks and balances to ensure integrated control.
Major projects rarely fail because of one isolated issue.They fail when strategy, governance, assurance, delivery disciplines, supply chain, operations, and decision-making do not work as one system.MPDAF™ is designed to address that fragmentation.
MPDAF™ is not an additional layer of governance or assurance. It is a control system that integrates strategy, delivery, assurance, and operations into a single structure of control.Traditional assurance often identifies issues after they have already become embedded.MPDAF™ is designed as progressive assurance — integrated across the lifecycle — with strong governance providing earlier visibility of risk, stronger decision-making, and better control before outcomes become fixed.
Broughton & Co works with government, operators, major project owners, and Tier 1 consultancies where delivery confidence, governance, value for money, and reputation matter.
No.Broughton & Co is complementary working alongside existing teams, advisors, and delivery partners.Our role is to see the full project system objectively, identify where control is weak or fragmented, and help strengthen the system of delivery.
Yes. MPDAF™ integrates with existing governance and delivery environments, improving coherence without requiring wholesale replacement.
The earlier the better.MPDAF™ is most powerful when applied from strategic need and business case development through to delivery strategy and investment decision.It can also be applied during delivery, recovery, commissioning, or readiness for service where risk is already emerging.Strategically, taking lessons learned and applying systematic change to your process and operating model to integrate MPDAF™ systems and technologies.
Clearer decisions.Stronger governance.Earlier risk visibility.Better delivery control.Greater confidence that major projects will deliver the outcomes they were created to achieve.
It can be used for targeted intervention, but its greater value is as a repeatable delivery system.The objective is not simply to improve one project, but to create a model that improves how major projects are defined, governed, delivered, and realised over time.
Delivery issues become embedded, reducing the ability to influence outcomes and increasing risk to cost, schedule, and performance.
Broughton & Co are the designers of MPDAF™.We combine strategic and practitioner-level experience with independent judgement — seeing the full project system not from within the delivery noise, but across it.We are not embedded within delivery structures and we have the experience to provide project advisory, conduct initial strategic review of projects, independent assessment and advisory of corporate systems change aligning with MPDAF™, ongoing advisory, delivery support, and strategic consultation.
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