An independent assessment before you commit to another technology supplier contract. Make a better-informed decision: renew, renegotiate, replace or reconsider.
Renewing can mean accepting costs, service limitations and commitments that no longer suit your business. Replacing a supplier brings its own risks and disruption. I assess one defined supplier arrangement so you can weigh the realistic options and decide what makes commercial and operational sense.
A 4–5-page written Decision Brief covering:
The engagement includes a 60-minute leadership discussion to review the findings and answer questions.
Scope: one defined supplier arrangement, confirmed before work begins.
Fee: AED 20,000, fixed, payable upfront.
Timing: delivery within 10 working days after the required information and initial decision-owner discussion are complete, subject to agreed availability.
Exclusions: legal advice, detailed technical audits, formal procurement, supplier negotiations and implementation.
Email daniel@danielpyoung.com with the supplier name and renewal date. I will confirm whether a Decision Brief is appropriate and what information is required.
For decisions outside the Renewal Decision Brief, I provide independent advice across four areas. The question, scope and outputs are agreed for each engagement.
Assessing the business case, realistic options and risks before a technology commitment. Where an initiative has lost direction, I help leaders revisit its purpose, clarify accountability and decide whether to continue, change course or stop.
Helping leadership teams understand material cyber risks, question proposed priorities and assess whether responsibilities are clear. The focus is on proportionate decisions, oversight and practical next steps within the agreed advisory scope.
Assessing where AI may be useful, what data and operational risks it introduces, and what governance is needed. I help leaders weigh potential value against exposure and clarify who is accountable for approving and overseeing its use.
Independent advice on supplier choices, overlapping services and unclear ownership. Beyond the fixed-scope Renewal Decision Brief, an agreed review can help leadership teams assess dependencies, service expectations and responsibility for supplier outcomes.
Every engagement starts with the decision you need to make, who owns it and the information available. The Renewal Decision Brief has the fixed scope, fee and timing set out above. Wider advisory work has its scope, outputs, fee and availability agreed separately.
I provide the advice directly, drawing on experience of executive and operational accountability. Leadership retains ownership of the decision, and responsibility for any implementation is clarified rather than assumed.
Send a short description of the decision, or book a 30-minute call to establish whether I can help and what an appropriate advisory scope would be.