Close-out & residual capacity
Close-out becomes confirmation, not construction.
Most systems are built for the life of a project. IMP is built for what happens after. Consent history, indicators, accepted findings and the operational structure stay with the organisation. A new firm onboards onto your historical layer — not theirs.
How it is built
Keep the trail current
Consent, evidence, actuals and claims accumulate as you work. Readiness is continuous, not a two-week project at the end.
Accept along the way
Findings and packages are signed when they are true — not the night before the board.
Leave the structure
The organisation still holds the work when the project — or the consultant — ends.
Your close-out should not be a project
The old way versus IMP
The usual close-out
- People leave, files leave.
- Evidence is scattered across laptops.
- The board pack is assembled by hand.
- Nobody is sure what was accepted, or what is still a draft.
IMP residual capacity
- The trail is kept current during the work.
- Accepts are already on the record.
- Residual capacity is a checklist: evidence completeness, consent coverage, pending Accepts.
- A new firm can onboard onto your historical layer — not theirs.
What is actually in the product
Live workspace capability — not a roadmap dressed as a feature list. The ceiling is published on the same page as the capability.
In the workspace today
- Consent history that survives staff turnover
- Indicator definitions and results on the programme
- Accepted findings and packages with audit timeline
- Operational structure of the workspace — programmes, roles, evidence
- Readiness view: evidence completeness, consent coverage, pending Accepts
- End-of-pilot summary extract on IMP Pilot: exports + what the system now holds
- Client handback posture — a governed trail, not a personal Excel file
Honest ceiling
- Not a promise that field phones will sync themselves (offline mobile is not in product yet)
- Not automatic re-award — a trail is a stronger position, not a guarantee
- Not a data escrow marketplace between organisations
Built to handle the messy reality
Faster donor cycles
Convert field data into compliant reports in days instead of weeks — because the trail already exists.
Stronger re-award position
Prove outcomes with a trail donor agencies can actually follow, rather than a reconstructed annex.
Zero consultant lock-in
Onboard new staff or a new firm on your historical data layer — not theirs.
Continuous readiness
See evidence completeness, consent coverage and pending Accepts before someone asks.
What residual capacity looks like in practice
What remains after close-out is the product. That is the category IMP is in.
- 01
Keep the trail current
Consent, evidence, actuals and claims accumulate as you work.
- 02
Accept along the way
Findings are signed when they are true — not the night before the board.
- 03
Readiness
See evidence completeness, consent coverage, pending Accepts.
- 04
Leave the structure
The organisation still holds the work when people leave.
From fire drills to a live record
Country director
From
A scramble every close-out
To
Confirmation against a live record
Funder
From
Waiting weeks for a compliant pack
To
Days, because the trail already exists
New implementer
From
Starting from zero
To
Onboarding onto the organisation’s layer
Questions buyers actually ask
- What actually stays?
- Consent history, indicator definitions and results, accepted findings and packages, and the operational structure of the workspace — programmes, roles, evidence. That is residual capacity.
- Does this help re-award?
- It puts you in a stronger position. A trail donor agencies can follow is a better re-award file than a reconstructed annex. It is not a guarantee of award.
- How does a 90-day sandbox prove this?
- IMP Pilot is time-boxed: success criteria, first evaluation and learning entries, and a closing pack that shows what the system now holds. The workspace remains yours after the window.
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The work stays when people leave
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