Exhibit 01Case
Enterprise ERP — public university system
An $88M implementation steered back from the brink.
$88Mprogram under direct stewardship
Higher education · multi-campus
The patience to see it. The drive to move it.
Enterprise transformations don't fail on technology.
They fail on judgment.
J. Lynne & Co. is an advisory firm for the programs that can't afford to fail: ERP and enterprise transformation, read honestly before, during, and after — then driven, with someone accountable for the outcome. Bespoke advisory and audits, expert-witness work, and the CIO Advisra program.
The argument
The case for judgment across the full lifecycle.
01
Why programs fail
Enterprise transformations and ERP programs rarely fail on technology. They fail on judgment — scope no one will hold, governance that performs instead of decides, and a go-live no one will own. The failure is legible long before the post-mortem.
02
Why most help arrives too late or too shallow
Integrators are paid to proceed. Auditors arrive after the damage. Most outside help is staffed to a phase, not to the whole arc — so it cannot tell a client to stop, and it is not there when the bill comes due.
03
What judgment across the lifecycle changes
Read honestly before, during, and after, the same program looks different. You can say not yet — and when the call is to move, the firm owns it and drives, accountable for the outcome and not only the advice. You can name the risk while it is still cheap. And when it is contested, the analysis holds up under cross-examination.
The evidence
The argument, entered as exhibits.
Exhibit 02Outcome
Pre-implementation strategy
Told the client they were not ready — and why.
18 moof avoidable rework averted
Outcome · pre-implementation
Exhibit 03Outcome
SACS reaffirmation readiness
Accreditation reaffirmation cleared on the cycle clock.
0findings on the technology standards
Outcome · higher education
How the firm engages
One firm, four modes.
1Apex — sold on judgment
Expert Witness
ERP and implementation-failure analysis, standard-of-care, causation. The highest-trust work, sold on judgment that holds up under cross.
2Apex — sold on judgment
Advisory & Audits
Judgment across the full lifecycle — before, during, and after. Pre-implementation strategy, audits including SACS readiness, and remediation.
3Productized — packaged
CIO Advisra
The firm's thinking, packaged. A productized six-pillar maturity assessment for the right-sized client.
4Senior delivery
Program Management
Accountable, principal-led ownership of delivery when a live implementation can't afford to fail — governance, sequencing, risk, and the hard calls. Made buyable by the PMO Command retainer.
Engage the firm
The patience to see it. The drive to move it.
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