SHIP — Prople's implementation methodology

Implementation needs a system you can follow.

Every Prople engagement runs through the same four stages: Scope, Harness, Implement, Prove — an iterative loop where each cycle feeds the next. This is how we reduce implementation risk without slowing down.

Each stage, in detail

Scope

Do not build the wrong thing.

Gate: value, feasibility & risk threshold

Workflow mapping
Value analysis
Feasibility assessment
Risk assessment
Prioritisation scorecard
Success measures

Harness

Put the right architecture, data, and controls around it.

Gate: architecture & evaluation plan signed off

Architecture template
Data requirements
Model selection
Integration requirements
Control framework
Evaluation design

Implement

Build and embed it in actual work.

Gate: test & deployment gates passed

Development cycle
Testing
Integration
User feedback
Deployment
Observability

Prove

Demonstrate that it performs and produces value.

Gate: business outcome & adoption measured

Technical evaluation
Operational measurement
Adoption measures
Financial / capacity impact
Next-cycle decision

Prove feeds directly back into the next cycle's Scope, so SHIP runs as a continuous loop

Speed is backed by discipline.

SHIP is the method; the implementation cycle is the container it runs in. Every stage produces a real artefact — a scorecard, an architecture plan, a passed gate — so progress is something you can actually see.

See the implementation cycle

Prioritisation scorecard Architecture & evaluation plan Test & deployment gates Business outcome & adoption measures

SHIP, walked through on a real engagement.

Scope: [operating problem]

→

Harness: [architecture decision]

→

Implement: [what was built]

→

Prove: [measured result]

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