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PRACTICAL WORKSHOP · 80 MINUTES

Build a pensions administration strategy

A practical workshop, not a quiz

Turn service evidence into a clear set of priorities, sensible controls and a deliverable 90-day plan. Build your strategy one small step at a time.

No quizzes, scores or assessed completion. Work on paper or in an approved blank Word document. This page does not collect or save your notes or track workshop progress.

Use fictional information only. Do not enter real member, customer or payroll data, passwords or confidential files into this course or external AI tools.

Before you begin: safety and scope

Use only the fictional examples provided. Do not enter real member, beneficiary, employee or payroll data, National Insurance numbers, bank details, health information, credentials or confidential organisational information in this course, its exercises, AI tools or shared training files. A changed name does not make real data safe. This is service-design training, not personal financial, legal or pension-benefit advice.

The course uses UK service-management principles with Northern Ireland LGPS context. NILGOSC manages and administers LGPS (NI); the Department for Communities is its responsible authority. Do not import England and Wales LGPS rules or governance arrangements into NI. The TPR General Code took effect in Great Britain on 28 March 2024 and in Northern Ireland on 5 July 2024. Check which provisions apply to the scheme: public-service internal-control duties must not be confused with every private occupational scheme requirement. Use current NI regulations and the scheme’s approved documents for real decisions. A consultation, draft regulation or government policy response is not by itself proof that a requirement is in force.

  • Work through the eight modules in order, or return to one when you need it.
  • Read the lesson, study the fictional example, then make a short working note using the template.
  • No marks, multiple-choice questions or pass score: completion means you have produced your own draft strategy and plan.
  • Use paper or an approved blank Word document. Excel is optional for calculations; no Microsoft 365 licence-specific feature is required.
  • All numerical targets and role titles in examples are invented training assumptions, not NILGOSC policy, legal deadlines or performance claims.
Start the workshop

The fictional Harbour Pensions Service

Harbour is an invented administration team used for learning. It is not NILGOSC, Keith’s employer or a real pension fund. It works with fictional employers Cedar and Willow. It wants fewer avoidable delays without weakening protection of member information.

  • During a fictional four-week period, 200 new cases arrived and 180 were completed. The opening backlog was 80; the closing backlog was 100, assuming no cancellations or transfers.
  • Forty cases completed during the period needed rework. Of the 180 completed cases, 144 met an invented internal turnaround target.
  • Ten employer files arrived: seven passed the first validation check and three needed correction.
  • A sample of 100 fictional records contained eight with missing required information. This sample is not a whole-scheme data-quality score.
  • One administrator alone knows the employer-file correction process. The team has not yet evidenced a recent end-to-end recovery rehearsal.

MODULE 1 OF 8 · 8 MINUTES

1. Start with the service promise

You will: Separate a strategy from a task list. Describe outcomes through confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Scenario

You are helping Harbour’s service manager draft the first page of a strategy. Colleagues have suggested new software, but members and employers need a clearer service promise. Your goal is to agree the outcome before choosing a tool, while protecting confidential information.

Example

From technology wish to service outcome

“Build a Power BI dashboard” is a possible task. A stronger aim is: “Reduce avoidable employer-data rework so members receive dependable updates, while keeping member information restricted and decisions traceable.” A dashboard might support this aim, but so might a clearer submission guide.

Takeaway: Write the service outcome before choosing a tool.

Your task

  1. Choose one fictional service: joining, leaving, retirement preparation, employer submissions or member enquiries.
  2. Write one sentence beginning: “We want members or employers to be able to…”
  3. Add one safeguard for each driver: confidentiality, integrity and availability.
  4. State one thing outside this first strategy’s scope.

Your output: A service promise and three design safeguards.

Working-note template
Our service: ___
Our service promise: ___
Confidentiality safeguard: ___
Integrity safeguard: ___
Availability safeguard: ___
Not in scope yet: ___

Reflect: Could a colleague explain your service promise without mentioning a product name?

Read the lesson: why this matters

A strategy explains what matters, what you will improve first, what you will not do yet and how you will know the service is better. A project list alone does not explain these choices. Start with members and employers, not a new dashboard or software product.

Confidentiality means only authorised people can see information. Integrity means information and decisions remain accurate, complete and traceable. Availability means the right people can use the service and information when needed. These three drivers belong in every strategic choice, not only the IT section.

A member needs clear information and dependable handling at important life events. An employer needs a clear submission route, understandable requirements and useful feedback. A colleague needs manageable work, clear instructions and support for difficult cases. Avoid improving one group’s experience by silently shifting work or risk to another.

For LGPS (NI), use NILGOSC’s published administration strategy as a source of scheme-specific responsibilities, not as a template for invented local rules. Its public page describes shared responsibilities and timely, accurate employer information. This workshop produces a draft for discussion, not an approved replacement strategy.

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MODULE 2 OF 8 · 10 MINUTES

2. Understand the current service

You will: Build a small evidence-based baseline. Distinguish symptoms, causes and assumptions.

Scenario

You are reviewing Harbour’s fictional four-week workload figures with an operations colleague. The backlog has increased, but the team does not yet know which case types or delays explain it. Your goal is to write an evidence-based problem statement without blaming staff or overstating a small sample.

Example

Harbour’s four-week baseline

Backlog: 80 opening + 200 received − 180 completed = 100 closing. Work waiting increased by 20. Rework among completions: 40 ÷ 180 = 22.2%. Internal timeliness among completions: 144 ÷ 180 = 80%. Neither percentage tells us whether the remaining open cases are overdue. Seven of ten files passed first validation: 70%. These small, fictional samples support investigation, not claims about a real service.

Takeaway: A number is useful only when its denominator and limitations are clear.

Your task

  1. Copy three Harbour measures into your baseline. Include period, calculation and limitation.
  2. Identify one missing measure, such as the age of open retirement-preparation cases.
  3. Write one problem statement with evidence.
  4. Label the likely cause as a hypothesis and name the evidence needed to check it.

Your output: A baseline with one evidence-based problem statement.

Working-note template
Measure | Period | Value and calculation | Limitation
___
Problem: ___
Possible cause, not yet proved: ___
Evidence needed: ___

Reflect: What might your current measures hide about the people still waiting?

Read the lesson: why this matters

Before setting a target, establish what is happening now. Record the period, source, definition and confidence level beside each figure. A snapshot is useful, but it does not prove a trend. Seasonal peaks, case complexity, staff absence and incomplete recording may change the picture.

Use a small set of measures: work arriving, work completed, work waiting, age of waiting work, rework and member or employer feedback. Show waiting time separately from hands-on processing time. Otherwise a fast calculation can hide a long wait for missing information.

Inspect the oldest and most consequential cases, not only the average. A low average turnaround can coexist with members waiting far too long. Group by case type and urgency using approved criteria. Do not invent a new legal deadline from an internal service target.

Write a problem statement with evidence and a possible cause. “The team is slow” is an accusation, not a diagnosis. “Missing employer fields led to repeat requests in three of ten files” is testable. Mark explanations as hypotheses until you have checked them.

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    MODULE 3 OF 8 · 10 MINUTES

    3. Map the member and employer journey

    You will: Find hand-off failures and avoidable waiting. Assign ownership to an improvement.

    Scenario

    You are working with Harbour’s employer liaison colleague on a delayed submission from Willow. A missing field has led to repeated requests and unclear ownership. Your goal is to improve the hand-off without circulating unnecessary member information.

    Example

    Fix the hand-off, not just the inbox

    Harbour’s fictional employer Willow sends a file with a missing leaving date. The case waits while staff exchange three unclear emails. The proposed improvement is a plain-language field guide and an exception notice that identifies the missing field using an approved case reference. A named liaison owner tracks the response. No real notice is sent during the exercise.

    Takeaway: Make the next action clear without spreading unnecessary information.

    Your task

    1. Draw five to seven steps for the fictional employer-submission journey.
    2. Mark one waiting point and one confidentiality or accuracy risk.
    3. Rewrite that hand-off so its owner, required input and completion evidence are clear.
    4. Add a route for a case that does not fit the normal process.

    Your output: A short journey map and one practical hand-off improvement.

    Working-note template
    Step | Owner | Required input | Next action | Completion evidence
___
Weak hand-off: ___
Improvement: ___
Exception route: ___

    Reflect: Would both the sending and receiving colleague agree when this step is complete?

    Read the lesson: why this matters

    Map one journey from the person’s first need to a confirmed outcome. Include the employer and administrator, not just the administration system. For each step, identify the input, owner, next action, waiting point and evidence that the step is complete.

    For a retirement-preparation journey, the broad steps may be: request received, identity and authority checked, employer information requested, information validated, specialist calculation and checks completed, authorised communication issued, and the case confirmed or moved to its next approved stage. This is a learning map, not a calculation or payment instruction.

    A good hand-off says what is needed, who provides it, where it goes and what happens if it is incomplete. Acknowledging receipt is not the same as accepting accurate information. Avoid emailing full member data simply to keep everyone informed.

    Improve the journey at its weakest point. Clearer guidance, accessible communications and an agreed route for exceptions can be more valuable than speeding up a step that was already quick. People who cannot use digital channels still need an appropriate approved route.

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    MODULE 4 OF 8 · 12 MINUTES

    4. Build data quality and controls into the work

    You will: Separate completeness from accuracy. Specify preventive and detective controls.

    Scenario

    You are supporting Harbour’s data-quality lead after a sample check finds missing dates. Filling every blank would make the report look better, but some values cannot yet be confirmed. Your goal is to design a controlled correction route that does not guess or silently overwrite information.

    Example

    A validation check with a safe exception

    In Harbour’s 100-record sample, eight records lack a required date. The check reports 92% completeness for that field in that sample only. It does not prove 92% overall accuracy. The proposed control flags missing dates and impossible date order, then routes exceptions to an authorised reviewer. It never guesses a date. The reviewer records the evidence and correction reason through the approved process.

    Takeaway: Detect, assign and evidence the correction. Do not make uncertain data look clean.

    Your task

    1. Choose one missing-field problem from the fictional case.
    2. Write a preventive check and a separate detective check.
    3. Name a fictional owner and describe the evidence retained.
    4. Define what happens when information cannot be confirmed.
    5. Add a confidentiality safeguard and a measure of whether the control works.

    Your output: A draft control record and data-improvement action.

    Working-note template
    Risk: ___
Preventive check: ___
Detective check: ___
Owner and frequency: ___
Evidence: ___
Unresolved exception route: ___
Access safeguard: ___
Control-effectiveness measure: ___

    Reflect: Would an independent colleague be able to see what was checked, by whom and with what result?

    Read the lesson: why this matters

    A populated field is not necessarily correct. Completeness asks whether required information is present; accuracy asks whether it is right; timeliness asks whether it is current enough; consistency asks whether related records agree. A data-quality percentage needs a defined population, fields, tests and date.

    TPR’s record-keeping and data-improvement modules cover accurate records, monitoring, reconciliation and improvement plans. They distinguish common data used to identify members from scheme-specific data. For a real strategy, confirm the applicable scheme requirements and prioritise errors by their effect on members, not only how easy they are to fix.

    A preventive control stops an avoidable problem before it enters the next step, such as rejecting a file with a missing required field. A detective control finds an existing problem, such as comparing accepted totals with an authorised source. A corrective action resolves the issue and its cause. None of these should silently overwrite uncertain pension data.

    Write each control as a small operating agreement: risk, check, owner, frequency, evidence, exception route and reviewer. Restrict access, keep an audit trail and use approved retention and secure-sharing rules. Do not create your own blanket retention period or assume everyone with a dashboard link is entitled to its underlying records.

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    MODULE 5 OF 8 · 9 MINUTES

    5. Plan people, capacity and ownership

    You will: Estimate workload without assuming everyone is available all day. Reduce dependence on one person.

    Scenario

    You are helping Harbour’s operations lead plan a busy week. Expected work exceeds the time available, and only one colleague knows the correction process. Your goal is to make a realistic capacity choice and establish deputy cover without removing essential checks.

    Example

    A small but real capacity gap

    Harbour expects 50 comparable cases next week. At 30 minutes each, that is 25 hours of casework. Checking and support add 5 hours, giving 30 hours. After known commitments, the team has 24 hours available for this work: a 6-hour gap. The example response is to protect urgent work, agree priorities and remove avoidable rework, not promise an impossible completion date or skip checks.

    Takeaway: Make the gap visible before making a commitment.

    Your task

    1. Use the example to write a capacity assumption and its limitation.
    2. Assign a fictional owner and deputy to employer-file correction.
    3. Describe one supervised practice activity for the deputy.
    4. Identify one task to defer if demand exceeds safe capacity, subject to approved priorities.

    Your output: A capacity note and critical-process cover action.

    Working-note template
    Demand and effort: ___
Available capacity: ___
Gap and assumptions: ___
Accountable owner: ___
Deputy and practice evidence: ___
Trade-off requiring agreement: ___

    Reflect: What would stop if the most experienced colleague were unavailable for a week?

    Read the lesson: why this matters

    A strategy must fit the people who will deliver it. Headcount is not the same as usable capacity. Allow for leave, training, meetings, supervision, quality checks and complex exceptions. Use observed effort by case type where possible rather than treating every case as equal.

    Estimate workload as volume multiplied by typical hands-on effort, then add known checking and support time. Compare that with realistic capacity for the same period. Treat the estimate as a planning aid, not a staff performance judgement. Examine peak demand as well as a normal week.

    For each important process, name the person or role doing the work, the accountable owner, the people consulted and those informed. One accountable owner avoids decisions being passed around. Confirm actual delegated authorities before using this model in a real organisation.

    Build cover for critical knowledge. A useful handover includes instructions, access through approved routes, an exception example and a supervised practice run. A document alone does not prove the deputy can perform the work. Protect learning time rather than adding training on top of an already overloaded week.

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      MODULE 6 OF 8 · 10 MINUTES

      6. Use governance and measures to make decisions

      You will: Define a balanced performance view. Turn reporting into an owned decision.

      Scenario

      You are preparing Harbour’s monthly service review. The current report celebrates completed work but says little about open cases or rework. Your goal is to propose a balanced set of measures that leads to clear decisions rather than a prettier dashboard.

      Example

      A balanced Harbour review

      Harbour proposes three training measures: first-pass employer-file acceptance, number and age of overdue open cases under its fictional internal target, and rework among completed cases. For first-pass acceptance the definition is “files passing agreed initial checks ÷ all files received in the same period”. Baseline is 7/10. A provisional learning target is 9/10, reviewed after a larger sample. The decision is to trial clearer guidance before buying technology.

      Takeaway: A measure should change a decision, not merely decorate a report.

      Your task

      1. Choose three measures that balance service outcomes and safeguards.
      2. For one measure, write the numerator, denominator, source, period and owner.
      3. Label its target as a fictional proposal, not a legal or scheme standard.
      4. Describe the action a worsening result would trigger and who decides.

      Your output: A three-measure scorecard and a decision-record format.

      Working-note template
      Measure: ___
Definition, numerator and denominator: ___
Source, period and owner: ___
Baseline: ___
Proposed target, subject to approval: ___
Review and escalation: ___
Decision record: action / owner / due date / closure evidence

      Reflect: Could someone make the result look better while the member experience gets worse? If so, add a balancing measure.

      Read the lesson: why this matters

      Governance is how decisions are made, challenged, recorded and followed through. A dashboard is not governance by itself. Every important measure needs an owner, a definition, an evidence source, a review rhythm and an agreed response when performance deteriorates.

      Balance outcomes and safeguards. Consider timeliness, quality, member experience, workload and control effectiveness. A speed-only target can encourage staff to close difficult cases too early. A falling complaint count can mean improvement, or it can mean people cannot find the complaint route.

      Define the clock. Specify when timing starts and stops, which cases are included and how waiting for information is shown. Report total elapsed time as well as any adjusted internal measure. Keep statutory obligations separate from local improvement targets and do not hide overdue open work by reporting completed cases only.

      A short review should conclude with a decision, owner, due date and evidence of closure. Use the real organisation’s approved escalation and breach-reporting processes where applicable. This course does not define reportable legal breaches or replace specialist judgement.

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        MODULE 7 OF 8 · 11 MINUTES

        7. Make the service resilient before automating it

        You will: Recognise confidentiality, integrity and availability failure scenarios. Prioritise an automation with safe boundaries.

        Scenario

        You are advising Harbour’s service owner on an automation proposal while the team is also reviewing recovery arrangements. A read-only validation report and automatic record correction are both suggested. Your goal is to select a bounded first pilot and show how the service stays safe if it fails.

        Example

        Choose a bounded first pilot

        Harbour compares a read-only missing-field report with automatic correction of member records. Both could save time, but automatic correction has much greater integrity risk. The first pilot is a dummy-data report that flags incomplete employer submissions without updating records or sending messages. Its success test is that every known fixture defect is flagged, valid fixtures remain unflagged, and a failed run is clearly reported. A named reviewer must approve any later live use.

        Takeaway: A smaller, reversible pilot can produce stronger evidence than a broad launch.

        Your task

        1. Write one confidentiality, one integrity and one availability failure scenario.
        2. Choose the most consequential scenario and describe a safe rehearsal using dummy data.
        3. Compare two improvement ideas on benefit, risk, effort, readiness and reversibility.
        4. Choose one pilot. Define its boundaries, human review, stop condition and fallback.

        Your output: A resilience action and a safe automation-pilot brief.

        Working-note template
        Failure scenarios: C ___ / I ___ / A ___
Rehearsal, owner and evidence: ___
Idea comparison: benefit / risk / effort / readiness / reversibility
Chosen pilot and boundary: ___
Human review: ___
Success evidence: ___
Stop condition and fallback: ___

        Reflect: If the automation produces a plausible but wrong output, who notices before a member is affected?

        Read the lesson: why this matters

        Resilience means keeping critical services dependable when something goes wrong and recovering safely afterwards. Consider a misdirected file, an incorrect bulk update, a supplier outage and loss of a key colleague. Identify the service affected, member impact, owner, response route and evidence needed to resume safely.

        TPR’s cyber and continuity material supports documented responsibilities, practical recovery planning and testing. A backup existing is not proof of recoverability. In a real organisation, specialists and service owners should agree recovery priorities, acceptable interruption and data-loss tolerances, then test the arrangements through authorised exercises.

        Automate a clear, controlled process, not an unexplained failure. First remove unnecessary steps and stabilise the rules. Rank ideas by member benefit, risk reduction, effort, data readiness and reversibility. A simple validation report may be a safer first step than automated benefit decisions or live payments.

        For an M365-based idea, describe the business outcome before selecting Excel, Lists, Power Automate or Power BI. Check approved tools, licensing, access and information handling separately. Start with dummy data. Require visible failures, human review of exceptions, duplicate protection where relevant, an audit trail, a stop mechanism and a tested manual fallback. Do not paste live member data into AI prompts.

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        MODULE 8 OF 8 · 10 MINUTES

        8. Turn your choices into a one-page strategy

        You will: Assemble a short strategy that makes trade-offs clear. Sequence a realistic 90-day plan with evidence gates.

        Scenario

        You are bringing Harbour’s draft findings to a planning discussion with service owners. There are more improvement ideas than the team can deliver in 90 days. Your goal is to select three linked priorities, show the trade-offs and define evidence gates before any live change.

        Example

        Harbour’s three connected priorities

        Priority 1: improve employer-file quality through clearer guidance and validation. Priority 2: make workload visible and build deputy cover. Priority 3: rehearse recovery and test a read-only validation pilot. Days 1–30 establish definitions, owners and baseline. Days 31–60 test the guidance, cross-train the deputy and run dummy-data checks. Days 61–90 review evidence and decide whether an authorised limited pilot should proceed. No automatic release follows the calendar.

        Takeaway: A roadmap is a sequence of evidence-based decisions, not dates alone.

        Your task

        1. Combine your previous outputs using the one-page template below.
        2. Select three priorities and state what you will not do yet.
        3. For each 30-day stage, add an owner, dependency, deliverable and evidence gate.
        4. Read the draft as a nontechnical colleague. Replace unexplained jargon.
        5. Mark it “Draft for discussion” and identify who would need to review a real version.

        Your output: A draft one-page strategy and 90-day delivery plan.

        Working-note template
        Use the one-page strategy and 90-day plan templates supplied after this module.

        Reflect: Can you explain why these three priorities matter more than the next three ideas?

        Read the lesson: why this matters

        A strong one-page strategy connects the service promise, evidence, priorities, controls, ownership and measures. Keep supporting detail elsewhere. If the page is only a list of projects, add the outcome each project is meant to improve and the reason it comes before other work.

        Choose no more than three priorities for this first plan. Sequence dependencies: agree definitions before building reports; clarify input rules before automating checks; establish owners and cover before relying on a new process. Keep unselected ideas in a later list so that “not now” is a deliberate choice.

        Use 30, 60 and 90-day checkpoints. Each checkpoint needs an owner, deliverable and evidence that permits the next step. “Built” means the change exists; “deployed” means it is available in its intended environment; “verified” means checks support the claimed result. Do not treat these as interchangeable.

        End with the decisions needed, resources assumed and next review date. Your course output is a draft for discussion. Before real adoption, appropriate scheme, operational, information-governance and technical owners must review it against current requirements and their actual authority. Finishing this course is not evidence of regulatory compliance.

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        Your working templates

        Use the blank templates for your fictional exercise. Compare your approach with the worked examples, not with a pass mark.

        One-page strategy: blank template
        DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION — FICTIONAL TRAINING EXERCISE
Service and planning period: ___
Service promise: ___
Scope and deliberate exclusions: ___
Current position: three facts with period, source and limitations ___
Priority 1: outcome / action / owner / evidence ___
Priority 2: outcome / action / owner / evidence ___
Priority 3: outcome / action / owner / evidence ___
Confidentiality: ___
Integrity: ___
Availability: ___
People, capacity and deputy cover: ___
Three measures: definition / baseline / proposed target / review owner ___
Top risks and dependencies: ___
Decisions and resources required: ___
Review date and approval route: ___
        90-day plan: blank template
        Days 1–30: Understand and agree
Owner: ___ | Deliverable: ___ | Dependency: ___ | Evidence gate: ___
Days 31–60: Test and learn
Owner: ___ | Deliverable: ___ | Dependency: ___ | Evidence gate: ___
Days 61–90: Review and decide
Owner: ___ | Deliverable: ___ | Dependency: ___ | Evidence gate: ___
For every action record: not started / in progress / implemented / deployed / verified, with evidence appropriate to that status.
Stop or revisit the plan if: ___
Next review: ___
        Worked one-page example: Harbour
        DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION — ALL DATA AND TARGETS ARE FICTIONAL
Promise: dependable employer submissions and clearer progress for members, without weakening protection of their information.
Scope: employer-file intake and related case tracking. Exclusions: benefit-rule changes, investment strategy, live automated corrections and payment automation.
Baseline: four-week backlog rose from 80 to 100; 7/10 files passed first validation; one person holds correction-process knowledge. Small samples require further checking.
Priority 1: improve first-pass file quality through a plain-language field guide and controlled validation. Owner: employer liaison lead. Evidence: dated test results and comparable acceptance trend.
Priority 2: make waiting work visible and develop deputy cover. Owner: operations lead. Evidence: agreed case-age report and supervised deputy practice.
Priority 3: strengthen recovery confidence before a read-only automation pilot. Owner: service owner with IT lead. Evidence: authorised rehearsal record and dummy-data pilot checks.
Confidentiality: approved restricted access and minimum necessary information. Integrity: reconciled inputs, recorded checks and no guessed corrections. Availability: tested cover, recovery route and manual fallback.
Measures: first-pass acceptance baseline 70%, provisional aim 90%; rework among completions baseline 22.2%, provisional aim below 15%; overdue open-case count and age, baseline to establish before setting a target. These are learning targets, not scheme standards.
Capacity: protect agreed staff time for checking, training and the pilot; quantify demand before promising throughput.
Dependencies: approved definitions, process ownership, access review and evidence quality.
Decisions: confirm scope, allocate capacity and authorise any later controlled live pilot separately.
Review: checkpoints at days 30, 60 and 90; revise earlier if risk or demand changes.
        Worked 90-day example: Harbour
        Days 1–30 — Operations lead: agree case definitions, review a fictional baseline, map intake, identify control gaps and assign owners. Gate: service owner accepts definitions, scope and risks; no build based on unresolved rules.
Days 31–60 — Employer liaison lead and technical lead: trial clearer guidance with dummy examples, rehearse deputy cover, run a read-only validator against known valid and invalid fixtures. Gate: evidence shows expected results, failures are visible, and access, exceptions and fallback are reviewed.
Days 61–90 — Service owner: review acceptance and rework measures, recovery rehearsal evidence and pilot findings. Decide whether to stop, improve or seek approval for a limited live pilot. Gate: authorised decision recorded, no unresolved material control issue, and agreed monitoring and rollback arrangements.
Beyond day 90 — Scale only after evidence supports the decision. No promise of production deployment is made by this training plan.

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        Review your draft, without a test

        • The strategy states a member or employer outcome, not just a technology purchase.
        • Every priority is supported by evidence or clearly labelled as an assumption.
        • Confidentiality, integrity and availability are all addressed.
        • An owner, measure and evidence gate are attached to each priority.
        • The plan fits realistic capacity and includes a deputy or fallback.
        • NI-specific requirements are checked rather than copied from England and Wales.
        • All course work uses dummy data and is labelled as a draft.

        You now have a working strategy draft. The next useful step is a discussion with the appropriate service owners, using approved channels and documents. There is no quiz result or compliance certificate.

        There is no saved completion tick for this workshop. Existing course answers and progress are unchanged.

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