OUR PRACTICES

Senior leadership. Clear scope. Evidence of delivery.

Our three lead practices are delivery leadership, data platforms and governance, and Cyber Security and DevSecOps. Our own teams and specialist associates bring the AI, software and service management capability each engagement needs.

Delivery leadership ↗Trusted data ↗Cyber Security and DevSecOps ↗
ONE CONTINUOUS CAPABILITY

Build, secure and run.

Most firms take responsibility for one stage and hand over at the rest.
We stay across all three, so what we build is secure by design and supported from the day it goes live.

Build

Custom software, SaaS products and ERP systems, designed, built and maintained by our own engineers.

Secure

NIST CSF diagnostics, DevSecOps and cloud security, so controls are part of how the software is delivered.

Run

ITIL processes, service desk, CMDB and change management, so what is delivered stays reliable and auditable.

LEAD PRACTICE

Delivery Leadership

Senior, hands on leadership for complex change. Recover momentum. Deliver the outcome.

ServiceWhat it covers

Interim leadership

Senior programme and delivery leadership embedded in your organisation.

Scaled Agile

Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, PI Planning and Scrum of Scrums.

Executive governance

PMO, RAID, stage gates and clear executive reporting.

Programme recovery

Recovery of off track, complex, multi team programmes.

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Delivery health check

2 weeks. Programme review, RAID assessment, readiness register and 90 day recovery plan. Fee on request.

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LEAD PRACTICE

Data Platforms & Governance

The platforms, quality and governance that make your data trustworthy and your AI possible.

ServiceWhat it covers

Platform delivery

Lakehouse and warehouse design, build and migration on Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, BigQuery and Azure Synapse.

Data governance

Ownership, lineage, quality rules and master data.

Regulatory data products

Reference and master data for regulated domains, including IDMP.

Executive reporting

Power BI dashboards for delivery, risk and operational KPIs.

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Data source readiness

4–6 weeks. Source catalogue, priorities, ownership, reconciliation criteria and roadmap. Fee on request.

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LEAD PRACTICE

Cyber Security and DevSecOps

Raise security maturity without slowing delivery. Secure by design, not by afterthought.

ServiceWhat it coversEvidence from our work

Cyber maturity assessment

Current state NIST CSF assessment, a gap register and a costed roadmap to the target tier.

Led a programme targeting NIST CSF Tier 3 across multiple business units at a European energy group.

DevSecOps and secure delivery

Code scanning, secure build runners, artefact management, CI/CD quality gates and release controls.

Rolled out Snyk, EKS Runners, Nexus and GitLab controls; raised release standards across 15+ business units.

Cloud security

Security architecture and controls for Azure and AWS platforms and data estates.

Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect and AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certified.

AI and data security

Securing data pipelines, model access, AI use policy and personal data in AI workloads.

AI powered KYC delivered with compliance and risk controls in a regulated bank.

Regulatory compliance

Mapping controls to regulatory duties and preparing evidence for audit and supervisors.

PSD2 and Open Banking delivery at Santander; regulated workflows in pharmacovigilance.

Security metrics and assurance

Honest, reconciled security reporting for boards and steering committees.

Found and corrected overstated security tool metrics before they reached the board.

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DevSecOps maturity diagnostic

4–6 weeks. NIST CSF assessment, gap register and costed roadmap to your target tier. Fee on request.

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REGULATORY CONTEXT

Your obligations. Built into the work.

United Kingdom

NIST CSF, UK GDPR, FCA and PRA operational resilience expectations.

Ghana

Cybersecurity Act 2020, Data Protection Act, Bank of Ghana cyber and information security directives.

SUPPORTING CAPABILITY

AI Transformation & Assurance

From promising pilots to governed, production ready AI. Clear ownership. Controls built in.

ServiceWhat it covers

AI strategy and roadmap

Value, feasibility and regulatory risk assessed for every use case.

AI automation

Automated workflows, document handling and back office processes built on AI, so routine work runs itself and your people focus on judgement.

Model lifecycle delivery

Data readiness, training, evaluation, workflow integration and adoption.

GenAI governance

AI use policy, model ownership, risk controls and board reporting.

Ethical AI and fairness

Bias and fairness controls built into pricing, claims and decision workflows.

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AI Transformation Diagnostic

4–6 weeks. Use case shortlist, data readiness and governance gaps, and a 90 day roadmap. Fee on request.

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SUPPORTING CAPABILITY

IT Service Management

One way to request, fix and change IT. Reliable services across the whole organisation.

ServiceWhat it covers

ITSM platform rollout

Selection, configuration and organisation wide rollout of platforms such as ServiceNow and Jira Service Management.

ITIL process design

Incident, problem, change, request, knowledge and service level management designed to fit how you work.

Service desk setup

Service model, catalogue, SLAs, escalation paths and self service portal.

CMDB and asset management

A trusted record of services, systems and assets, the foundation for change, security and audit.

Service transition

Operational readiness so new platforms, data products and AI services go live supported.

AI in service operations

Virtual agents, automated ticket triage and routing, and knowledge search.

Reporting and continual improvement

SLA, backlog and satisfaction dashboards with a regular improvement cycle.

TYPICAL OUTCOME

A reliable CMDB and change process are what cyber controls and AI governance depend on. We use them to make security and AI auditable in day to day operations.

SUPPORTING CAPABILITY

Software & Systems Development

We build as well as advise. Our own delivery teams deliver the software, SaaS products and ERP systems your change depends on, or build and scale the team that runs them.

ServiceWhat it covers

Custom projects for your business

Bespoke work scoped around a specific problem in your company: we design and build the tools, automations and systems that remove manual effort and make your organisation run more efficiently.

Custom software delivery

Web and internal applications designed, built and maintained by our own engineers.

SaaS platforms

Multi tenant products built and operated end to end, covering architecture, security, billing, onboarding and scale.

ERP delivery

Implementation, integration and extension of ERP platforms so finance, operations and reporting work as one source of truth.

Systems integration

Connecting core platforms, data estates and third party services so they work as one.

APIs and automation

API first services, workflow automation and less manual handling.

Our own delivery teams

Work delivered end to end by Joavora engineers: product, engineering, testing and delivery management.

Build and scale your team

Recruiting, structuring and coaching engineering capability inside your organisation, so it outlasts the programme.

Global talent through partner recruiters

We work with partner recruitment firms to hire specific, hard to find talent from around the world, matched to the skills your work needs.

Build and run

Support, enhancement and continual improvement after go live.

LET’S FIND YOUR STARTING POINT

Let’s identify what is holding delivery back.

Thirty minutes with our director to discuss your programme,
the key risks and a practical starting point.

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