Project Delivery

Delivery people who have done the job before.

Our consultants deliver across the full project lifecycle, with deep expertise in core registry, portfolio management, unit pricing, performance and attribution, market data, custodial and member administration platforms. We do not advise from the sidelines — we own the outcome from strategy through to go-live and hypercare.

How we engage

Three ways to put our delivery capability to work.

Every engagement is built around the same specialist bench. What changes is the commercial shape — whether you need us to own a programme, sustain a capability, or strengthen your own team.

Consulting

We take ownership of the project from strategy through delivery — fund mergers, data migrations, CRM implementations and technology transformation, led to a successful go-live.

Managed services

For organisations that need sustained capability, we run an ongoing service as an extension of your team across data, technology and administration.

Contingent talent

Specialist superannuation technologists, analysts, engineers and project managers placed into your teams — people who understand your systems and contribute from day one.

The people we field

Senior practitioners across every delivery discipline.

A complete delivery team can be drawn from one bench — screened by people who have done the role, in superannuation, before.

Programme & project management

End-to-end leadership, integrated planning, governance, and risk and issue management — with board and steering-committee reporting.

Business & data analysis

Requirements, process and data analysis across registry, pensions, insurance and contributions — turning operational reality into delivery-ready specifications.

Solution & technical architecture

Target-state design across registry, CRM, data and integration — the decisions that determine how the fund runs after go-live.

Full-stack engineering

Hands-on build across platform configuration, integration and data engineering on the major Australian super platforms.

Test management & assurance

Test strategy, execution and independent delivery assurance — proving the change is safe before it goes.

Change management

Operational readiness, business change, training and member-impact management through to adoption.

Where we deliver

Deep platform and domain coverage.

Our consultants have delivered across more than twenty registry, CRM and platform systems, and across the operational domains that define a modern fund.

Platforms we know

  • Registry & member admin — Sonata Alta, LifePlan, Acurity, DLTA, SuperB, Calibre, aaspire, Garradin and legacy platforms.
  • CRM — Microsoft Dynamics 365, Midwinter Advice OS and earlier CRM estates.
  • Data & analytics — Power BI, Azure, Dataverse and AWS data services.
  • Investments & custodial — Aladdin, Calypso, Bloomberg and custodian integration.

Domains we cover

  • Core registry & member administration — accumulation, pension and defined benefit.
  • Unit pricing & crediting rates — calculation, controls and continuity.
  • Portfolio, performance & attribution — investment operations and reporting.
  • Market & custodial data — feeds, reconciliation and integration.
How we deliver

One disciplined lifecycle, owned end to end.

From the first scoping conversation to a stable business-as-usual, we run delivery through a single lifecycle with clear stage gates and evidence at each one.

1

Discover

Scope, objectives, current-state assessment and the delivery approach.

2

Design

Target operating model, solution and data design, and the plan to deliver it.

3

Build

Configuration, engineering, data work and iterative trials against real evidence.

4

Test & assure

Test execution, UAT and independent assurance feeding a readiness decision.

5

Go-live & hypercare

Controlled cutover, stabilise operations, then hand over to BAU.

OWN THE
OUTCOME

We do not hand over a recommendation and leave. Our people stay accountable through go-live and hypercare — the measure of a delivery engagement is a stable platform and a fund that can run it, not a document.

The approach described here is a starting point and should be verified with qualified advisers before being acted on.

Have a programme that has to land?

Talk to a Desda delivery lead about the people and the lifecycle behind a successful go-live — and how we would shape an engagement around your platform and timeline.

Talk to a delivery lead