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74% chance Unified Digital Services Platform slips within 45 days
The project is At risk today, but the SPI trend, the task-closure rate and the open risks point to a further slip.
Confidence82%
Good morning, Dr. Noura M. Al-Otaibi17 Jumada I 1448 AH — 28 October 2026
Five questions for this morning
Answers built on 36 projects updated up to today — every figure leads to its detail.
Working on:Al-Waha Region Development Authority
01Where are we?
The health of the enterprise portfolio today, and where the trouble sits.
Authority health score
Budget-weighted across eight dimensions: schedule, cost, risk, scope, quality, resources, stakeholders and benefits.
66
/ 100
since January
from 89 to 66
Progress
43%
Planned 52%
SPI
0.85
CPI 0.93
Projects by status
- On track18
- At risk10
- Off track4
- Critical2
- On hold2
Portfolio health
Pick a portfolio to drill into its programmes and projects.
Major projects
The six largest projects by budget — 66% of the whole portfolio.
02Why are we late?
Lateness is not one number — these are its root causes, ranked by days of delay.
Root causes of delay
Forecast delay of active projects, in days, grouped by primary cause.
Unapproved variations piling up into financial claims and extension requests.
Schedule and cost performance trend
Budget-weighted, January – October 2026
- SPI
- CPI
03What have we spent, what will it cost?
Spend to date, what is committed, and the forecast cost to completion.
- Approved budget
- SAR 5.2B
- Spent
- SAR 2.4B
- Committed
- SAR 3.9B
- Estimate at completion
- SAR 5.6B
- Variance at completion
- SAR 407.7M
47% of budget
75%
7.9% over budget
Actual spendCommittedApproved budgetEstimate at completion
Where does the overrun come from?
EAC minus budget for each portfolio (red is overrun) · SAR M
Monthly spend, 2026
Planned against actual, with the forecast to December · SAR M
- Planned
- Actual
- Forecast
0.93
Watch
CPI
0.85
Off track
SPI
04What needs me?
Decisions waiting for your signature, and the risks that could change the picture.
Decisions waiting for the executive
By decision date. You can remind the decision owner.
Approval26 hours overdueSLA breached
Approve the October Steering Committee minutes
The minutes hold 7 decisions and 12 actions; follow-up cannot start before approval.
Decision22 hours leftSLA about to lapse
Pay subcontractors directly at the wastewater treatment plant
Three subcontractors stopped work 19 days ago over unpaid dues from the main contractor; membrane works are idle.
Decision2 days leftWithin SLA
Refer the Government Offices Complex claims to arbitration
SAR 96M of claims over unapproved variations; the dispute board reached no settlement.
Government Offices ComplexSAR 96M
Approval4 days leftWithin SLA
Approve the updated recovery plan for the Unified Digital Services Platform
The plan recovers 30 of the 42 days by adding an integration squad for four months and resequencing wave 2.
Budget6 days leftWithin SLA
Release SAR 22M of infrastructure reserve to speed up land acquisition
Sections 3 and 4 of the Northern Ring Road wait on compensation payments; every month of delay costs SAR 6.8M.
What you did today
No actions yet. What you approve or defer here shows in this log and on the command centre.
Critical risks
Open risks scoring 15 or more (probability × impact).
- 25Main contractor cash-flow distress and unpaid subcontractorsEast Waha Wastewater Treatment PlantSAR 36MExposure
- 20Steel and asphalt price rises driving price-adjustment claimsNorthern Ring Road Development — Phase 2SAR 48MExposure
- 20Contractor financial claims piling up over unapproved variationsGovernment Offices ComplexSAR 41MExposure
- 20Late land acquisition and utility diversions in sections 3 and 4Northern Ring Road Development — Phase 2SAR 31MExposure
- 20Unforeseen ground conditions at the pier foundations in the wadi bedWadi Al-Rummah BridgeSAR 27MExposure
- 20Late land handover and title deed from the owning entityRegional Emergency & Safety CentreSAR 12MExposure
- 16Marine protection costs up after the hydrographic surveyWaterfront RehabilitationSAR 22.5MExposure
Total exposureSAR 403.4M
05Are we meeting our objectives?
Are the projects moving the targets? Strategic objectives and benefits realised.
Strategic objectives
Actual achievement against the 2026 target, per objective.
Sustainable Regional Development
A Diverse, Investment-Ready Economy
Outstanding Digital Government Services
Benefits realisation
Value realised against value planned to date, by portfolio.
Total expected value
SAR 8.4B
Planned to date
SAR 661M
Realised
SAR 471.5M
71% of plan