Scenarios + ASCEND Product Demo
A short demonstration of governed decision rehearsal and capability evidence for regulated teams.
Microsoft governanceSC-cleared advisoryDecision qualityDelivery assuranceScenarios + ASCEND
Who we are
Built for the gap dashboards do not show.
Most organisations can show that technology was deployed, licences were renewed and training was completed. Far fewer can show that governance is working in practice, that people are using the system well, or that consequential decisions are being made with confidence.
SMCPS was built to work in that space. We combine senior Microsoft architecture, governance and delivery experience with capability design and readiness assessment, and we keep the founders directly involved in the work.
What we do
Services shaped around the problems leaders actually carry.
SMCPS works across two disciplines most advisory firms separate: Microsoft technology architecture and the organisational readiness needed to make that technology perform.
Technology Architecture & Governance Review
Independent assessment of Microsoft environments, ownership, risks and governance that exists in practice rather than only in documentation.
Talk to usProgramme Delivery Assurance
Review in-flight technology and change programmes, surface risks internal reporting is not naming clearly, and give sponsors a defensible view of what happens next.
Talk to usMicrosoft Platform Implementation & Governance
Design, build and govern Power Platform, SharePoint, M365, Azure and Copilot solutions with attention to what will hold after the project team has moved on.
Talk to usAI Business Solutions
Identify where Microsoft Copilot, Claude Code and targeted automation can improve everyday work, from knowledge retrieval and document-heavy processes to delivery support, decision workflows and governed adoption.
Talk to usAdoption, Capability & Readiness Design
Assess the human readiness gap and design the governance, change support and scenario-based practice needed for confident operational performance.
Talk to usProduct portfolio
Scenarios + ASCEND makes readiness visible.
Scenarios + ASCEND helps organisations rehearse difficult decisions, evidence judgement quality, guide targeted improvement and govern the full learning-to-performance cycle.
It is not an LMS and it is not another generic AI tool. It uses an organisation's own cases, policies and operating context to create realistic decision practice, then turns that practice into evidence of confidence, consistency, gaps and targeted development need.
Scenarios + ASCEND Guided Platform Walkthrough
A guided walkthrough showing how teams rehearse decisions, review evidence and identify improvement areas.
How we help
From unclear position to evidenced readiness.
Good advisory work should leave leaders with fewer blind spots. We assess the real position, say what needs to be said and help turn the findings into action.
01 / Clarify
Name the real gap
We test whether the issue is architecture, governance, process, capability, confidence or delivery discipline.
02 / Shape
Shape what will hold
We design proportionate governance, solution patterns and readiness work that can survive real operational pressure.
03 / Deliver
Evidence the change
We focus on the proof leaders need: stronger governance, clearer ownership, better adoption and measurable readiness.
Our approach
A simple, repeatable way of working.
The same disciplined approach whether the engagement is two weeks or twelve months: transparent, collaborative and focused on usable outcomes.
01
Understand the reality
We read what exists, listen to the people doing the work and form an independent view of the current position.
02
Identify the real problem
We separate symptoms, reporting noise and root causes.
03
Map options and risks
We make choices, constraints and consequences visible before recommending a route.
04
Design a way forward
We turn assessment into practical governance, architecture, capability and delivery actions.
05
Measure what changes
We focus on evidence of performance and readiness, not activity for its own sake.
About SMCPS
Founder-led by two practitioners who reached the same problem from different sides.
From the technology side: organisations underestimate the governance and adoption work required to make Microsoft investments perform. From the capability side: organisations over-invest in content and under-invest in structured readiness. SMCPS was built at that junction.
Somdotta Mukherjee
Co-founder - Learning, capability & decision readiness
Somdotta is a senior learning and capability specialist with nearly two decades of experience in instructional design, learning architecture and digital capability solutions for organisations including the World Health Organization, Standard Chartered Bank, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, Fitch Learning, Pearson UK and AirAsia. She leads the design and development of Scenarios + ASCEND, bringing learning design, capability architecture and decision-quality assessment into SMCPS's product portfolio.
- Learning architecture
- Capability & readiness
- Scenarios + ASCEND
Surajit Mukherjee
Co-founder - Technology architecture, governance & delivery
Surajit is an SC-cleared Managing Consultant and Solution Architect with more than twenty years of Microsoft delivery experience across financial services, retail and UK government. He has delivered for the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Housing and the Regulator of Social Housing, and has held roles at PwC, Avanade and Solirius Consulting. His work includes a global Office 365 and Power Platform deployment for a major European bank across 97,000 employees in fifteen countries and a two-year digital transformation programme for a GBP150bn AUM pension fund.
- SC-cleared Microsoft architecture
- Power Platform, M365 & SharePoint
- Programme assurance & governance
Who we work with
Teams and organisations we support.
- Senior leaders and programme owners
- Government departments and regulated organisations
- Operational teams in complaints, claims, risk and service delivery
- Teams using Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform or Azure
- Organisations needing SC-cleared Microsoft architecture or assurance
- Capability leaders who need evidence of readiness, not completion
Contact
Let's have the right conversation.
Tell us briefly what the situation is. We will respond with an honest view of whether we can help and what the right starting point looks like.
Based in London, United Kingdom
SC-cleared government and regulated-sector experience
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