FID Sprint – Secure your industrial investment decision in 15 days
A targeted analysis of technical risks, CAPEX, and planning to transform an uncertain project into a structured investment proposal.
Who is FID Sprint for?
The FID Sprint is designed for industrial organizations that need to make an investment decision when the project still involves technical, budgetary, or contractual uncertainties. This short assignment allows the situation to be clarified quickly before any financial commitment is made.
Upstream industrial project developers (DEVEX)
– Industrial departments preparing a Final Investment Decision (FID)
– Investors or industrial partners seeking an independent technical review
– Project owners faced with unstable CAPEX
– Project teams with uncertain provisional schedules
– Organizations managing complex technical interfaces (civil engineering, processes, utilities)
– Projects subject to regulatory or contractual constraints that are still poorly defined
FID Sprint comes into play precisely at this critical moment when the decision is approaching, but where the project visibility remains insufficient to confidently commit significant amounts.
Typical context for intervention:
The project has already been launched on a technical or commercial level, but several key elements remain unclear: poorly consolidated CAPEX assumptions, a schedule that is still theoretical, poorly qualified supplier dependencies, or regulatory risks that are not fully secured.
However, management must move forward with an investment decision, with a strong need for visibility on the real risks, potential deviations, and actions to be taken in the short term to make the project more reliable.
FID Sprint provides this structured and independent analysis, compatible with the governance requirements of large-scale industrial projects.
What FID Sprint allows you to achieve in concrete terms
In 15 days, FID Sprint transforms an uncertain project into a structured basis for decision-making. The goal is not to produce yet another theoretical report, but to clarify the points that can really impact investment, planning, and industrial feasibility.
A mission structured in two stages
Step 1 – Review technical and contractual red flags (D+5)
This first phase aims to quickly identify critical issues that could jeopardize the technical, regulatory, or contractual feasibility of the project.
DIEPCM analyzes in particular:
– Major technical risks and areas of engineering uncertainty
– Regulatory and HSE constraints (ESIA, ICPE, authorizations)
– Interfaces between civil engineering, processes, and utilities
– Network connection issues (TSO/DSO)
– Long lead items and critical supplier dependencies
– The existing EPC contractual framework, where available
Deliverable: a Red Flags report with a criticality matrix (Red/Orange/Green) and an initial assessment of the potential impacts on CAPEX and scheduling.
The work focuses in particular on:
– Consolidating CAPEX and formalizing structural assumptions
– Reviewing the schedule with P50/P90 scenarios
– Identifying and qualifying long lead items (lead times, Incoterms, supplier risks)
– Reviewing critical EPC clauses from an owner’s engineer perspective
– Verifying permitting consistency
– Preparing a summary investment note
– Defining a 90-day roadmap (RACI and milestones) to secure the transition to FID
– Preparing key investment indicators (IRR, ROACE, risk exposure)
Deliverable: a structured report enabling management and investors to make decisions based on a consolidated view of risks, assumptions, and actions to be taken.
Step 2 – FID Readiness Sprint (D+15)
Based on initial findings, this phase aims to bring consistency to the project and structure a dossier ready to be submitted to the investment committee.
Why this Sprint really changes the investment decision
The FID Sprint is not intended to produce an additional document, but to tangibly improve the quality of the decision. It enables a shift from a project perceived as uncertain to a structured assessment of risks, assumptions, and priority actions.
LIST OF BENEFITS
Reduced risk of decisions based on insufficiently consolidated technical or budgetary assumptions.
– Greater visibility on potential discrepancies between estimated CAPEX and realistic CAPEX.
– More robust reading of the schedule thanks to the integration of major uncertainties.
– Early identification of issues that could impact project contracting, financing, or profitability
– More solid preparation for discussions with investors, senior management, or commitment committees
– Ability to take rapid corrective action before the execution phase
Pricing
Indicative budget: between €9,500 and €20,000
The amount depends on the complexity of the project, the maturity of the available data, and the number of sites involved. The goal is to adapt the scope of the Sprint to the actual level of uncertainty and the decision-making challenges.
An initial confidential discussion allows us to quickly assess the situation and propose an appropriate framework. The intervention can be carried out under a confidentiality agreement.
The FID Sprint acts as a short-term strategic management tool, securing the foundations of the investment decision before the amounts committed become significant.
Are you preparing an industrial investment decision?
FID Sprint provides you with a clear view of the risks, assumptions, and actual maturity level of your project, enabling you to make decisions within a structured and defensible framework.