SCIPIO ACADEMY / SIGNATURE
Buy the expertise. Own the outcome.
Commission and lead advisory work with methods from real Scipio & Partners engagements, from defining the brief to securing knowledge transfer.
TRY A PROGRAMME EXERCISE
Look beyond the fee. Compare the work, test the commitments and make a call you can defend.
About 4 minutes · No signup requiredYou are buying an operating-model review for two countries. You need a validated cost baseline, an implementation roadmap and a handover your team can use.
Include every part of the brief.
The lean proposal
Diagnostic and roadmap.
The partner led the pitch. Delivery would sit with a manager; the named team is not yet committed.
“Final presentation” triggers acceptance. No test of the baseline or handover is defined.
Add €18,000 for validation and €12,000 for handover.
The focused proposal
Diagnostic, validated baseline, roadmap and handover.
A named director and two consultants are available for all eight weeks. Their relevant delivery experience is evidenced.
Milestone payments are proposed, but the criteria for accepting each deliverable are still to be agreed.
All required work is included in the fee.
The broader proposal
All required work, plus a global benchmarking study.
The named senior team is available. Its experience is relevant, but the added study is not needed for this decision.
Acceptance tests are defined. The proposal exceeds the approved budget by €18,000; the study has no separate price.
Required scope is covered; benchmarking is bundled.
The marker shows your €150,000 cap. A quoted fee only means something once you know what it buys.
Fictional firms and fees, excluding tax.
Case assumptions, not market benchmarks.
In the programme, build the tender brief, evaluation criteria and acceptance plan behind decisions like this.
Explore the curriculumTHE SIGNATURE STANDARD
Built from real Scipio & Partners projects, curated with senior McKinsey, BCG and Bain alumni.
Examine the decisions, evidence and lessons behind Scipio & Partners engagements.
Build judgement through a clear sequence of cases, exercises and working materials.
New client engagements inform how we improve the content and grow the collection.
The value is in the curation: the right methods, materials and judgement for the responsibilities you hold.
Explore the collectionYOUR LEARNING OUTCOMES
Executives, vice presidents and procurement leaders who commission consulting or sponsor transformation programmes.
A reusable consulting procurement pack: the tender brief, proposal evaluation criteria, governance routines and knowledge-transfer plan.
IN PRACTICE
A transformation sponsor needs specialist advisory support from tender through delivery. Build a decision pack that protects the outcome and internal ownership.
Plan capability transfer and ownership after the engagement.
Illustrative learning scenario.
CURRICULUM
5 modules
Separate a need for expertise from a gap in ownership or capacity.
Specify outcomes, scope, deliverables, buyer inputs and evaluation criteria.
Assess the actual team, normalise assumptions and defend your selection.
Prepare commercial trade-offs, scope protections and decision routines.
Plan acceptance, capability transfer and ownership after the engagement.
THE EXPERIENCE
100% onlineNo in-person attendance required.
Guided practice with expert feedback on a teaching case shaped by real engagement experience. Develop procurement materials you can adapt to your own brief. Contractual and market-specific requirements need separate specialist advice.
Understand the context, trade-offs and reasoning behind the method.
Work through the case, then adapt the approach to your own priorities.
Use expert feedback to challenge your assumptions and defend your recommendation.
ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION
Course materials, exercises and any included coaching or live sessions are delivered online. No in-person attendance required.
Each programme specifies its pace and included support. Your invitation confirms any scheduled sessions and their timing.
Built from real Scipio & Partners projects, curated with senior McKinsey, BCG and Bain alumni.
The value is in the curation: the right methods, materials and judgement for the responsibilities you hold. Cases, exercises and expert review help you turn that experience into decisions and materials for your own company.
Yes. The working materials are designed for you to adapt to your own transformation efforts. In this programme, you develop: A reusable consulting procurement pack: the tender brief, proposal evaluation criteria, governance routines and knowledge-transfer plan.
Your invitation will confirm the materials included and the terms for internal use. Redistribution or resale is not included.
If your priority is to build your own capability, Signature gives you access to engagement know-how without commissioning a full consulting project. Learn to lead more of the work internally and make sharper decisions about where external expertise is needed.
The programme provides learning, feedback and working materials. A bespoke advisory engagement or delivery team would be a separate service.
We review your background and any goals or motivation you choose to share to assess programme fit. There is no payment when you apply.
We welcome new participants in intakes over time. Apply for access and we will email you when the next intake opens for this programme.
We will confirm the start date, what is included and the fee when we invite you to join. You can then decide whether to take part. Applying does not give you immediate course access.
Guided practice with expert feedback on a teaching case shaped by real engagement experience. Develop procurement materials you can adapt to your own brief. Contractual and market-specific requirements need separate specialist advice. The €4,990 shown is an estimated fee per person. We will confirm what is included, the final price and any applicable taxes before you decide to join.
Your invitation will explain what you need to complete, how your work will be assessed and whether the programme includes a certificate. Any Academy certificate is separate from an accredited academic qualification.
Scipio & Partners brings together senior experts who are alumni of McKinsey, BCG and Bain to curate the engagement methods, cases and learning materials behind the Signature Collection. We will share details of the programme contributors and reviewers with your invitation. The firms do not sponsor or endorse these programmes.
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