First 90 Days Design Sprint
Build the operating system your internal teams can run.
A four-to-six-week redesign of recruitment-to-contribution for organisations that want the architecture, standards and playbooks without managed participant delivery.
Practice hypothesis01Standards
02Capability
03Governance
04Evidence
Owned by the client, assured by Stratum.
How the organisation will own and deliver one consistent first-90-day standard
Four to six weeks with a cross-functional client design team
QAR 115,000–205,000
Final scope reflects facilities, professions, languages and implementation depth.
Journey and process
Recruitment-to-day-90 service blueprint, ownership, handoffs, standards and escalation.
Roles and relationships
Manager cadence, contribution charter, buddy model and host-national relationship design.
Content and capability
Pre-arrival navigator, first-week materials, manager prompts and buddy briefing.
Evidence and governance
Measurement dictionary, reporting rules, data protection, executive rhythm and improvement backlog.
Sprint outputs
A complete, owned first-90-day architecture.
Service blueprint
End-to-end entry journey and failure modes.
Operating standards
Pre-arrival, day-one, week-one and day-90 requirements.
RACI and SLAs
Sponsor, owner, data owner and escalation route.
Playbooks
Manager, HR, buddy and newcomer guidance.
Measurement framework
Definitions, sources, baselines and review cadence.
Implementation roadmap
Sequenced backlog by cohort, profession or facility.
Client commitment
A sprint needs decision-makers, not observers.
- One accountable executive sponsor
- A cross-functional design team from recruitment, HR, operations and OD
- Access to current processes, content, standards and known failure points
- Two decision workshops and one implementation-readiness review
- A named owner for the post-sprint backlog
Next step
Move from fragmented onboarding to an owned entry system.
Start with a concise executive discussion about where international entry is creating avoidable friction.