Delivering at Pace Example at HEO Grade
A worked HEO STAR example for Delivering at Pace showing end-to-end project delivery under pressure.
**TL;DR.** At HEO, Delivering at Pace is about end-to-end project delivery under pressure, with structured risk management and personal accountability when the plan slips.
Worked HEO example (250 words)
*As an HEO project manager I was given a four-week deadline to launch a new policy briefing series to coincide with a parliamentary debate. I drafted a delivery plan of three milestones, assigned four contributors with hard sub-deadlines, and instituted daily 15-minute stand-ups in the final two weeks. When one contributor flagged a delay in week 2 due to a separate emergency tasking, I personally drafted that contributor's section in the evenings to keep the timeline. I held a final clearance call with the deputy director on day 26 and delivered the published series on day 28 — two days before the parliamentary debate. The series was used in the debate by both opposition and government speakers, and cited in the department's quarterly highlights.*
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Frequently asked questions
Should HEO Delivering at Pace include what you did when the plan slipped?
Yes. Assessors score personal accountability under pressure. Describing what you did when the plan was at risk — stepping in to cover a contributor, escalating a blocker, renegotiating a dependency — is usually the scoring moment.