Project management specialists for software audit, licensing & SAM engagements.
Starstrike brings senior project management craft to the engagements where the licensing detail, stakeholder complexity, and commercial exposure are highest. Independent. Disciplined. Trusted by leading SAM consultancies.
SAM consultancies
Three SAM disciplines. One delivery standard.
Software asset management engagements live or die on coordination.
The licensing detail matters — but so does the cadence of evidence, the rhythm of stakeholder communication, and the discipline that turns a complex engagement into a managed outcome.
That's the role we play.
- 01 Audit Defence Project leadership for vendor audit response — from notice through settlement. Stakeholder mobilisation, evidence coordination, vendor communications cadence.
- 02 Licensing Programmes Delivery management for ELP development, true-up cycles, and contract renewal programmes. Get to a defensible position with disciplined execution.
- 03 SAM Transformation Programme leadership for SAM tooling deployment, capability uplift, process and governance design across multi-stakeholder change.
Three engagement models. One delivery standard.
Every SAM engagement has its own shape. Some need leadership taken end-to-end; others need senior PM capability slotting into an existing team. We work in whichever model fits — never as an off-the-shelf product.
Programme Leadership
We take the lead on the engagement end-to-end — owning the plan, the stakeholder map, the delivery cadence, and accountability for outcomes. Suited to engagements where your team needs the load taken off entirely.
Embedded PM
We sit inside your team for the duration — your structure, your governance, our discipline. The right fit when domain leadership stays in-house and you need senior PM capacity to make delivery happen.
Partner Delivery
We deliver project management inside another consultancy's engagement. SAM specialists bring the domain expertise; we bring the PM craft that makes the engagement land. The most established way we work today.
If an audit letter arrived on Monday, could your organisation run a controlled response? A fixed-fee, fixed-scope review of your governance, roles and accountabilities, response process, and stakeholder discipline — the operational readiness that decides how an audit goes, assessed and scored by a senior practitioner.
You receive a scored readiness snapshot and prioritised recommendations, delivered within two weeks. We assess how you would run the response, not your licensing position — for compliance analysis we work alongside specialist SAM consultancies. A low-commitment way to see how we work, with agreements in place before you ever need us at speed.
Senior throughout. Disciplined by default. Independent by design.
The reason SAM consultancies bring us in — and the reason direct clients keep us — is consistent: senior people, doing senior work, with the discipline to make complex licensing and audit engagements land.
Senior throughout
Every engagement is led by senior practitioners — no bait-and-switch, no quiet hand-off to juniors after the contract is signed. The seniority your stakeholders see is the seniority that does the work.
Project management as a craft
PM isn't a coordination role we fall into between technical tasks. It's the discipline we've built our practice around — qualifications, methodologies, and years of delivery in the SAM and licensing space.
Independent of vendors and tooling
No reseller agreements, no software partnerships, no commission structures. The advice you receive is shaped by your situation alone.
Trusted where reputations matter
The UK's leading SAM consultancies trust Starstrike with their client engagements. In a small, reputation-driven market, that's the credibility signal that counts.
For long-standing clients and through our network, we also support broader IT engagements — transformation, software development, programme leadership. By referral or by relationship.
Starstrike Project Management has been instrumental over the past two years — not just in delivering projects, but in elevating how we deliver. Their input has helped sharpen our processes and improve the quality of our collateral. They bring both insight and structure, making them a valuable extension of our team.
Audit notice in hand? Or planning your SAM strategy?
Most engagements begin with a 30-minute scoping call — no obligation, no sales pitch. Just a conversation about whether we're a fit for your situation.
Prefer direct? ask@starstrikepm.com · 07340 587 408