Case Study: Broadleaf Capital International achieves more reliable cost and schedule risk analysis with Palisade @RISK

Consulting Company Helps Major Institutions, Businesses Avoid Financial Failures

Broadleaf Capital International is a specialist risk-management consultancy working across mining, infrastructure, oil & gas, IT and government projects to help institutions avoid costly project failures. Confronted with outdated, manual-era approaches to cost contingency, huge multi‑billion dollar projects and volatile commodity prices, Broadleaf turned to Palisade’s @RISK software to provide rigorous schedule and cost‑risk analysis and a transparent way to model uncertainty.

Using Palisade’s @RISK, Broadleaf implemented a risk‑factor modeling approach with Monte Carlo simulation that ties uncertain inputs (steel prices, activity durations, etc.) to total project cost, highlights dominant drivers, and sets realistic targets and contingency. Palisade‑powered analyses have changed client behavior—many now require quantitative risk analysis before investing, New Zealand government IT projects now mandate such studies, Broadleaf’s work won a KPMG Innovation Award, and clients gain more realistic cost and delivery estimates that reduce the risk of overruns.

Broadleaf Capital International

Stephen Grey

Associate Director