Projects look green until they become escalations
Status reports show green. The client has a different story. Risks were visible for weeks — just not to leadership.
Fractional Head of Delivery · custom software firms
Fractional delivery management
for small and middle sized
software development companies
I work 8–10 hours/week inside your delivery setup to create weekly project health visibility, earlier risk escalation, tighter scope control, and consistent PM reporting. Start with a 2-week diagnostic before committing to a monthly engagement.
20-minute fit call · no prep needed · if it's not a fit, I'll say so directly · or email [email protected]
14
Years in delivery leadership
50+
Successful projects
30
PMs coached or led
Who comes here
I am a Founder or CEO
Delivery unpredictability is costing you margin, client trust, and leadership focus. You need control before it becomes a crisis.
See the fractional offer →
I am a Head of Delivery, COO, or CTO
Your PMs manage differently. Project health is hard to compare. Risks surface late. You need a clearer operating rhythm.
See the fractional offer →
I am hiring a Delivery Manager
Looking for a full-time, interim, or contract Head of Delivery? CV, experience, and availability are on the resume page.
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The pattern
Your projects shouldn't look fine until they explode.
You have PMs. You have standups. You may even have dashboards. And still, the real problems show up too late — a client escalates, a scope change that was "small" three weeks ago has eaten the margin, a PM says everything is fine but the client's story is different.
The problem isn't one lazy PM. It's inconsistent delivery control.
PMs report differently
Every PM has their own format. Leadership can't compare project health across teams. Escalations look sudden even when signals were there for weeks.
Scope changes erode margin
Small unapproved changes stack up. Budget drifts. Nobody owns the reconciliation. The margin is gone before anyone notices.
Leadership lacks comparable project health
Founder or Head of Delivery steps in once damage is visible. That works at 30 people. It stops working at 150.
The offer
Senior delivery leadership, without a full-time hire.
A monthly fractional engagement — embedded with your PMs, running a weekly delivery control rhythm across your projects. Not an advisory retainer. Not a one-off audit. A recurring operating layer.
Monthly fee
$3k–$4k
Per month, billed monthly
Working model
8–10 hrs
Per week, embedded with your PMs
Best fit
50–300 person custom software firms
With existing PMs and growing delivery complexity
Start risk-free · 2-week diagnostic
The first two weeks for a full diagnostic
We look at your projects, PMs, reporting gaps, and delivery risks. If the findings aren't useful by the end of week 2, you stop — no invoice for the rest of the month, no pressure to continue.
See what the diagnostic covers →Selected outcomes
What changed, in numbers.
Pulled from the anonymized engagements — the kind of shift that shows up once delivery control is consistent instead of personal.
~60%
Fewer new bugs, sprint over sprint
After re-baselining an escalated mobile project
Case 01
~10 days
Between releases, down from every 4 weeks
Same project, after moving to a Kanban flow
Case 01
1–2 hrs
To compile portfolio status, down from 10–12
300-person firm · 25 projects · 15 PMs
Case 02
~1 / qtr
Client escalations, down from 1–2 a month
Same portfolio, once risks surfaced earlier
Case 02
Results from specific engagements — every situation differs. The 2-week diagnostic tells you what's realistic in yours.
The Predictable Delivery Operating System
Five layers that install senior delivery control without a PMO rebuild.
Works with the setup you already have — your projects, PMs, reporting, and client communication.
Portfolio visibility
Leadership uses first
A clear view of project health across status, timeline confidence, budget pressure, client sentiment, delivery risks, and reporting gaps. Leadership stops guessing what "green" means from one team to the next.
Risk & escalation
See it before the client does
Hidden blockers, unclear ownership, weak client communication, unmanaged dependencies, low-confidence forecasts — surfaced weekly, before they turn into a call from an unhappy client.
Scope & margin
Where profit leaks
Small unapproved changes. Budget drift. Weak change-request discipline. Delivery commitments made during the sales cycle. This is where margin disappears — usually without a single dramatic moment.
PM discipline
Consistency, not blame
How PMs handle reporting, risk ownership, communication, forecasting, and escalation timing. The goal is helping them operate with more consistency — not producing a maturity model that sits in a slide deck.
Leadership control
Observations become decisions
Weekly delivery review. Priority risks with owners. A short monthly summary for the CEO or Head of Delivery — what changed, what's still risky, what needs a decision this week.
Real engagements · anonymized
What this looks like in practice.
Case 01
Escalated project stabilization
Read full case →Case 02
Portfolio visibility improvement
Read full case →Case 03
Presales-to-delivery handoff
Read full case →Next step
Right now, delivery probably depends on personal chasing. It doesn't have to.
On the call, we'll review your current project load, PM setup, reporting rhythm, and where delivery control feels weakest. If there's a fit, we start with the 2-week diagnostic. If I don't see a fit, I'll say so directly.
- 20-minute fit call — no prep needed
- If it's not a fit, I'll say so directly
- NDA-friendly — no client-sensitive details needed for a first call