Fractional Project Management
Your projects,
led by senior PMs
— without the
headcount.
We plug in as your project management team on a fractional basis, so your initiatives have a driver rather than just a deadline.
(01) - PRACTICE
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(02) - WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS
A project management function — not a single hire, not a freelancer — without putting anyone on payroll.
We don't show up for a kickoff and a wrap-up call. We run the project. That includes the planning, the weekly cadence, the status reports your leadership actually reads, and the uncomfortable conversations when something's behind schedule.
Most of our clients don't need a Project Management Office. They need the output of one — delivery, visibility, accountability — without the cost of building it from scratch.
(03) - THE PROBLEM WE WALK INTO
By the time most companies call us, the project isn't broken — it's just unowned.
The work is happening. People are busy. But nobody can say with confidence when things will actually ship, who's blocked on what, or whether the budget still holds. Status updates are inconsistent. Risks are discovered only after they've become problems.
That gap — between "the team is working hard" and "the project is actually under control" — is exactly what we're built to close.
(04) - WHAT'S INCLUDED
Four things we own in every engagement.
01 - Delivery Planning
We build the roadmap, milestones, and dependency map for your initiative, then keep it current as reality shifts. No static plan that's outdated by week three.
– Roadmap & milestones
– Dependency mapping
– Living plan, not a PDF
02 - Active Project Management
Daily and weekly coordination — stand-ups, vendor check-ins, task tracking, unblocking. We work in whatever framework fits the project: Agile, Waterfall, or a sensible hybrid.
– Stand-ups & cadence
– Vendor & team coordination
– Unblocking, not just tracking
03 - Risk & Budget Visibility
We stand up the reporting and dashboards that surface problems while they're still small. Burn rate, schedule risk, scope creep — tracked and flagged before they become an emergency meeting.
– Risk log & escalation
– Burn rate & schedule tracking
– Scope-creep guardrails
04 - Executive-Ready Reporting
We translate the day-to-day mess of a live project into a clear, honest update your leadership can act on. No spin, no jargon, no thirty-slide deck nobody asked for.
– Weekly exec updates
– Honest RAG status
– Decisions, not theatre
(05) - HOW AN ENGAGEMENT RUNS
A predictable shape, week by week.
WEEK 1
ASSESS
We get into your current state: what's already moving, what's stalled, what tools you're using, where the real risk sits. This isn't a generic intake form — it's a working session.
WEEK 2-3
Stand Up
We build the plan, assign ownership, and set the reporting rhythm your team will actually keep up with. By the end of this phase, everyone knows what's happening and when.
ONGOING
Run the Project
We manage execution week to week: tracking progress, resolving blockers, reporting status, escalating risk before it becomes a crisis.
EVENTUALLY
Wind Down or Scale
As the project matures, we either step back, scale the engagement to a new initiative, or hand things off cleanly to an internal hire — with documentation, not just a goodbye email.
(06) - WHY FRACTIONAL
Senior project leadership, without committing to a full-time PMO.
01
What you get
Certified project managers, proven frameworks, and the tools to run them — available when you need them, scaled back when you don't.
02
What you're trading off
We're not sitting at a desk down the hall every day, writing your code or designing your product. We're the layer that keeps that work organized, visible, and on schedule.
03
Where this fits best
A system migration, a post-merger integration, a new ERP rollout, or any initiative where 'we'll just manage it ourselves' has already started to strain.
04
Why fractional
A full-time PM or built-out PMO is a real cost: salary, benefits, software, plus months to ramp. Most companies don't have a steady enough pipeline to justify that every year.
(07) - WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
We run the project ourselves, inside your team, with our names on the status report.
We're not consultants who hand you a framework and leave you to implement it. We own the outcomes we report on. If a timeline slips, you'll hear it from us before you have to ask. If a vendor isn't delivering, we're the ones following up — not flagging it and waiting for you to chase it down.
We've guided organizations through the kind of initiatives where there's no room for "we'll figure it out as we go" — system consolidations after an acquisition, new platform rollouts, multi-team digital transformations. We know which risks need escalating immediately and which ones resolve on their own.
(08) - IS THIS A FIT?
This works well if...
01
You have one or more active initiatives that need a clear owner — not just a project plan in a shared drive.
02
Your team is strong technically but doesn't have bandwidth or experience to run the project itself.
03
You're navigating something genuinely complex: a migration, a merger, a transformation, a major system rollout.
04
You want senior project leadership without committing to a full-time PMO build-out.
05
You'd rather see results in your weekly report than read about credentials in a pitch deck.
A QUICK NOTE
Where we stop
We own the plan, the timeline, the risk log, and the reporting. We don't own your product decisions or your technical execution — that stays with your team, where it belongs. Our job is making sure that work is sequenced, visible, and actually moving toward a deadline.
ENGAGEMENT LENGTH
A few months to a year
Most engagements run a few months to a year, depending on the size of the initiative. Some clients bring us in for one critical project; others keep us on as new initiatives come up. Scope and cadence get agreed upfront — no open-ended retainer with no exit.
(09) - LET'S TALK
Let's get your project under control.
Tell us what's stalled, what's complex, or what just needs a real owner. We'll tell you honestly whether fractional PM is the right call.
Leangenix
Fractional project management for complex initiatives. Senior PMs who run your project — not just attend the kickoff.
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