Project governance and initiative leadership that delivers.
Ajility can lead a software rollout as a scoped initiative from $3,600 per month plus GST: the plan, the weekly delivery meeting, vendor management and reporting to you or your board until it lands. Ajility sells no software and takes no vendor commission. Know the objective, owner, budget, risks and next decision without chasing five people for an update. Every initiative starts with a one-page project charter, and larger commitments get a costed business case before a dollar is spent.
- EngagementEmbedded fractional
- Typical horizonreviewed each quarter
- Best suited$3M to $30M founder-led
Where the operating problem shows up
These are the problems you can see in the week, not abstract symptoms on a slide.
- Important operational improvements stall because 'business as usual' takes over.
- Cross-functional projects fail due to lack of an authoritative leader.
- Systems implementations drag on for months over budget.
- Founders getting dragged into project management.
The operating structure Ajility installs
You get a practical way for the work to run, with clear owners and records your team can use.
- A one-page project charter for every initiative: objective, scope, owner, budget and the decision it serves.
- A costed business case before a dollar is spent on any larger commitment.
- Hands-on project management by a senior operator, with structured governance, milestones and risk management.
- Cross-functional alignment and resource allocation.
- Decision support for the owner throughout, not just status reports.
- On-time, on-budget delivery of strategic initiatives.
The operating rhythm for implementation
Ajility looks at how the business runs now, builds what is missing and works with your team until the new rhythm is usable.
Charter
One page: objective, scope, owner, budget and the decision it serves. Larger commitments add a costed business case.
Govern
Establish steering committees and reporting rhythms.
Drive
Lead the execution hands-on, resolve bottlenecks and keep the people involved aligned.
Handover
Systemise the outcome and transition to operations.
Fractional COO service questions
What does Ajility charge for project and initiative leadership?
- It is scoped per initiative from $3,600 per month plus GST, based on the size of the initiative and the leadership time required.
What does Ajility actually do on the initiative?
- Ajility provides project governance: a clear scope, plan, decision path, reporting and the weekly discipline that keeps the initiative moving.
Can this run alongside other work?
- Yes. Initiative leadership is commonly added to an Integrator Retainer. Most composed retainers for businesses under $15M start from $3,900 per month plus GST, depending on the rhythm base and the service lines being led.
How is the right initiative chosen?
- The Operating Diagnostic from $3,600 plus GST identifies which initiatives carry the most value and in what order.
We're moving premises. Who can manage the site move?
- A site move is a project: a charter, a plan with milestones, a named owner per workstream and a weekly review. Ajility leads moves as project and initiative leadership, from $3,600 per month plus GST.
We're opening a second site. Who can lead the project?
- Treat it as a critical initiative: a costed business case first, then a charter, milestones, owners per workstream and weekly governance. Ajility leads this as initiative leadership, from $3,600 per month plus GST.
Do small businesses need a PMO?
- Rarely a full PMO. A business of 15 to 150 staff needs a light version: one list of live initiatives, a charter for each, one owner, and a regular review of milestones, risks and decisions.
Project manager or fractional COO for a big initiative?
- A project manager runs the plan and the tasks. A fractional COO adds senior authority across functions, the business case and decision support for the owner. For a cross-functional initiative that keeps stalling, authority is usually what is missing.
How do I manage several projects at once with a small team?
- Limit how many run at once, keep one list of live initiatives with an owner and next milestone each, review them together fortnightly, and stop or defer the lowest value ones rather than spreading people thin.
Operating insights on this work
- Case Study
118% in four years: rebuilding the engine room of a transport & logistics business
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Read 118% in four years: rebuilding the engine room of a transport & logistics business - Case Study
Cutting ~$1M in 90 days: commercial discipline in a mining-services business
A mining-services business with strong revenue, a heavy cost base and no P&L visibility to manage from. Here's the 90-day sequence that gripped the commercials, and what came out of it.
Read Cutting ~$1M in 90 days: commercial discipline in a mining-services business
Related expertise: Project and commercial control and Systems selection and implementation.
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