Project Management

Project management at Hill Dogs Consulting can take various forms:

Full ownership — we can start from as early as the idea stage and drive a project from start to finish for organizations that need dedicated PM leadership on a specific project
Augmentation — we can work alongside an existing project manager as an independent check, validating vendor claims, surfacing risks, and providing accountability that internal relationships can complicate
Rescue — we can step in when a project has gone off track, including situations requiring interim senior leadership to restore momentum and get a project across the finish line

Situations we encounter most often:

No mature PM function in the organization and a specific project needs to be owned and delivered, then handed back cleanly with no ongoing PM demands
Schedules slipping due to scope creep, or resource management challenges such as matrix-managed teams with competing priorities and nobody actively managing the contention
Projects where the first job is diagnosing why things are struggling before trying to fix them

Our approach embraces agility without requiring it dogmatically. Frequent short check-ins, incremental deliverables that can be tested and validated, and a relentless focus on unblocking the team are non-negotiable regardless of methodology. At the same time, we understand what Waterfall does well: the ability to commit to a board of directors on scope and schedule, and the discipline to ensure the foundation is right before building on it. You can’t decide after building a four-story building that you then want to make it ten.

What ties it together is the same discipline we bring to every engagement: working backwards from what success actually looks like for this organization, right now.