When a program is in trouble. You don’t need another consultant.
You need someone who has shipped through this before. Leadership, an honest audit, or a rescue. Not hands-on project management, not a junior PM seat.
Interim, fractional or fixed-scope engagements
Four modes. Each one scoped to leave.
Pick the mode that matches the question. Donnish builds software. This service steadies the delivery around it, and because Donnish is AI-native, we modernise how the team delivers while we steady it. The brief sets the exit criteria upfront, so the engagement stays short and the handover is clean.
Delivery auditOne week · Written brief
An honest read on whether the delivery will land. Numbers, named risks, named owners. No recommendations dressed up as fact.
Fractional delivery leadA few days a week · Bounded
Senior delivery leadership without a full-time hire. Set up or reset the PMO, lift the team, run the engine. You direct what gets built. We keep it moving and hand back a team that runs itself.
Sprint governanceTwo to four weeks · Cadence work
Run the rituals that should already be running. Sprint planning, stand-up shape, retro discipline. Put the structure back in, hand it back to the team.
Delivery rescueFour to twelve weeks · Hands-on leadership
Step into a programme that has gone sideways. Find what is actually broken, renegotiate scope, reset cadence, get it shipping again. Step out cleanly when stable.
You hire the named human. Not a brand.
Delivery Consulting is Quinn directly. No associate consultants.
Quinn van Heerden
Over 20 years across enterprise technology.
Programs delivered across healthcare (drtalk), government (STARTTS, Department of Communities and Justice), mobile financial services (bKash, Bangladesh), pan-Africa telecoms (Vodafone, MTN, Airtel), travel (Velocity), banking (Ubank), and super (Link Group, now MUFG).
Stage experience from early-stage venture capital (Sequoia, Clickatell) and scale-up (XAM Consulting) to large enterprise (Visa, Old Mutual Group).
Booking with two week notice
What people say about Quinn's skills
The consummate professional. Efficiency, but with laser-like precision. He sets the bar high, and then leads by example to enable high-performance teams to deliver their best.
A great depth of delivery knowledge and agile practice expertise mixed with a sharp commercial focus, focused on value-based delivery for customers.
Sublimely calm under pressure, with an ability to rapidly get the big picture as to what needs to be done.
FAQs
How much notice do you need to start?
Two weeks for a delivery audit or sprint governance; four to six for delivery rescue (it usually takes a discovery call and a half-day on site to scope the rescue properly).
Can you run delivery a few days a week, ongoing?
Yes. The fractional delivery lead mode is built for that. A fixed number of days a week, a clear remit, and a review date. Senior leadership without a permanent hire. We keep it bounded so it does not quietly become a full-time seat.
How is this priced?
Day rate, not retainer. Engagement shape determines the count. A delivery audit is typically a flat five-day package; sprint governance and delivery rescue are scoped per engagement after the discovery call. Day rate quoted on enquiry.
How long are most engagements?
A delivery audit wraps in a week. Sprint governance runs two to four weeks. Delivery rescue runs four to twelve weeks. Anything longer than three months and you probably need a permanent delivery lead, not advisory.
What deliverables come out of a delivery audit?
A written brief, typically eight to twelve pages, covering schedule risk, scope risk, team capability, governance gaps, and a named recommended action for each. No slides.
When should I hire a permanent leader instead?
If you want senior leadership ongoing but not full-time, the fractional mode covers it. If the team needs a permanent, day-to-day leader, hire one. Delivery Consulting is advisory and leadership, not a junior PM seat.
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