Contracting shapes

A small number of real models — not a menu.

Least embedded · Two to six weeks

Strategic Advisory

A bounded question. A defensible answer. No delivery component.

Use this when you need a decision, not a team. The output is a written recommendation with the conditions that would change it.

Leadership cadence · Retainer, monthly

Standing decision register and a weekly leadership cadence.

Technology leadership without a full-time hire. Priority stacks, build-versus-buy scorecards, and executive briefs — owned by a named lead.

Embedded for the initiative · Typically 8–20 weeks

A defined initiative with a start, an end, and a documented handoff.

The default when the outcome is a system, not a standing team.

Programme-level · Two to four quarters

Multi-workstream change with governance, not a pile of projects.

For organisations changing operating model, platform, and delivery cadence together.

Managed · Multi-quarter

We own the outcome and the operating rhythm.

When you need a function run, not only a project finished.

Most embedded · Quarterly, renewable

Senior engineers inside your cadence, with a named lead.

A cell that lives in your rituals. Your backlog. Our accountability model.