Illustrative
From roadmap to shipped
- Before
- The roadmap lists several AI projects, and months later none have started.
- After
- Reserved monthly capacity works down the list in priority order, with a review at the end of each month.
Fractional AI implementation
You have the plan. We add the hands.
For teams that already know what they want built. We take work from your plan or backlog and ship it, as a scoped project, in focused sprints, or with implementation time reserved for you each month, working alongside your team or agency.
Builds from your plan or backlogProjects, sprints, or monthly capacityWorks with your team or agency
Who it’s for
For when the plan is clear and the time isn’t.
Teams with a roadmap
From a workflow audit, your own planning, or another consultant. The ideas are clear; the build time isn’t.
Internal teams at capacity
Your developers or operations team are good, and fully booked.
Agencies and partners
You deliver work for clients and need experienced AI implementation help on specific projects.
Leaders running an AI program
You have a backlog of AI work and want steady progress through it, month after month.
- The roadmap is approved, and nothing has shipped.
- Your team starts AI projects and can’t finish them alongside their day jobs.
- You need someone experienced for a few weeks, not a full-time hire.
- Each project is small, and there are a lot of them.
- An agency needs help delivering an AI build for a client.
Ways to engage
Three ways to add capacity.
Pick the shape that matches the work. Each bar sketches how the work runs over time.
Scoped project
One defined build with a clear finish.
We agree on the deliverable and the scope, build it, test it, and hand it over.
Implementation sprints
A focused push on part of your backlog.
Timeboxed cycles. Each sprint has a goal, ships working output, and ends with a review before the next one starts.
Reserved monthly capacity
A steady flow of work from a backlog.
A set amount of implementation time each month, pointed at whatever is highest on your list.
Fractional or support?
Building new work, not maintaining old work.
Support keeps what you have running. Fractional implementation is capacity to build and ship what you’ve planned next.
ComparedSupport and maintenanceFractional implementation
PurposeKeep existing systems working and improvingBuild and ship new, planned work
Typical workFixes, updates, platform changes, small improvementsNew agents, automations, integrations, and features from your backlog
What drives itWhat breaks or driftsYour plan and priorities
How time is setStaffed hours and improvement time in a support agreementA project scope, a sprint goal, or reserved monthly capacity
You getSystems that keep running and stay currentPlanned work, shipped
What you get
What you get.
Shipped work
Agents, automations, integrations, and features built from your plan and running in your systems.
Backlog shaping
Items broken into buildable pieces, each with clear acceptance criteria, before we start it.
Regular progress reviews
At the end of each sprint or month: what shipped, what’s next, and what’s blocked.
Code and configuration you own
Built in your accounts and repositories, following your team’s conventions.
Documentation
Notes for every piece we ship, so your team can run it and change it.
Work alongside your team
Pairing, code review, and handoffs with your developers, operators, or agency.
Examples
Where fractional help fits.
Illustrative scenarios that show the kind of work involved. They are not client results.
Illustrative
Backup for an agency
- Before
- A client wants an AI intake workflow, and the agency’s developers haven’t built one before.
- After
- We build it alongside the agency’s team in a couple of sprints, and their developers take over from there.
Illustrative
Finishing a stalled build
- Before
- An internal automation project has been almost done for months.
- After
- A scoped project finishes it, adds error handling, and documents it for the team that owns it.
How it works
How it works.
Review the plan
We read your roadmap or backlog and ask about priorities, constraints, and who owns what.
Choose the shape
A scoped project, sprints, or monthly capacity, depending on the work.
Build and ship
We build, test, and deploy in your systems, alongside your team.
Review and reprioritize
Regular reviews of what shipped and what’s next, so the work follows your priorities.
Scope
What fractional work covers.
Included
- Building from your plan or backlog
- Backlog shaping and acceptance criteria
- Testing and deployment
- Documentation
- Progress reviews
- Working alongside your team or agency
Scoped separately
- Discovery and planning from scratch
- Ongoing support of what we ship
- Platform, hosting, and AI usage costs
Set with you before we start
- The shape: project, sprints, or monthly capacity
- Who sets priorities
- How we fit your team’s tools and reviews
- How much time is reserved, and what happens to unused time
FAQ
Common questions
Do we need a plan before we start?
Yes, or at least a clear list of what you want built. If you don’t have one yet, start with consulting and a workflow audit.
How is this different from support and maintenance?
Support keeps existing systems healthy and makes small improvements. Fractional implementation is capacity to build and ship new, planned work from your backlog.
Can you work with our developers or our agency?
Yes. We fit into your tools, code review, and project management, and hand work over in a form your team can own.
Who owns what you build?
You do. We build in your accounts and repositories.
What if priorities change partway through?
With reserved capacity, we move to the new top priority at the next sensible stopping point. Sprints and scoped projects change through a quick re-scope.
Is this like hiring an AI engineer?
In part. You get experienced implementation capacity without a full-time hire, for as long as the backlog needs it. It isn’t a staffing arrangement: we deliver the work.
Get started
Bring us the backlog.
On the intro call, share what’s planned and what’s stuck, and we’ll suggest the right shape of help.