Capo, from Sonate · For fractional and contract project managers

Walk into every review already holding the number.

Capo is project management software for fractional and contract PMs. Plan and reports draft from your charter; every figure carries its reason.

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A sample engagement measured against baseline A, drafted from its charter. Schedule performance reads 0.88, under strain, about 6 working days behind. Cost performance reads 0.99, holding: earned $42.1k for $42.5k spent. How far to trust these: 68 of 100, indicative, with freshness the weakest link.

One review cycle · Sample

One review cycle on a sample engagement

  1. Steering signs off on period 4.

    Baseline A holds, and the next review is two weeks out.

  2. Period 5 closes on the record.

    The schedule reads 0.88, under strain. Cost is holding.

  3. The slip arrives with where it started.

    Two streams carry it, and the likely causes come with their evidence.

  4. The update is two edits from done.

    It drafts from the same record and waits for you to approve it.

  5. The review opens on the options.

    The number and its reason were already on the page, so the hour goes to what to do.

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Cost performance0.99
Schedule performance0.98 0.88

Steering signed off on period 4. The next review is in two weeks.

Period 5 closed Friday. Schedule performance 0.88: under strain. Cost is holding.

About 6 working days behind baseline A, carried by 2 streams: Site survey and Permit filing.

A The update cites baseline A, period 5. Two edits, then approve.

The number and its reason were already on the page. The hour went to the options.

01Before and after

What changes for the project manager.

  • TodayEvery engagement starts from a blank plan.

    With CapoYour charter becomes the plan, the schedule, and the documents your method expects.

    Today Every engagement starts from a blank plan.

  • TodayA figure lands in the deck with nothing to say how far to trust it.

    With CapoYou know how far to trust a figure before anyone asks.

    Today A figure lands in the deck with nothing to say how far to trust it.

  • TodayEvery work stream keeps its own version of the plan.

    With CapoOne baseline sets the key, and every stream plays to it.

    Today Every work stream keeps its own version of the plan.

Why the number comes first

Visibility precedes alignment.

A review goes well when everyone can see the real number before the meeting starts. Capo shows the true state of the plan first, so the conversation can be about decisions, not reconciling spreadsheets.

02How it works

Three steps to one reference.

  1. 01

    Bring the charter.

    Capo drafts the plan for you to confirm.

  2. 02

    Choose how the work runs.

    Agile, phase gates, or both.

  3. 03

    Set the baseline.

    Earned value and dates compute from it.

03What you get

What you carry into every review.

One baseline, and every review starts from it.

Capo runs today as a demo. Tell Maurice about your next engagement.

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