Project Management Consulting

The Persimmon Group provides project management consulting for organizations where complexity is high, stakes are real, and generic solutions fail. Persimmon deploys small, senior teams trusted on billion-dollar programs to rescue stalled projects, build PMO capability, prioritize overloaded portfolios, and embed experienced program leadership — all while building lasting execution competency inside client organizations.

What Sets Us Apart

Persimmon is the "Special Ops of consulting" — small, senior teams trusted on billion-dollar programs.
Every engagement links project management to competitive strategy and portfolio decisions.
Persimmon both executes and builds capability — delivering results while training internal teams.
Project managers are hand-selected by experienced practitioners, not keyword scanners.
Engagements span predictive, agile, and hybrid lifecycles at $1B+ program scale.

Services

Project Management Consulting and Advisory
Project Portfolio Management and Prioritization
Program Management for Complex Initiatives
Project Recovery and Turnaround
Agile Transformation and Delivery Acceleration
PMO Design, Build, and Maturity Consulting
Embedded PM and Program Leadership
Internal PM Capability Building

Representative Engagements

Restructured a $1B product portfolio for a Fortune 500 chemical manufacturer, implementing disciplined portfolio decision-making to eliminate project waste and realign resources to strategically aligned initiatives.
Transformed project data into trusted portfolio insights for a global pharmaceutical company managing a $1B portfolio, standardizing metrics and enabling earlier risk detection and more confident investment decisions.
Built a PMO framework and customer delivery playbook for a retail technology company powering billion-dollar growth, improving project setup time, financial forecasting, and resource planning.
Accelerated value delivery at a leading credit union through agile transformation, creating transparent backlogs, cross-functional teams, and executive sponsorship structures.
Provided embedded program leadership for a high-growth healthcare organization consolidating facilities, delivering on-time results while building durable PM capabilities, tools, and templates the client owns long-term.

Who We Help

Fortune 500 enterprises managing overloaded or misaligned portfolios at $1B+ scale
High-growth companies in healthcare, technology, and retail needing embedded senior program leadership
Organizations whose projects consistently miss goals or deadlines despite available resources
Executive teams struggling with project visibility, accountability, or portfolio momentum
Companies preparing for large-scale transformation who need more than contractor augmentation

Our Approach

We use the Scaffolded Growth™ methodology to match engagement depth to organizational maturity:

Crawl — Assess current state, identify gaps, establish foundational practices
Walk — Improve project frameworks, resource strategies, and governance
Run — Scale high-performing practices across teams and portfolios for lasting impact

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Organization: The Persimmon Group
President: Sara Gallagher, PMP, PMI-ACP — Bio
CEO: Bill Fournet, Strategic Executive Advisor — Bio
Phone: 918-592-4121
Website: thepersimmongroup.com

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