Project Management Services
What you gain
- Full management from day oneWe take over the project on signing and run its whole lifecycle, using PMI methodology, through to closeout.
- A weekly report with standard KPIsSchedule, progress and money measured by Earned Value Management (EVM), with the decision you need to make — in your inbox and on a live dashboard.
- A project archive handed to you at closeoutDocuments, decisions and reports, archived and indexed — knowledge that stays with you, not with an employee.
How
- Defining the scope, schedule and critical path, and agreeing them with you as the baseline
- Running and attending meetings with your team, the client, the contractor and the consultant
- Following execution and deliverables through to completion certificates
- Preparing progress claims and following payment orders through to collection
- Documenting change orders, pricing them, and assessing their impact on the schedule
- Managing risks before they reach the critical path
You receive a weekly report by email, plus a live dashboard of your project's indicators that you can open at any time. See the live sample ↓
Why Maken instead of hiring a project manager?
| Hiring a project manager | Maken | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience & cost | 15 years' experience costs a salary of at least SAR 25,000, plus social insurance, admin costs and leave | A consultant with 18 years' experience — from SAR 12,000 a month, all-inclusive |
| Start | 4–8 weeks of advertising, interviews and onboarding | Within 24 hours |
| Service level | Performance varies from one employee to the next | A consistent service level, written into the contract |
| Flexibility | A fixed employment contract | Pause and resume immediately, as the project needs |
| Cash flow | A fixed monthly commitment | Supports the cash flow of your company and project — fees for the project's duration, with weekly follow-up of claims and collections |
| Continuity | Social insurance, leave, appraisals, and the risk of a sudden resignation | A sustained service for your company and project |
| At completion | Risk of losing the project's knowledge | Full knowledge transfer and an archive for every project |
| Total | About SAR 32,000 a month About SAR 384,000 a year · salary 25,000 + social insurance 2,750 + admin, office and leave costs of about 4,000 | From SAR 12,000 a month, all-inclusive From SAR 144,000 a year |
| Saving | — | About SAR 20,000 a month · about SAR 240,000 a year · 60% |
PMO Setup & Support Services
What you gain
- One view of the whole portfolioAll your projects on one dashboard, each with its status and the decision it needs — through a permanent link for your company, and a weekly report in your inbox.
- Standard key performance indicators (KPIs)Schedule, progress and money measured by Earned Value Management (EVM), updated weekly from the approved baseline, completion certificates and payment statements — not from individual estimates.
- Executive decision supportA risk and opportunity register for every project, with a specific recommendation, so priorities and resources are set on documented figures.
A PMO consultant for your portfolio — with the Maken dashboard, built to PMI standards, to support decisions and tie projects and programmes to your organisation's strategic objectives.
→ Sample of the weekly report you receive for a single project→ The live portfolio dashboard: your indicators, and how projects, contractors and project managers are performing
How — project controls at portfolio level
- Setting up the PMO if you don't have one: a single reporting methodology, a baseline template, a weekly input cycle and access rights — within the first two weeks
- A baseline for every project: the approved schedule, a work breakdown structure (WBS) with weighted deliverables, and a cost baseline
- Attending steering committee meetings and key client meetings with you and your project managers
- Checking project reports every week against completion certificates, payment statements and the approved schedule
- Calculating performance with Earned Value Management: Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost Performance Index (CPI), and earned versus planned value (EV/PV)
- Flagging undocumented change orders, overdue progress claims, and cross-project dependencies
- Linking every project to its stated objective and expected benefit (benefits realisation), with an alert when a delay threatens the benefit date
- A recovery plan within 48 hours for any project that crosses the risk threshold
You receive a weekly email report for each project and for the whole portfolio, plus a live dashboard for you and whoever you choose on your team. See the portfolio sample ↓
Reference: the PMBOK® Guide from the Project Management Institute (PMI), and the Standard for Earned Value Management.
What we need from you
Your project managers send four documents every Sunday — the updated schedule, completion certificates, the payment statement and change orders. A late submission is recorded in the report as a fact. The report is built only on measurable documents.
Access
You, and whoever you choose on your team. Each project manager sees only their own project card. Data is never shared with any third party, and the contract says so.
Compared with hiring a PMO manager
| Hiring a PMO manager | Maken | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | A salary above SAR 30,000 + recruitment costs | A monthly fee based on the number of projects covered |
| Setup | Months to build the methodology and templates | A ready PMO, with its methodology and dashboard, within two weeks |
| Flexibility | A fixed structure | Add or remove projects every month |
| Independence | Part of the internal structure | A third party that verifies against documents |
Compared with your own project manager
Your project manager runs delivery inside their project and submits their report. We work across the whole portfolio, check reports against documents, and turn them into a single decision on your desk. We don't replace them — we make sure what reaches you from them is right.
