PS Advisory

Working alongside the leader, not replacing them.

CadenceOps Advisory embeds with PS and implementation leaders to build the delivery motion, fix what's broken, and improve what's inconsistent — without replacing the team that already knows the business.

This is not a consulting engagement where a team spends six weeks interviewing your ICs and hands you a deck. It is practitioner-to-practitioner work. Adeeb has run this at scale. He works through the problem with you.

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What advisory is

A practitioner, not a consultant.

Most PS consulting engagements follow the same pattern: spend time understanding your environment, surface problems you already know about, recommend solutions your team already tried, and charge a lot for the deck. CadenceOps Advisory is not that.

This engagement is built for leaders who already know the diagnosis — or are close to it — and need a peer with hard-won PS experience to pressure-test their thinking, accelerate the build, and help execute on what matters.

Adeeb has spent 15 years running implementation and PS teams at high-growth B2B software companies. He has built delivery motions from scratch, fixed broken ones, managed scale from Series A through exit, and made every mistake worth making. That is what you get access to.

"The best PS advisors have already made every mistake you're about to make. The value isn't the framework. It's the pattern recognition."
Adeeb Ali, Founder — CadenceOps
Where we engage

Three ways leaders use advisory.

Build
Standing up a delivery motion
You are scaling past founder-led implementation and need a repeatable delivery model. Methodology, capacity framework, tooling decisions, team structure, hiring profile — built together over 90 to 120 days.
Fix
Delivery is broken and you know it
TTV is slipping. Go-live rates are inconsistent. Margin is negative. Your team is underwater. Rapid diagnostic followed by a prioritized improvement plan and hands-on support through the recovery.
Improve
Ongoing PS leadership support
You run a functioning PS org but you are doing it largely alone. Structured ongoing access to a peer with direct experience in your challenges. For leaders who want a thinking partner with skin in the game.
How it works

Four phases, designed to move fast.

Phase 1 — 2 weeks
Diagnostic
We start with your data, your team's experience, and your current operating model. Not a template. A real look at where the delivery motion is working and where it is not. You end this phase with a clear picture of the two or three things that are actually driving the problem.
Phase 2 — 4 weeks
Design
We build the system together. Methodology, capacity model, escalation framework, tooling configuration, team structure, success metrics. Nothing handed off in a slide. Every output is something your team can pick up and run with immediately.
Phase 3 — 6 weeks
Implement
We get into the work with your team. Run implementation reviews. Pressure-test the methodology against real customers. Adjust where the system meets reality and does not hold. This phase ends when the model is producing consistent results.
Phase 4 — ongoing
Sustain
Some engagements end at month three. Others evolve into an ongoing advisory relationship. Quarterly operating reviews, ad-hoc support on high-stakes decisions, and a standing resource when the next hard problem arrives. Structured around what you actually need.
Operator experience

Built on 15 years inside the work.

15+
Years running PS and implementation teams at high-growth B2B software companies
55k+
Customer accounts supported across PS orgs over the course of the career
3
Companies taken from early-stage through exit, building PS from scratch each time
80%
Services revenue growth driven through GTM alignment and delivery motion improvement
Questions

What people ask before starting.

How is this different from a traditional consulting engagement?

Traditional PS consulting involves a team that interviews your org, benchmarks you against industry standards, and delivers a roadmap. CadenceOps Advisory is practitioner-led and operator-to-operator. There is no intermediary layer. Adeeb works directly with you on the problem, drawing on direct experience building the same systems you are trying to build.

Who is this for at the organizational level?

This engagement is designed for VP-level and above PS, implementation, or onboarding leaders who own the delivery function. The best fit is a leader with meaningful accountability — P&L responsibility or direct ownership of go-live outcomes — who wants a peer with specific PS operating experience, not a generalist strategy consultant.

What does the time commitment look like?

A structured engagement (Phases 1–3) typically runs 90 to 120 days. Weekly working sessions averaging two to three hours. Availability between sessions for urgent questions and async review. The work integrates with your existing operating rhythm rather than creating a separate workstream.

Is advisory only for companies in crisis?

No. Many engagements are with teams that have a functioning delivery motion but know it needs to scale, or need a thought partner for decisions that are hard to make alone. The improvement use case — an ongoing advisory relationship for a leader running a PS org without a peer — is as common as the fix engagement.

How do engagements start?

A 30-minute scoping call. We discuss your current situation, what you need to move on, and whether this is the right engagement type. If there is a fit, we scope the engagement together. There is no pitch deck and no proposal phase before the conversation.

Running PS largely on your own?

A 30-minute conversation is enough to know if this is the right engagement. No commitment required on the call.

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