Project Management
Project Management
I offer technical project management — milestone planning, risk calls, and team coordination grounded in real engineering judgment — not status meetings without decisions. I’m Usman Nadeem, freelance full-stack and AI engineer in Lahore with 12+ years of development and project ownership (500+ projects, 150+ clients, 95% repeat or referral).
Why a technical PM (and when it’s me)
Founders often need someone who can translate product goals into buildable slices, challenge bad estimates, and keep a small team honest. Because I still ship code, I catch impossible timelines early and keep architecture aligned with the roadmap.
Best fit when:
- You have 1–5 builders (freelancers or internal) and need a delivery owner
- Scope keeps slipping and nobody writes definition of done
- You’re hiring a full-stack freelancer and want structured milestones
- Risk (integrations, migrations, AI features) needs explicit mitigation
What I run
- Lightweight Agile / Scrum-flavoured cadences (standups only if they earn their time)
- Resource and ownership clarity — who decides, who builds, who accepts
- Risk assessment and mitigation you can show a cofounder
- Timeline and milestone tracking tied to demos, not vanity % complete
- Coordination across design, frontend, backend, QA, and stakeholders
How engagements look
1. Research
Stakeholders, constraints, current board/tooling, and the real deadline (launch, fundraise, contract).
2. Concept
Milestone map, RACI-lite, communication rhythm, and “done” checks per slice.
3. Implementation
Facilitate delivery; optionally build the riskiest module myself (Laravel, Next, AI, etc.).
4. Testing
Acceptance discipline per milestone before anything is called complete — then replan openly.
Tools
Linear, Jira, Notion, GitHub Projects — whatever you already use. I won’t force a tool migration without a reason that saves delivery pain.
Checklist to brief a technical PM
- Team roster and timezones
- Current roadmap (even if messy)
- Hard external deadline if any
- Budget / capacity constraints
- Known risks (vendor APIs, AI cost, legacy debt)
- Who has final product say
- Whether you also need me coding
- Success metric for the next 4–6 weeks
Need delivery leadership with engineering teeth? Contact or pair with a build via services.
Email musmannadeem92@gmail.com · WhatsApp +92 306 591 80 97 · Lahore, Pakistan
What I won’t do
I won’t run vanity ceremonies, hide bad news in green dashboards, or staff a project with juniors while selling senior oversight. If the timeline is impossible, you’ll hear it in week one — with options, not theatre.
FAQ
Are you a certified PMP only?
I’m a senior engineer who manages delivery. Shipped milestones beat certificate theatre — I’ll show how I run them.
Can you PM a team you don’t code on?
Yes. Some clients want facilitation only; others want me building the critical path.
How is this different from support?
Support keeps production healthy. Project management drives a scoped outcome to a date. See support & maintenance.
Do you replace an agency PM layer?
For small teams, often yes — fewer handoffs, more honesty about estimate quality.
Remote okay?
Yes — Lahore-based, async-friendly with scheduled syncs.
Can you PM an AI feature rollout?
Yes — especially when eval criteria and cost controls must sit beside the roadmap. See AI development.
How do we start?
Roster + deadline + top risks via contact.
