The people who keep your delivery on track

We are a small practice of project managers and schedulers who have spent years inside South African operations. We know what it feels like when reporting is ignored and when plans fall apart because nobody owns the RAID log. That is why we keep things practical.

Thandi Mokoena

Founder & Lead Project Manager

Thandi spent eight years coordinating ERP rollouts for manufacturing firms in Gauteng before starting PlanProject. She has seen steering committees lose trust when updates arrive late, so she built our weekly reporting rhythm around that exact problem. She still runs the first discovery session with every new client.

Pieter van der Merwe

Senior Scheduler

Pieter handles milestone planning and resource levelling for teams that are already stretched thin. He spent years in construction scheduling in the Western Cape before moving into office fit-outs and internal automation projects. His strength is showing sponsors exactly where a delay will land before it becomes a crisis.

Naledi Khumalo

Delivery Governance Lead

Naledi keeps documentation lean enough that people actually update it. She maintains RAID logs, tracks action items, and prepares steering committee packs that get read in under fifteen minutes. Her background is in marketing campaign launches, where coordination across agencies and internal teams is the hardest part of the job.

Why teams trust us with their delivery

12+

Years of combined project coordination experience across Gauteng and the Western Cape.

40+

Engagements completed, from ERP rollouts to office fit-outs and process automation.

3

Core team members who stay involved from the first charter to the final steering committee review.

100%

Of our work happens inside your existing tools. We do not force a new platform on your team.

Teams we have worked alongside

A few of the operations in Gauteng and the Western Cape that moved from ad-hoc tracking to structured delivery with our coordination.

Steinberg Logistics

Warehouse management rollout in KwaZulu-Natal. Weekly steering reports kept the board aligned through a tight go-live window.

Helderberg Finance

Internal process automation across three branches. RAID log maintenance gave the sponsor a clear view of vendor dependencies.

Nkosi Retail Group

Marketing campaign launches for a national brand. Resource levelling across two creative teams without adding headcount.

Cape Coastal Engineering

ERP selection and rollout support. Milestone planning that survived a change in project sponsor halfway through.

Vaal Manufacturing

Office fit-out coordination across two sites. Documentation stayed lean enough that site managers actually updated it.

Pretoria Health Partners

Patient intake system implementation. Weekly reporting that got read by the steering committee, not just filed.

We work inside your existing tools rather than forcing a new platform, so the transition stays quiet and practical.

How PlanProject grew from a single desk to a trusted delivery partner

We started with a simple observation: too many good teams in Gauteng and the Western Cape were losing time to unclear ownership and reporting that nobody read. The milestones below show how we turned that into a repeatable way of working.

2018

The first charter, written by hand

A small manufacturing client in Johannesburg asked us to rescue a delayed ERP rollout. There was no project charter, no RAID log, and the steering committee only met when something broke. We wrote a one-page charter, set up a weekly reporting rhythm, and got the rollout back on track within two months. That engagement defined our entire approach: lean documentation, clear ownership, and reports that sponsors actually read.

2020

Saying no to platform mandates

We kept being asked to install heavyweight project management software. Instead, we made a deliberate decision to work inside whatever tools our clients already used, whether that was Google Sheets, Excel, or a basic task tracker. This was the moment we stopped being a tool vendor and became a delivery partner. It also made our services accessible to mid-sized teams that did not have an enterprise IT budget.

2022

Expanding into the Western Cape

After several Cape Town clients asked for the same level of coordination we were providing in Gauteng, we opened a second base. The move taught us something important: delivery governance is not about geography. It is about consistent weekly reporting, honest RAID logs, and resource levelling that respects how people actually work. We now support teams in both provinces without diluting the quality of our coordination.

2024

A formal PMO setup offering

We formalised what we had been doing informally for years. Our PMO setup service now covers project charters, milestone planning, RAID log maintenance, and steering committee reporting. We also started publishing practical guides on these topics, because we believe better delivery practices should not be locked behind a consulting engagement. The response from mid-sized operations confirmed we were on the right track.

Today

A practice built on repeatable results

We remain a small, independent practice. That is intentional. It means the person who runs your discovery session is the same person who maintains your RAID log and prepares your weekly report. We have coordinated ERP rollouts, office fit-outs, marketing campaign launches, and internal process automation projects. In every case, our job is the same: keep sponsors informed and teams unblocked.

Why PlanProject exists

Most mid-sized operations in Gauteng and the Western Cape do not lack effort. They lack a single view of what is happening across their projects. We started PlanProject to give delivery teams that view, without burying them in paperwork.

A coordinator who keeps things moving

ERP rollouts, office fit-outs, marketing launches, internal automation. These projects stall when the person responsible is also doing the work. We step in as the dedicated coordinator who tracks milestones, maintains the RAID log, and makes sure sponsors hear about problems before they become crises.

Documentation people actually update

A project charter that sits in a shared drive is useless. We keep documentation lean enough that it gets refreshed weekly, not abandoned after the kickoff meeting. If a template feels like admin for the sake of admin, we cut it.

Your tools, not a new platform

We work inside the systems your team already uses. That might be Excel, Google Sheets, Jira, or something else entirely. Forcing a new platform onto a busy team is the fastest way to lose their attention. We adapt to your rhythm.

What changes for you

Steering committees get reports that reflect reality. Resource conflicts get flagged before they delay delivery. And your team spends less time chasing status updates and more time doing the work that moves the project forward.

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