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Manage projects with clarity, lead with confidence and get paid for what you know.

Bilingual mentoring for new and unofficial project managers, online business managers and small business owners, from a PMP® certified bank executive with 20+ years of experience. In English y en Español.

20+years in banking
PMP®CSM · CSPO
2languages
1SIMPLE framework
Adalyd Gracia, PMP, project management mentor
Adalyd Gracia, PMP®
AVP, Credit Quality Assurance
Client launch project
On time · On budget · Sprint 5 of 5
Shorter meetings. Clear plan. No scope creep.

This is for you if...

You're managing projects as a new or "unofficial" project leader and feel lost structuring the work and delegating tasks.
You're a virtual assistant or OBM torn between more tasks and a meaningful, better-paid long-term path.
You want to move from corporate employee to business owner with a clear client strategy.
You have all the new tools, yet your project success rate keeps falling.
You want formal, personalized training with a certified mentor, not another generic course.
You run a small or online service business and your schedule, team and processes feel overwhelming.
You want to see how project management works behind the scenes of a real online business.
You're PMP® certified or want to be, and you're ready for mentorship that turns knowledge into income.

From chaos to clarity

Before
  • Long hours chasing project status updates
  • Confused by tools and technology
  • Deadlines slipping, scope changing every week
  • Doing it all yourself, close to burnout
  • Skills you can't yet turn into income
After
  • A communication framework that keeps everyone updated
  • Projects finished on time and within budget
  • Shorter meetings and no surprise scope changes
  • A motivated team and work you can delegate
  • A clear path into paid project management roles

One mentor. Every stage of your growth.

Pick the path that fits where you are today: group academy, 1:1 mentoring, small business coaching or a do-it-yourself kit, and soon the FORGE Program.

01Group program

SIMPLE Project Management Business and Career Academy

10 weeks · sprintsLive on ZoomLifetime access
  • Hybrid group coaching with private accountability calls every two-week sprint.
  • Two learning routes: launch your own PM consulting business, or grow your corporate PM career.
  • Templates vault: checklists, roadmaps, Kanban boards, process maps, onboarding and contracts.
  • Weekly live Q&A and monthly live training, with replays.
See what's inside
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021:1 mentoring

Project Management Career Mentoring

8 weeksEnglish & Español1:1 online
  • For unofficial entry-level PMs and OBMs ready to grow skills, expertise and income.
  • Weekly coaching meetings on productivity, strategy and implementation.
  • Accountability on the online tools you use, plus methodologies from initiation to closure.
  • Build your own agile project and business management framework.
See the mentoring program
Adalyd reading a project management book
031:1 coaching & consulting

Small Business Coaching and Consulting

PersonalizedSmall & online businesses
  • A roadmap and action plan to launch, improve or scale your service business.
  • Business process improvement and project management systems built for small teams.
  • Leadership development and team training, so you stop doing it all yourself.
  • Support for new start-ups getting organized from day one.
See small business coaching
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04Packages
Resumes and mentoring packages

Resumes, LinkedIn & Interview Packages

Resume and cover letter templates, an optimized LinkedIn profile, interview practice and resume makeovers with AI.

See the packages
05Self-paced kit
ProjectFLOW PRO Kit workbook and templates

ProjectFLOW PRO Kit

A 10-step roadmap from project vision to closure, with video lessons, workbook, templates and a ready-to-use Trello board.

Get the kit
Coming soon · 8-week program

FORGE Program

A new 8-week program for women entrepreneurs ready to build systems and grow their business, co-hosted with Mariam Torres. Something new is on the way.

What you'll learn in the SIMPLE Academy

Step by step, in two-week sprints. First the base: how projects work. Then the route that matches your goal.

Part 1

SIMPLE PM foundations
  1. How project management works
  2. Stages for small & medium projects
  3. Your project plan
  4. Implementation plan to monitor progress
  5. Project review & closure

Part 2

A new way of working (Agile)

Continuous improvement and frequent check-ins. Agile, Kanban and Scrum boards. Daily monitoring with three questions in fifteen minutes a day, for IT, marketing and beyond.

Route 1

Your PM consulting business
  1. Niche & target audience
  2. Manage your finances
  3. Operations & admin
  4. Your freelance brand
  5. Marketing
  6. Find & convert clients
  7. Client relationships
  8. Review & refine

Route 2

Your corporate PM career
  1. Resume templates
  2. Cover letter pack
  3. Interview tips & practice
  4. Optimized LinkedIn profile
  5. Resume transformation with ChatGPT

Private access calls

Live mentoring and accountability every sprint to review your projects.

Monthly live training

PM, leadership, career and business development, as a group.

Templates vault

Roadmaps, Kanban boards, meeting decks, onboarding and contracts.

Weekly Q&A

Bring your questions live every week. Replays included.

Route 1: Project Management Consultant Business on a laptop Route 2: resumes, LinkedIn and interview preparation on a laptop

Resources to start today

Free guides, tools and programs to keep growing, plus what’s coming next.

5 Proven Steps to Establish Your PM BusinessFreeGuide
Free guide

5 Proven Steps to Establish Your PM Business

Mindset, your offer, who needs your services, what you can earn and how to market yourself.

Project Management Like a PROFreeGuide
Free guide

Project Management Like a PRO

The systems, tools and mindset to lead your projects with confidence, step by step.

3-Day PM Accelerator BootcampFree3 days
Free bootcamp

3-Day PM Accelerator Bootcamp

Take the first step toward success in your projects, career and business in three days.

ProjectFLOW PRO KitSelf-pacedKit
Self-paced kit

ProjectFLOW PRO Kit

A 10-step roadmap from project vision to closure, with video lessons, workbook, templates and a Trello board.

Set up for Q1 Success free workshopFreeworkshop
Free workshop

Set Up for Q1 Success

Daily tips and a short workshop on tools like Trello to organize tasks and start the quarter with clear goals and a plan.

Free 30-minute career mentoring call with AdalydFree30 min
Free call

Free 30-min Career Mentoring Call

A 1:1 call with Adalyd to talk about your career, your business or your project, and leave with a clear next step.

FORGE: 8 weeks to unleash your businessComingsoon
New event

FORGE: 8 weeks to unleash your business

A new program for women entrepreneurs ready to build systems and grow, co-hosted with Mariam Torres.

Coming soon
Adalyd Gracia reading The Coaching Leader
Adalyd Gracia, PMP®
AVP · Credit Quality Assurance
National bank · Florida
Founder
SIMPLE Project & Business Academy

Why I created this
and how I can help you

I started my banking career at 20. Over 20+ years I grew into finance, quality assurance, process improvement and project management, and today I'm an Assistant Vice President of Credit Quality Assurance at a national bank in Florida.

On the way, I didn't have a mentor. I juggled multiple projects, a full-time career and my family, and I learned the hard way that more tools don't fix chaos. Clear structure and simple systems do.

That's why I created the SIMPLE Project & Business Academy: so bilingual professionals and entrepreneurs can lead with clarity, deliver results and grow with confidence, without the overwhelm.

MS Leadership & Project Management
BS Finance, Univ. of Puerto Rico
PMP® · Scrum Master · Product Owner
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
SCORE Broward mentor
Chair, ASQ Southeast Florida

Be Quality. Be Agile. Calidad y Agilidad a tu Altura.

Certified & trusted

PMP certifiedCertified ScrumMasterCertified Scrum Product OwnerCertified Agile Leadership CAL-ECertified Agile Leadership CAL-TCertified Agile Leadership CAL-OLean Six Sigma Green BeltCertified Professional Life CoachCertified Life Purpose Life CoachSCORE Certified MentorAtlassian University badge

Don't take my word for it. Take theirs.

Landed a permanent role

With Ada’s help on my LinkedIn profile, resume and mock interviews, I landed a permanent position with a major healthcare company.

Angelica Lazo
Angelica LazoPMP® · Scrum Master
Concrete goals reached

Una profesional y mentora con grandes valores. Su mentoría me dio motivación y resultados en objetivos concretos.

Daniela Firpo
Daniela FirpoCEO · Real Estate
Structure & processes

Ada helped me implement processes I hadn’t considered. I feel more structured and focused, and I recommend her services.

Lisa Sims
Lisa SimsCreative Designer · Passionate 2 Design
Doubts cleared

I recommend Adalyd 100% for being an upright, professional and very responsible woman. A spectacular experience.

Raymond Pérez Rodríguez
Raymond Pérez RodríguezBeauty Architek, LLC
Projects on schedule

Organized, great with calendar and time management, and always using current technology to make our work more agile.

Mariam M. Torres
Mariam M. TorresAccounting Heart, LLC
Confident new PM

Patient, adapts her teaching to how you learn, and truly helps new project managers grow.

Jazz Morrison
Jazz MorrisonProject Manager

Start SIMPLE. Start TODAY.

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Do it yourself

ProjectFLOW PRO Kit

$27
Regular $197

Start on your own today with a proven 10-step roadmap and ready-made templates.

  • 10-step project roadmap & workbook
  • Video lessons
  • Business case, charter & RACI templates
  • Ready-to-use Trello board
Get the kit
Most complete
Group + 1:1 accountability

SIMPLE Project Management Business and Career Academy

$1,500
one payment · or 6 payments of $275
  • Hybrid group coaching in two-week sprints
  • Lifetime access to modules, lessons & templates
  • 1:1 strategy call to map your career plan
  • Weekly live Q&A + bi-weekly training, with replays
  • Three monthly 45-min accountability reviews
Sign me up, Ada!

Live on Zoom · English & Español

Coming soon
New · 8-week program

FORGE Program

Coming soon

An 8-week program for women entrepreneurs ready to build systems and grow, co-hosted with Mariam Torres.

  • Built for women entrepreneurs
  • 8 weeks to put systems in place
  • Co-hosted with Mariam Torres
Not sure which path fits you?
Book a free 30-minute project management career consultation.
Schedule now

Questions? Answers.

Your path to simple, successful projects starts with one call.

Thirty minutes with Ada. Your goals, your gaps and the right next step, in English or en Español.

Adalyd Gracia smiling in a lime suit