Karen Frith
Founder, Fractional First®
© Fractional First®
About Fractional First®
The Fractional First® Standard was developed through observation of repeated structural failure in capability decision-making under constraint.
Across organisations and independent professionals, the same pattern emerged:
Cost committed before outcome definition
Permanence assumed before validation
Capability deployed without sequencing
The issue was not capability.
It was the order of decisions.
The standard defines that order.
Version 1.0 establishes the initial framework.
It is reviewed and evolved in response to structural change and validated application.
The objective is consistent: define capability decisions in the correct sequence under constraint.