Clarity before code.
Best when the next move isn’t obvious.
A focused two-to-four week engagement to pressure-test the problem, align the room, and produce a defensible plan with a 90-day roadmap — so the build that follows is the right one.
What you get
Deliverables, not deliverables-shaped slides.
Stakeholder & customer interviews
Structured conversations with the people who carry the work and the people who use it. We surface alignment gaps before they cost you a quarter.
Opportunity & risk map
A single page that sequences the bets worth making and the ones that look exciting on a whiteboard but die in production.
Defensible 90-day roadmap
Outcome-led, not feature-led. Each sprint mapped to a number you can defend in a board meeting.
Kickoff-ready brief
A short, sharp document any senior team — ours or yours — can pick up and ship from on day one.
Architecture & tech recommendation
A pragmatic stack call: what to keep, what to swap, and where the next 18 months of scale will hurt if you don’t change course.
PDF blueprint & diagram pack
A handoff package with the system diagram, sprint plan, and decision rationale — versioned and yours to keep.
Ideal for
When this engagement earns its keep.
- You’re sitting on a fuzzy ambition and three competing internal proposals.
- You need to validate scope before approving a six-figure build budget.
- A board, partner, or investor needs a defensible plan — not a feature list.
- You’ve outgrown templates and need a real product architecture decision.
- You’re evaluating build-vs-buy and want a senior, neutral read.
How it runs
A cadence you can plan around.
- 01Week 1
Discovery
Stakeholder & user interviews, technical audit of what exists, and a shared problem statement everyone signs off on.
- 02Week 1–2
Synthesis
Opportunity & risk mapping, prioritized backlog, and a first cut of the 90-day roadmap.
- 03Week 2–3
Architecture
Technical recommendations, system diagram, and a build plan sized to your real team and timeline.
- 04Week 3–4
Handoff
A working session to pressure-test the plan and a kickoff-ready brief ready to hand to any senior build team.
Technical standards
Built for longevity, not the demo.
SOC2-aligned · WCAG AA · GitOps · CI/CD · Vercel/AWS deployment
Investment
Fixed scope. Fixed price. Real number on the call.
Most Strategy Sprints land between $2K and $8K depending on stakeholder count and audit depth. We quote a real number on the first call.
Focused Sprint
From $2,000
Two-week engagement for a single product or workstream.
- Up to 5 stakeholder interviews
- Opportunity & risk map
- 90-day outcome roadmap
- Kickoff brief
Standard Sprint
From $4,000
Three-to-four-week engagement for a full product or platform decision.
- Up to 10 stakeholder + user interviews
- Technical audit of existing systems
- Architecture recommendation & diagram
- Kickoff brief + PDF blueprint
Extended Sprint
From $8,000
For multi-stakeholder programs and platform-level decisions.
- Multi-product scope
- Vendor & build-vs-buy analysis
- Quarterly review cadence proposal
- Board-ready deliverables
“Strategy is not a slide deck — it’s a decision. We don’t leave you with one until everyone in the room can defend it.”