Written product plan
What the software has to do, for whom, and in what order. In plain language your team can read.
Blueprint
The Blueprint: 3 to 5 days with Kevin, ending in a build-ready plan.
We work through the problem, the people who live with it and the constraints around it. You get a plan you can act on and a fixed price for the first block of the build. The fee contributes to that build. If you stop there, you still have the plan.
Book a 30-minute call (opens in a new tab)What you get
Five things, written down, at the end of the week.
Prioritised backlog, sprint 1 ready
The thinnest complete path first. Enough detail that the build can start on Monday.
Architecture and platform recommendation
Reviewed by our CTO: data model, hosting, sign-in, integrations and the reasons behind each call.
Phased plan with a fixed price for block one
What each block delivers, roughly when, and exactly what the first one costs.
Quality level, named
Working prototype, production for your business, or sellable product. Agreed before anyone writes code.
Plus a plain go/no-go call.
If we think you shouldn't build this, or shouldn't build it with us, we will say so in the plan.
How the week runs
Mostly in your business, with the people who do the work.
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Day 1
The problem
Sit with the owners and the people doing the work. What is slow, what is wrong, what is trusted.
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Days 2 to 3
The users and the flow
Walk the real process end to end. Sketch the system around it, not the other way round.
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Day 4
Constraints and architecture
Data, integrations, security and hosting, with our CTO. Decide what we must get right first.
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Day 5
The plan
Play the plan back, agree the first block, and give you the fixed price and the go/no-go.
If you go ahead
Build starts the week after sign-off.
Run by the person who wrote the plan. The Blueprint fee contributes to the first block. Block one follows the shape on the How we work page: build, two-week live review, build, sign-off.
How we workIf you don't
You keep the plan.
Take it to another team, build it in-house, or sit on it. The plan is written to be usable by anyone, and we will happily answer questions about it.
Not sure if a Blueprint is the right first step?
Book 30 minutes with Kevin. We'll tell you straight.