What's included
The work, and what you receive
Each capability names an artefact you end up owning, not an activity we perform.
Problem definition
We separate the problem from the proposed solution, and write down what would have to be true for the solution to work.
You receive
- Problem statement
- Assumption register
Opportunity sizing
What the problem costs now, and what a fix is plausibly worth. Ranges, with the workings shown, not a single confident number.
You receive
- Sizing model
- Sensitivity ranges
Scope and sequencing
What to build first, what to defer, and the reason for each. The deferral reasons matter more than the list.
You receive
- Scoped roadmap
- Explicit not-now list
Risk register
Technical, regulatory and commercial risks with an owner and a trigger, written in week two rather than week ten.
You receive
- Risk register
- Mitigation owners
Cost envelope
A range with the drivers named, so you can see which decisions move the number.
You receive
- Cost envelope
- Cost drivers
Regulatory read
Where NDPR, CBN or sector rules constrain the design. Better as an architecture input than a launch surprise.
You receive
- Constraint list
- Compliance implications
Our approach
How this runs, and roughly when
Durations are bands, not promises. We revise them in the open when the work argues otherwise.
- 1
Frame
3–5 daysInterviews with the people who feel the problem, and a written statement of it that everyone signs up to.
- Problem statement
- Stakeholder map
- 2
Test the assumptions
1–2 weeksWe take the two or three assumptions that would sink the plan and find the cheapest way to check each one.
- Assumption test results
- Revised assumptions
- 3
Scope and cost
3–5 daysSequenced roadmap, cost envelope and risk register, presented to whoever has to fund it.
- Scoped roadmap
- Cost envelope
- Risk register
Tools we use
Boring, well-supported, and replaceable
We tell you when something newer is worth its risk, and when it is not.
- Miro
- Figma
- Notion
- Maze
- Metabase
Related work
Where we have done this
In-house product
HR technology / careersTalentrah: an AI career platform built for the market it serves
An AI career platform for Nigerian job seekers, built around a constraint US-first competitors do not have: the people who need it most cannot afford $24 a month.
1,136 Automated tests
Questions
Asked often enough to answer here
Working against a constraint?
Tell us what it is. We will tell you what we would build, what we would not, and what it would take.