One week. Two senior people. A fixed price for the build.
The scoping sprint is how we de-risk every engagement. Five days, a focused team, and a deliverables pack you own — whether or not we build the product together afterwards.
Typical lead time: 2 weeks. USD invoicing, W-8BEN-E on file.
What happens, day by day
Day 1 — Monday
Discovery & alignment
- Kick-off with stakeholders, users and decision-makers
- Capture goals, success metrics and constraints
- Map current state, pain points and assumptions
Day 2 — Tuesday
Problem framing
- User journeys and prioritised use cases
- Risk register and unknowns log
- Cut list — what's in scope, what's not
Day 3 — Wednesday
Technical architecture
- Reference architecture and component map
- Data model, integrations and AI/LLM choices
- Security, compliance and hosting decisions
Day 4 — Thursday
Delivery roadmap
- Epic breakdown and sprint sequencing
- Effort estimate per sprint (with contingency)
- Fixed price for the build, locked
Day 5 — Friday
Readout & handover
- Live readout with your stakeholders
- Full deliverables pack handed over (yours to keep)
- Go / no-go decision — no pressure either way
What you walk away with
A complete pack — written, diagrammed, and priced. Take it to your board, your investors, or a competing vendor. It's yours.
- ✓Product brief & success metrics
- ✓User journeys & prioritised backlog
- ✓Reference technical architecture
- ✓Integration & data model map
- ✓AI / LLM strategy with build-vs-buy trade-offs
- ✓Sprint-by-sprint delivery roadmap
- ✓Risk & assumptions register
- ✓Fixed price for the build phase
Why this is a good deal — even if you don't hire us
Two senior people, full-time
A Tech Lead and a Senior Product Engineer — the same people who'd run your build.
Fixed price for the build
Locked, in writing, on Friday. No 'it depends' — you can budget and approve internally.
Deliverables you own
Whether you build with us or not, the roadmap, architecture and estimates are yours to keep and reuse.
Credit toward the build
If you commit to a build engagement within 60 days, the full $9k is credited against your first sprint.
A scoping sprint is for you if…
- You have a real budget but the scope feels fuzzy
- You've been burned by an agency that over-promised
- You need a credible plan to bring to your board or investors
- You're choosing between building in-house or with a partner
- You want a fast, honest second opinion on a roadmap
Five days from now, you could have a real plan.
Email us a one-paragraph description of what you're trying to build. We'll come back within 24 hours with available dates and a one-page scoping sprint proposal.