Phase 01 — Discover

Decide what’s worth building.

A 2–3 week sprint that cuts through the AI hype. We map your order, supplier, and back-office operations, score every workflow on impact and feasibility, and hand you back a prioritized roadmap with ROI models, reference architecture, and a fixed-scope build estimate. By week three you know exactly what to ship first, and what not to ship at all.

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FIG. ASprint timeline2–3wks

FIG. BStarting investment$18K+

FIG. CStakeholder interviews8–15

FIG. DFixed scope and price100%

Sec. 01 — What you get

Six artifacts. One verdict: build, refine, or walk away.

Every Discover engagement ends with the same package. No 60-page consulting decks. Real artifacts your engineering and exec teams can act on the day we hand them over.

ART-01

AI Opportunity Map

Every workflow we observe, scored on impact and feasibility, plotted on a 2x2 you can walk into a board meeting with.

Notion + Figma

ART-02

Prioritized Roadmap

Exact sequence of what to build, why, and in what order. Sequenced for compounding: each ship makes the next one cheaper.

12-month horizon

ART-03

ROI Models

Fully quantified returns on the top 3 candidates. Time saved, dollars saved, dollars earned. Conservative, base, and aggressive cases.

Spreadsheet + scenarios

ART-04

Reference Architecture

System design for the highest-priority build. Models, infra, data flow, integrations, fail modes. Reviewable by a senior engineer in 30 minutes.

PDF + Miro

ART-05

Fixed-Scope Build Estimate

If you green-light the next phase, you get a fixed price and timeline before we start. No hourly billing, no “discovery uncovered new scope” surprises.

SOW-ready

ART-06

Stakeholder Read-out

Final live presentation to your team. Every interview surfaces back as direct quotes, not summaries. Your team sees what we heard.

90-min session

Sec. 02 — How it works

Three weeks, three milestones.

Discover runs as a focused sprint: senior engineers embedded with your team for around 10 hours a week of meetings, plus async work between. No 6-month consulting engagements.

Week 01 — Discovery

Stakeholder interviews and workflow capture

8–15 conversations across operations, engineering leadership, and one exec sponsor. We sit in on real workflows, watch where time gets burned, and ask “what’s the dumbest part of this job?” until we get honest answers.

Week 02 — Synthesis

Workflow mapping and AI feasibility scoring

Every observed workflow gets mapped, scored on feasibility (frontier model? RAG? agent? deterministic code?), and stress-tested for ROI. We separate the “this looks AI-shaped” from the “this is actually AI-shaped.”

Week 03 — Verdict

Roadmap, architecture, build estimate, read-out

Final week is execution-ready output: the roadmap, architecture for the top pick, ROI on the top three, and a fixed-scope build estimate if you want to keep going. Live read-out to your team.

Sec. 03 — What it costs

Two engagement sizes. Both fixed-price.

Pick the depth that matches what you’re trying to figure out. Both end with the same artifact package, and both are fully credited toward a Build engagement if you keep going with us.

DIS-01Lite
2 weeks · 6–8 stakeholder interviews · roadmap + ROI on top 3 · build estimate. Best when you have a hunch about what to build and need it pressure-tested.from $18K

DIS-02Standard
3 weeks · 12–15 interviews · full reference architecture · technical spike on the highest-risk component. Best when you’re choosing between several directions.from $28K

Fully credited toward a Build engagement

50% on kickoff, 50% on read-out

Mutual NDA before any sensitive review

Sec. 04 — Recent engagements

What clarity looks like in practice.

Anonymized because the work was delivered under NDA. The numbers are real; we only publish metrics we can stand behind.

Industrial Distribution · 200+ suppliers

Mapped a manual order desk, then shipped what the map said to ship.

The mapping showed order intake was the bottleneck, not the ERP. The build that followed automated intake, supplier coordination, and failure recovery, and lifted daily throughput from ~100 to 250+ orders with the same team in 16 weeks.

HVAC Distribution · B2B equipment

Found the hours hiding in quoting, then built the CRM to claim them.

Quoting ran on inboxes and spreadsheets. The roadmap pointed at an AI-injected internal CRM for the quoting and order flow. It worked well enough that the client later opened it up to their own customers.

Sec. 05 — Common questions

Things people actually ask.

What if you tell us not to build anything?

Then we say so. Some Discover engagements end with a “don’t build this yet” verdict, usually because the data isn’t ready, the workflow isn’t actually AI-shaped, or there’s a deterministic fix that’s faster. You still get every artifact, and you skip a build that would have failed.

How much of our team’s time does Discover cost?

Plan for around 10 hours a week of meetings during the sprint, distributed across 8–15 stakeholders. Most individual contributors give us 2–3 hours total. The exec sponsor gives us a kickoff (60 min), a mid-sprint check-in (30 min), and the read-out (90 min).

Do we have to build with you afterward?

No. The roadmap, architecture, and ROI models are yours to keep regardless. Most Discover clients do move into Build with us, but it’s not a requirement, and we’d rather you take the work to a better-fit partner than build with us out of inertia.

What if we already know what we want to build?

Skip Discover and go straight to Build. We’ll scope it, give you a fixed price, and start. Discover is for when you’re choosing between options, not when the choice is already made.

Will you sign an NDA before we share anything sensitive?

Always. Mutual NDA before any workflow review or data access. We work in environments you control, and we don’t take exports of customer data home with us.