Stage 1 · Entry Point
Two weeks. Fixed price. Locked scope.
The Clarity Sprint ends ambiguity before it ends your budget. We diagnose what is broken, validate what you believe to be true, and produce a build-ready plan with explicit scope and fixed pricing for execution. No code is written until these decisions are made.
Not a workshop. Not a discovery phase. A decision compression exercise that ends with locked scope and a fixed quote — not a research report.
How it works
We map the current state without judgement. What has been built, what has been assumed, what the team believes versus what evidence supports. We identify the gap between the product as imagined and the product as it will actually be used.
Every open question gets an answer. Scope is locked. Trade-offs are decided and documented. Explicit non-goals are written down. The week ends with a build-ready plan and a fixed price for execution — not another set of options to consider.
What you receive
Defines the product, its user, its outcome, and its scope. The reference point for every subsequent decision.
What is in. What is explicitly out. No ambiguity about scope once this document exists.
Every key decision with its rationale. What was considered, what was rejected, and why.
Stack decisions locked, integration points mapped, dependencies identified.
Known constraints, external dependencies, and potential blockers identified before they become problems.
Exact cost and timeline for the next stage, tied to locked scope. No estimates, no ranges.
Fit
This is for you if
This is not for you if
Common questions
Week 1 is diagnosis: we map the current state, identify what is broken, surface unstated assumptions, and align on the problem being solved. Week 2 is decision compression: we lock scope, define explicit non-goals, document trade-offs, and produce a build-ready plan with a fixed price for execution. No code is written during the sprint.
The $3,000 covers two weeks of senior product and decision work — not junior research, not discovery workshops with no outputs. You receive a decision document, a locked feature list, a stakeholder-aligned scope, a technical architecture recommendation, and a fixed quote for the build phase. Most clients have already spent $30,000–$80,000 in build purgatory before doing a Clarity Sprint. The sprint costs less than one month of continued ambiguity.
The Clarity Sprint works at any stage. For products already in development, it functions as a decision reset: we audit what has been built, lock what is in scope for completion, and eliminate the scope debates that are slowing delivery. This is the most common entry point for clients who arrive mid-build.
No. A discovery phase produces questions. The Clarity Sprint produces decisions. The output is a document with locked scope, explicit exclusions, trade-off rationale, and a build plan — not a research report or a list of insights. If you want ongoing discovery without commitment, we are not the right fit.
No. Each stage of the engagement is a separate decision. The Clarity Sprint ends with a fixed quote for the next stage. You are under no obligation to continue. Many clients use the Clarity Sprint as a standalone diagnostic and then build internally using the outputs. We price it this way deliberately — the sprint should stand on its own value.
The founders who build wrong spend $50,000–$200,000 finding out. The Clarity Sprint costs less than one month of continued ambiguity and produces decisions that protect every dollar that follows.