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Solution Design & Consulting

If you know the problem but need help defining the solution, we clarify the requirements, compare the options and create a practical roadmap and scoped estimate. It covers software and AI, and it is a standalone engagement: the plan is yours whether or not we build it.

Discuss your projectA standalone engagement, scoped separately

When you need this

  • You know the problem, but not what the solution should be.
  • You are choosing between building custom software and buying an existing product.
  • Leadership wants a software or AI plan grounded in your actual systems and data.
  • A vendor has proposed a system and you want an independent technical opinion.

How we do it

  1. 1. Requirements

    Interviews with the people who do the work, and a look at the workflows, data, systems and constraints involved.

  2. 2. Options

    Build, buy or configure. Where AI would genuinely help, and where ordinary software is the better answer.

  3. 3. Architecture

    The recommended system design, integrations and hosting approach, with the risks and dependencies that would change it.

  4. 4. Roadmap and estimate

    A phased roadmap and a scoped estimate for the first release.

What you get

  • Requirements summary
  • Recommended architecture
  • Build-versus-buy assessment
  • Phased roadmap with risks and dependencies
  • Scoped estimate for implementation
Example
Illustrative

A distribution company runs sales on spreadsheets and a generic CRM nobody updates. Solution design maps the sales process, compares configuring an off-the-shelf CRM with building a custom one, and recommends a custom CRM connected to the ordering system, with a three-phase roadmap and an estimate for the first release.

Start with solution design

A standalone engagement, scoped separately

A short, free conversation first. Then a scoped engagement that produces requirements, architecture, a roadmap and an estimate you keep.

Discuss your project

Questions

Is this the same as the first conversation?

No. The first conversation is a short, free introduction. Solution design is a scoped, paid engagement with written deliverables: requirements, architecture, roadmap and estimate.

Do we have to build with you afterwards?

No. The roadmap and estimate are yours to use with any team. If you continue with us, the build is scoped and agreed separately.

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