How the engagement works.
One process, one week, your numbers. The assessment costs €7,500, fixed, and is credited in full if you build.
The assessment week
| Day | Output |
|---|---|
| 1 | Data access confirmed, one process chosen, each executive mapped to the KPI they own |
| 2 | Today's baseline: volume, cycle time, loaded cost and rework, measured in your systems |
| 3 | Value drivers, conservative and likely. Your numbers set the baseline; benchmarks only set the range |
| 4 | Run cost, target architecture on your stack, five-year cash flow, NPV and payback |
| 5 | Risks, acceptance tests, build day count and price ceiling; read-out to your CFO |
- Output
- Data access confirmed, one process chosen, each executive mapped to the KPI they own
- Output
- Today's baseline: volume, cycle time, loaded cost and rework, measured in your systems
- Output
- Value drivers, conservative and likely. Your numbers set the baseline; benchmarks only set the range
- Output
- Run cost, target architecture on your stack, five-year cash flow, NPV and payback
- Output
- Risks, acceptance tests, build day count and price ceiling; read-out to your CFO
You keep the model and every document whether or not you build. Sometimes the right answer is no, and a costed no protects a far larger budget.
Larger scope. When the process runs across more systems, sites or entities, or uses regulated data, the same outputs take ten working days. The extended assessment costs €15,000, fixed, and is credited in full if you build.
See full pricingSee a sample business caseThe build
Handover: what has to be true before the final invoice
| Ref | Criterion |
|---|---|
| HO-01 | All code in your repositories, with commit history intact |
| HO-02 | All credentials and resources in your cloud accounts |
| HO-03 | Architecture documentation and runbooks written for your engineers |
| HO-04 | Evaluation harness your team can run without us |
| HO-05 | No undocumented dependency on anyone at this studio |
- Criterion
- All code in your repositories, with commit history intact
- Criterion
- All credentials and resources in your cloud accounts
- Criterion
- Architecture documentation and runbooks written for your engineers
- Criterion
- Evaluation harness your team can run without us
- Criterion
- No undocumented dependency on anyone at this studio
After handover, optional capped support: up to 25 hours a month, from €2,500 a month, thirty days' notice either side.
What we decline: equity in place of fees, unpaid discovery, open-ended retainers, and work your team cannot own in two weeks. Advisory is always scoped and time-boxed; see Advisory.
Questions
Why is the first week paid?
It produces a deliverable you own, and it lets us recommend against a build without losing money by doing so.
What if the answer is no?
Then that is the deliverable. You keep the model and the reasons.
Do you work in our cloud or yours?
Yours. Every credential and resource sits in your accounts and the bills come to you at cost.
Can you work with our integrator or engineers?
Yes. They run your core systems; we build the case and the AI layer on top, and hand it to them.
Who does the work?
The two people named on the home page. No bench, no handoff.
Do you only do builds?
Builds are the main work. Jonathan also takes a small number of scoped, time-boxed advisory engagements for CFOs and founders, including fractional CFO work. See Advisory.
What does the assessment week cost?
€7,500, fixed and agreed before we start. If you go ahead with the build, the full fee is credited against it.
Do you work with founders who already have a prototype?
Yes, when the build is funded. Tell us about the prototype on a fit call.
Can you sign our NDA first?
Yes. We can sign your NDA or ours before the week starts.
How long does the assessment take?
Five working days for one process with one or two source systems. Ten working days when there are more systems, sites or entities, or regulated data. Either way the read-out date is fixed in the contract.