Before you build, get the plan right
Product strategy, technical discovery, and specification documents for companies that need more than a contractor. We help leadership teams scope projects, respond to RFPs, and produce the requirements documents that make implementation predictable.
Strategic consulting for teams making consequential technical decisions
Founders & product leaders
Evaluating whether to build, who need MVP scoping and technical feasibility before committing capital.
Operations & IT leaders
Drafting RFPs for vendor selection, who need professionally structured requirements to get comparable bids.
Teams with existing applications
Who need functional specifications to hand to internal devs or external agencies without miscommunication.
Documents you own, specifications you can build from
Six deliverable types that cover the full span from early-stage feasibility through detailed functional specification.
Product Requirements Documents (PRDs)
A PRD translates a business idea into a structured specification that any competent development team can estimate, price, and build against.
- User stories and feature priorities
- Technical constraints and acceptance criteria
- Success metrics and KPIs
- Vendor-neutral format — take it to any team
Functional Specification Documents (FSDs)
Where a PRD answers "what should this product do and why," an FSD answers "how exactly does each screen, workflow, and data interaction behave."
- Screen-level behavior and validation rules
- Edge cases and error states
- Integration specifications
- Data flow and state transitions
RFP Analysis & Response Strategy
For companies being handed an RFP and unsure how to respond, or companies drafting one and unsure what to ask for.
- Requirements analysis and gap identification
- Flagging unrealistic expectations or scope risks
- Response structuring and narrative strategy
- Ghost-writing of technical sections
Technical Discovery & Scoping
A structured engagement where we interview stakeholders, audit existing systems, and produce a decision-ready scoping document.
- Stakeholder interviews and requirements mapping
- Existing-system audit
- Build-or-buy recommendation
- Architecture outline and realistic budget range
Product Strategy & Advisory
Ongoing advisory for founders and product leaders who need the benefit of someone who has shipped across dozens of verticals — without hiring a full-time product leader.
- Feature prioritization and roadmap development
- Competitive positioning
- Go-to-market technical planning
- Monthly or milestone-based cadence
Architecture & Feasibility Review
Before you commit to a stack, a vendor, or a build approach, get an independent review from a consultant with no stake in selling you one solution over another.
- Written technical assessment
- Recommendations with tradeoff analysis
- Risk identification
- Alternative approaches considered
Catch problems on paper, not in production
Most companies skip the planning phase and pay for it in rework, scope creep, and shipped products that do not match what stakeholders actually wanted. The consulting deliverables we produce exist to catch those problems on paper, where they cost thousands — not in production, where they cost hundreds of thousands.
You own every document we create. Nothing is proprietary. You can take our specifications to any vendor in the world.
From first call to final handoff
Discovery call
Free 30-minute scoping conversation to determine fit and engagement scope.
Paid discovery sprint
Structured working sessions, stakeholder interviews, and existing-system audits.
Drafting & review
We produce specification documents with scheduled review checkpoints.
Handoff
Final documents in your preferred format with a walkthrough. Optional: we stay on as advisor during implementation.
The shape of recent consulting work
Client names are withheld for confidentiality. Industry and scope descriptors preserved.
Registry platform migration
Member-facing registry platform replatforming with a hybrid accounting integration recommendation and stakeholder alignment across a multi-person volunteer board.
End-to-end PRD and launch strategy
Full product requirements document covering headless CMS architecture, a members-only portal research track, homepage design direction, and a brand style guide handed to the build team.
Multi-brand positioning engagement
Competitive positioning, technical content frameworks, and quarterly reporting methodology for a global onsite wastewater manufacturer operating across multiple sub-brands.
Structured for how you need to buy
Four formats that cover most consulting needs, from one-off deliverables to embedded advisory.
Single-deliverable projects
One PRD, one FSD, one RFP response. Fixed scope, fixed fee, defined timeline.
Discovery sprints
2–4 week engagements producing a bundled set of deliverables and a recommendation.
Advisory retainers
Monthly engagements for ongoing product or technical strategy — typically 10–20 hours per month.
Embedded consulting
For complex or long-running initiatives, we embed with your team for a defined period.