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Engagements · For the Architect

When the cost of being wrong is high.

Real options, honest evidence, and a verdict you can defend — we impose the structure AI skips, turning a fuzzy call, a half-formed vision, or knowledge stuck in one head into something your team can act on.

Delivery 2–5 business days
From $500
Scope Fixed up front
Format Finished artifact
Status Now booking

You leave with a finished artifact you can hand to your team or your board — and defend in the room.

For you if the call is high-stakes and costly to reverse For you if you have the material, just not the structure Not a strategy retainer or a deck-design service
Four ways to make the call sound

Decision & Spec engagements.

Each is fixed-scope and priced up front. The starting price shown sets the floor; the exact quote depends on complexity, set before any work begins.

01

The Decision Brief

Facilitated · one decision at a time

Real options including do-nothing, evidence split known / assumed / unknown, a weighted matrix, a confidence-rated recommendation — and the strongest honest case against it.

  • A clean brief on exactly one high-stakes decision
  • ≥3 options weighed, with the do-nothing baseline
  • A confidence-rated recommendation + a committed review date
  • “The Strongest Case Against” — built in, not bolted on
From $5002 business days
02

Vision-to-Artifact

One working session · one-pager → prototype spec

In a single session we translate “I know what I want but can't get it built” into a structured artifact — shipped with a Decision Ledger marking every load-bearing point Decided, Assumed, or Open.

  • A one-pager, strategy doc, or buildable prototype spec
  • Every load-bearing decision marked Decided / Assumed / Open
  • A “what's still open” section and build-ready next steps
  • Delivered on your brand
From $1,2003–5 business days
03

AI Documentation Sprint

5-day sprint · bus-factor first

We turn a senior person's undocumented knowledge into owner-independent runbooks — with an honest coverage map rating every system green, amber, or red, handoff-tested by someone else.

  • Owner-independent runbooks: prerequisites, steps, failure modes
  • Forward specs for what's being built next
  • Expert-verified — gaps flagged, never fabricated
  • A bus-factor coverage map of what's captured vs. at-risk
From $3,5005 business days
04

Executive Dashboard

One-time setup · or maintained on a cadence

The verdict in the first 30 seconds, four numbers that matter instead of forty that don't, and honest enough to show red — with thresholds agreed before anyone can move them.

  • A one-screen report: 30-second verdict, ≤4 metrics, the ask last
  • Honest, pre-agreed red/amber/green thresholds with trend
  • Documented so your team could run it — plus a 30-day check-in
  • Optional: we maintain it weekly or monthly
From $800Setup 5 days · from $500/mo
How these are built

Every engagement runs on a documented method — the same guardrails that ship inside the Architect's toolkit, applied by hand to your real material. Samples show the format of the deliverable and use illustrative, non-client data. As a new practice, pricing is set per engagement before any work starts; you approve scope and cost first.

A glimpse of the method — the Decision Ledger
Launch date is fixed for Q3Decided Board-committed; explicitly out of scope to revisit.
Vendor API sustains 2× loadAssumed Based on their docs — unverified under our real peak.
Migration cutover windowOpen Needs ops sign-off before any date is committed.

Illustrative — the format every brief ships with, not a client engagement.

Before you book

Questions worth asking first.

How is this different from hiring a consultant?

A consultant usually hands you a recommendation. You get the recommendation and the structure underneath it — real options including do-nothing, evidence split into known / assumed / unknown, and the strongest honest case against the call. It's built to be defended later, not just delivered.

What do you need from me to start?

The decision or material you're wrestling with, whatever context exists (even if it's messy), and one working session. Scope and a fixed price are agreed before any work begins — you approve both first.

What if the honest answer is “do nothing”?

Then that's the verdict, with the reasoning that supports it and a committed date to revisit. The do-nothing baseline is weighed in every brief — a recommendation you can't defend isn't worth paying for.

Are the samples real client work?

No. Every sample uses illustrative, non-client data and is marked as such — it shows the format of the deliverable. This is a new practice and the work is confidential; nothing real is shown without permission.

Bring me the decision, the vision, or the knowledge stuck in one head.

Twenty minutes, no pitch. We'll find which of these fits — or whether the toolkit alone gets you there.

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