Service 01 Blueprint
Product clarity before investment.
Blueprint is a 6-week planning engagement that turns an unclear platform idea into a build-ready Phase 1 with defined scope, budget, timeline, risks, and a prototype stakeholders can react to before you commit real development dollars.
- $15,000 fixed scope
- 6 weeks
Fit
Blueprint is right for you if you are…
- Planning a build initiative that still feels unclear
- Aligning stakeholders before committing budget
- Defending a budget to leadership, a board, or funders
- Comparing vendor estimates
- Deciding whether, when, and how to build
- Trying to avoid the expensive version of software development: building while still figuring out what needs to be built
What it answers
Blueprint answers the questions that derail projects.
- What should we build first?
- What should wait?
- What will it likely cost?
- How long will it take?
- What risks need to be addressed before development?
- What does the experience need to feel like for users, staff, and stakeholders?
- What does leadership, the board, or a funder need to see before approving the next step?
Deliverables
What you walk away with.
- Defined Phase 1 scope
- Workflow and requirements map
- System architecture and integration plan
- Prioritized feature backlog
- Budget range and timeline model
- Risk and assumption log
- Executive summary deck
- Stakeholder-ready interactive prototype
The prototype
See it before you build it.
Most planning engagements end with a dense document and no shared picture of what the team is buying. Blueprint gives you something concrete: a clickable prototype stakeholders can react to before production development begins.
It helps your team
- Turn abstract ideas into a shared product direction
- Align stakeholders around the proposed experience
- Surface missing requirements before they get expensive
- Test assumptions before development begins
- Build buy-in for funding, leadership, and board conversations
Investment
$15,000
Fixed scope.
If you move into a Norus Build engagement of $50,000+ within 6 months of delivery, $7,500 is credited toward the build.