Service 03
Short-term strategic projects
Sometimes the need is specific: a decision to make, a foundation to lay or a question nobody inside the business has time to answer properly. Strategic projects are short, scoped engagements that start with the decision and end with something you can act on, and the capability to keep using it.
Typical shape
Fixed scope and a fixed fee, usually measured in weeks rather than months.Who it's for
- Leadership teams facing a specific decision that needs better evidence.
- Businesses that want an expert assessment before committing to a hire, a platform or an AI initiative.
- Teams that need a foundation built quickly and handed over properly.
What's included
- Data maturity diagnostic: where you are, where the gaps are and a prioritised plan to close them.
- KPI tree and metric definitions: what drives the business, and how each team's numbers connect to it.
- Data stack review and selection: an independent recommendation, with no vendor commissions.
- AI readiness assessment: which use cases are worth pursuing, and what has to be true first.
- Customer economics and growth analysis: acquisition, retention and lifetime value, because not all growth is equal.
- Experimentation set-up: hypotheses, measurement and the discipline to act on the result.
What changes
- A clear answer to the question you started with, and a recommendation you can act on.
- Work your team can own and maintain after we leave.
- A decision made while it still matters, on evidence that is good enough to decide.