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
What it answers
Blueprint answers the questions that derail projects.
What should we build first?
Our delivery process is built to reduce ambiguity, keep decisions visible, and keep projects moving.
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
Our delivery process is built to reduce ambiguity, keep decisions visible, and keep projects moving.
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
What it answers
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
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.