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The Workflow Bottleneck Assessment

Understand where one important workflow is getting stuck, why it matters, and which intervention actually makes sense - before committing to a fix.

Experimental - Not a Validated Offer

This page is testing whether a bounded, deliverable-first assessment is the right first paid engagement. It is one of two competing offer hypotheses - see it side by side with the Workflow Improvement Sprint. No pricing or timeline is set yet.

Why pay for this instead of just asking for a proposal?

A proposal written without looking closely at the actual workflow is a guess dressed up as a plan. This assessment exists so the decision that comes after it - whether to fix the workflow, and how - is based on where the constraint actually is, not on which fix sounded most familiar. What you’re buying is the clarity to make that decision well, not a fix itself.

Potential outputs

A working hypothesis, not a committed checklist - this may change as the offer gets pressure-tested with real prospects.

  • A current-state map of the workflow as it actually runs
  • The constraint (or constraints) actually holding it back
  • What that constraint is costing - time, delayed revenue, capacity, or customer experience
  • The intervention options on the table, from simplify through build
  • A recommended next step, including honestly recommending no build
  • A path for implementation, if the findings justify one
  • The metric(s) worth tracking to know whether it worked

What this is testing

Whether prospects would rather pay for understanding first, with implementation as a clearly separate, later decision - versus wanting the diagnosis and the fix bundled into one engagement from the start (the competing hypothesis on the sprint page).

Sound like what you need?

This is a research page, not a checkout - the next step is a conversation, not a purchase.

Tell me what’s getting stuck

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