03F·Diagnostic Sprint
One week. A straight answer: build it, or don't.
Before you commit lakhs to a build, spend a week and a fixed fee finding out whether it should exist. The engineers stress-test the idea against your data, your constraints, and the current state of the models, and you get back a written verdict with the price of the build attached.
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What ships
The artifacts you get back.
- →A build/no-build memo: the written verdict, the reasoning, and what would have to change to flip it
- →An architecture sketch: the system the engineers would build, the model and data choices, and why
- →A risk register: the three to five things most likely to sink the project, each with a mitigation
- →A fixed quote: if the verdict is build, the exact scope and price of the sprint that follows, valid 30 days
The sprint shape
How the engagement runs.
- 01Intake callForty-five minutes. The idea, the data you actually have, who uses it, and what success would look like in numbers.
- 02Data reality checkThe engineers look at the real data, not the description of it. Most AI projects die here; better in week one than week nine.
- 03Feasibility spikeTwo to three days of hands-on prototyping against your hardest examples. Enough code to know, not enough to demo-polish.
- 04Write the verdictThe memo, the sketch, the risk register, the quote. Plain language, defensible in front of your leadership.
- 05Read-outOne hour. The engineers defend the verdict, you push back, questions land live.
Typical duration
1 week
How it's scoped
One 45-minute scoping call. I name the outcome, the shape, and the fee on that call. Written SOW within 48 hours.
Not in this engagement
Explicitly out of scope.
- Production code (the spike is throwaway by design)
- A polished demo for fundraising decks
- Vendor procurement or model licensing paperwork
- A verdict influenced by whether GoAlgo wins the build
Common questions
FAQ.
- What does it cost?
- A fixed fee between INR 75,000 and 1,50,000 depending on data complexity, agreed before the sprint starts. If the verdict is build and you engage within 30 days, half the diagnostic fee is credited against the build.
- What if the answer is no-build?
- Then you spent a week and a small fixed fee to avoid a multi-lakh mistake, which is the best outcome the sprint can buy. About a third of ideas should not be built as first framed; the memo says what would make it viable.
- Why should the same firm that sells builds judge whether to build?
- Fair question. Two answers: the memo is written to be defensible in front of your own engineers, and a no-build verdict costs GoAlgo the build. That trade-off is published deliberately. A diagnostic practice only survives on verdicts that age well.
- What do you need from us during the week?
- Access to a sample of the real data under NDA, one technical contact who can answer questions within a day, and the intake call. Nothing else.
- Does the fixed quote obligate us?
- No. It is a price, not a contract. It holds for 30 days so you can decide with real numbers instead of a range.