Business plan
A decision-ready plan built to the agreed lender, funder, or internal checklist, with economics, market logic, operating needs, and implementation costs made explicit.
Ignite / Discovery and roadmap
Make the operation legible before anyone prescribes a tool.
A fixed-scope engagement that turns the way the business actually works into a business plan and a vendor-neutral systems blueprint you can use with any qualified implementation team.
The decision
A useful answer even if we never build it.
Ignite is paid analytical work, not a disguised software proposal. It makes the current operation, target requirements, costs, risks, and sequence legible before anyone asks you to choose a platform or implementation partner.
- Fixed fee
- $7,500 CAD
- Business plan
- $5,000 CAD
- Systems blueprint
- $2,500 CAD
- Position
- Vendor-neutral
What the engagement produces
Artifacts the next decision can rely on.
Each output has a job to do. It should make the operation clearer, reduce ambiguity, and remain useful after the engagement ends.
Current-state operating map
A practical view of decisions, handoffs, repeated data entry, tool boundaries, and the manual loops carrying the operation today.
Technology and systems blueprint
Vendor-neutral requirements, target data model, SOP map, cost ranges, and an ordered implementation roadmap.
Decision register
Assumptions, unresolved questions, material risks, ownership decisions, and the evidence needed before committing to a build.
A strong fit when
The conditions support useful work.
- The operating strain is visible, but the right system decision is not.
- Important handoffs depend on one owner, one spreadsheet, or one person’s memory.
- You need a credible plan before asking a lender, funder, board, or team to support an investment.
- The people who perform and own the work can participate in discovery.
The boundary
What Ignite is not.
- It does not guarantee funding, financing, or an operating result.
- It does not prescribe a preferred vendor inside the neutral blueprint.
- It does not include implementation, software licences, or ongoing support.
- It is not a rush quote for a solution that has already been selected.
Begin with Ignite
Start with the decision, not the software.
Describe the operating strain and the decision you need to make. ClearForge will review whether Ignite is the right starting point before proposing an engagement.