discovery
North Star Discovery Sprint
Rapidly surface constraints, interfaces, and risks across your platform landscape before you commit build capacity.
12–18 calendar days
Hybrid workshops + async documentation
KRW 2,900,000 (informational)
Scope narrative
We convene your product and platform leads for a focused discovery loop that maps critical paths, contract boundaries, and upgrade windows. You receive decision-ready notes that translate directly into the next planning cycle — without over-promising delivery dates.
Inclusions
- Stakeholder map with explicit decision owners
- Integration inventory with failure modes and retries
- Release train compatibility matrix for dependent teams
- Observability gap list tied to user-visible incidents
- Cost-of-delay framing for three competing initiatives
- Risk register linked to mitigation experiments
- Exit criteria that gate an advisory or build phase
Outcomes we optimize for
- Shared vocabulary for services and data contracts
- Prioritized backlog shaped by operational reality
- Clear stop/go signals before larger spend
Responsible partner
Minseo Han
Principal consultant — specializes in discovery facilitation for multi-tenant SaaS.
Conversation snippets
“The North Star Sprint forced us to name our strangler routes instead of hand-waving “later.” The integration inventory alone saved a noisy debate in sprint planning.”
Jiwon Park · Engineering manager · HarborMesh SaaS · 5/5 · survey
“Exit criteria were blunt — which we needed. Wish we had booked another half-day for API consumers.”
Elena · Client in SaaS · 4/5