The Service-Level Product

You can keep the work custom and still make buying it feel simple and safe.

Chart: The Service-Level Product. You can keep the work custom and still make buying it feel simple and safe.
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The mechanism

The chart shows three boxes in a row, and each one lowers the buyer's risk a little more. Box one is named phases, each with a clear deliverable the buyer gets to keep. Box two is a fixed team and a fixed rhythm, even when the actual output changes. Box three is decision gates, where the client sees what was learned and picks what happens next. Together they turn one-off custom work into a buying experience the client can predict.

Part of Productization. How you package and price the work.