Each stage ends with a written, dated, and owned decision.
Week 1
State the decision, its constraints, and the expected outcome; agree on who decides.
Weeks 1 to 2
Interviews, figures, and visits: gather the useful facts and name the tensions.
Week 2
A workshop to compare options against explicit criteria and keep one priority.
Then
A short review rhythm until the first observable outcome.
Three short documents the team can reuse after the engagement.
Two pages: the context, the options studied, the chosen decision, and its reasons.
Priorities in order, each with an owner, a deadline, and a measure.
The format of check-ins, their frequency, and the questions to ask each time.
The roadmap stays connected to delivery: every priority gets an owner, a next action, and a review point. If the context changes, the decision is revisited openly rather than quietly dropped.
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No hundred-page report: short documents, written to be reread.
What is said in interviews stays anonymous in debriefs.
The team keeps the method: the goal is that it no longer needs us.
Describe the decision that is stuck: the first stage can begin at the scoping call.