Retainer / Four days per month
Focus
One product area kept moving.
Who this is for
One area of your product needs a decision-maker one day a week: a feature stream, a checkout, an onboarding, an integration. Your team can build, but nobody is deciding what and in which order, and every planning session ends without a call.
per month, net plus VAT. Three-month minimum.
What happens
- Every weekOne working day, in your cadence. Planning or refinement with the team, the decisions that came up since last week, the specs for what is next.
- Every monthA groomed backlog for the coming month, an updated release-scoped roadmap, and a written check-in on what shipped, what slipped and why.
- After three monthsEither the area runs on its own with a clear owner in your team, or we scale to Core, or you hire and I hand over.
What you get
- One day a week of product ownership for one area.
- Prioritisation, specs and release scope, in your tools.
- A weekly written check-in and a monthly decision log.
- Prototypes where a spec would take longer to argue than to click through.
Terms
Retainers run for a minimum of three months. A six-month commitment reduces the rate by 8 percent, quarterly prepayment by 5 percent. All figures net, plus VAT. Access to your tools and documents from day one is part of the agreement, as is the weekly written check-in. Days are spread across the month, in your cadence.
FAQ
Questions that come up on the first call.
Is one day a week enough?
For one area with a team that can build, yes. Decisions and specs are the bottleneck, not hours. If the area grows or a second team joins, Core is the next step.
Which day?
A fixed weekday, agreed at the start, so the team can plan around it. Urgent questions between days are answered asynchronously.
Minimum term?
Three months. A six-month commitment reduces the rate by 8 percent, quarterly prepayment by 5 percent.
Not sure Focus is the right size?
Thirty minutes and you will know. Bring the product area that keeps slipping.