What we do·Strategy & Transformation·Strategy & Discovery
Product Strategy & Discovery.
Decide on paper. It's cheaper there.
Before committing to a build, describe what should change for the customer and what would prove it worked. Discovery at Lateral brings the product, technical, and commercial questions into one plan, including whether the project should proceed.
How we approach it
A two-to-four-week sprint with a principal engineer and a product strategist.
A two-to-four-week sprint with a principal engineer and a product strategist. We read everything first (the codebase, the support tickets, the pitch deck) then pressure-test the idea with the press-release exercise, size the build honestly, and hand you a plan with real dates a team could start on Monday.
- The press-release exercise. If the launch story can't be written, we say so before you spend six figures finding out
- Read-everything-first audit of the code, data, and constraints you already have
- A scoped, dated, costed build plan. Engineering estimates by the people who would build it
- A clear recommendation to proceed, change direction, or investigate further, with the reasoning behind it
- Two-week prototype option when the fastest way to decide is to hold the thing
Proof
We've shipped this before.
FAQ
Before you ask.
What do we actually get at the end?
Do we have to build with you afterwards?
Who shows up?
How we approach it
A two-to-four-week sprint with a principal engineer and a product strategist.
We read everything first (the codebase, the support tickets, the pitch deck) then pressure-test the idea with the press-release exercise, size the build honestly, and hand you a plan with real dates a team could start on Monday.
- Typical discovery engagement
- 2–4 wk
- Longest partnership
- 10+ yr
Proof
We've shipped this before.
FAQ
Before you ask.
What do we actually get at the end?
Do we have to build with you afterwards?
Who shows up?
Tell us the hard part.
A 30-minute call with an engineer, not a salesperson. Honest scoping, real dates.