Building the wrong thing well is the most expensive mistake in software. A short, structured discovery sprint is the cheapest insurance against it.
Week one is alignment. Goals, constraints, and success metrics, surfaced with every stakeholder in the room so there's one shared narrative instead of five competing ones.
Week two is exploration. We research users and map opportunities against value and effort, then prototype the riskiest assumptions to learn cheaply.
Week three is the plan. A sequenced roadmap with scope, estimates, and a clear first phase — the kind of plan that survives a budget review and gets funded.