Scope the project before the call.

Answer a few plain-language questions. This free worksheet estimates the likely budget range and team shape without paid AI, technical jargon, or asking you to guess how many developers it takes.

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LOCAL ESTIMATE$6k

$4.5k-$25k available for this timeline.

1 senior developer with light strategy/design review

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STEP 01

What are we solving?

Closest descriptionWhat keeps slowing people down?What happens if this stays broken?

STEP 02

What makes this bigger or smaller?

When would this ideally be usable?

Pick anything that sounds trueIt needs to look polished for customersDifferent people need different accessIt handles payments, private info, or sensitive recordsIt needs to connect with tools we already useWe have old data or an existing system to move fromThis will keep growing after the first launch

STEP 03

Scope brief

BUDGET$4.5k-$25k

Starting estimate: $6k

TEAM SHAPE1 senior developer with light strategy/design review

Inferred from timeline, project type, and scope signals.

Generated brief

Project type: Internal tool
Timeline: Focused launch (1-2 months)
Budget range: $4.5k-$25k
Starting estimate: $6k
Likely delivery team: 1 senior developer with light strategy/design review

Problem: [describe what is not working]
Impact if unresolved: [describe business impact]

Scope signals: [none selected yet]

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