Decision Ambiguity
Outcome Confidence
Which decision is delayed? Where is execution anxious?
We resolve ambiguity before and during capital commitment
without hourly billing.
How It Works
Strategy firms advise without technology credibility, implementation firms build without commercial context.
This gap scales in proportion to commitment. We bridge it.
Outcome Gateway
£10K, 2 weeksThe decision instrument before capital is committed or during underperforming execution.
Problem framing
Unopinionated perspective of current situation. Conflicting assumptions, unstated constraints, implicit beliefs.
Success metrics
Unambiguous outcome metrics and definition of what "done" looks like. No room for interpretation.
Risk map
The three to five things that will determine whether the investment succeeds or fails. Binary conditions, clear owners.
Open questions
Decision points for the client, not gaps. They create the next conversation.
Recommended path
Timeline, resources, governance, phased milestones. Actionable with or without Blackswan.
Financial framing
Risk-adjusted modelling a CFO or audit committee would sign off. Phased time-to-value curves.
After the Gateway
If the Gateway recommends proceeding, Blackswan governs delivery against the outcomes it defined. Fees are outcome-based: earned when success metrics are hit.
Development costs passed through at cost + 12% admin. Full optionality on execution partners. Skalable provides production resilience and on-call support as a standing capability.
The Alternatives
Hire a permanent CTO
£150–250K/year plus six months before they're effective.
Management consultancy
£250K–1M, full procurement, and a deck.
Vendor-led discovery
The vendor has a direct interest in finding work for themselves.
Internal team scoping
The team is assessing its own capability gaps.
Doing nothing
Technical debt accrues, competitors move, uncertainty compounds.
Start a conversation
No pitch deck. No proposal document. No procurement process.