Establish evidence
Map the selected workflow, inspect repository and runtime evidence, establish the baseline, and expose evidence gaps.
14-Day SaaS Stabilization Sprint / SAS 01
Your SaaS should not need
the founder to hold production together.
I find the production risks that matter, make one critical workflow legible, and implement one or two bounded improvements so your team can ship with more confidence and less founder supervision.
- Scope
- One critical production workflow
- Timeline
- Two calendar weeks / ten working days
- Delivery
- Direct senior work by Nikolay
- Pilot fee
- $5,000 fixed after qualification and signed scope
01 / When it fits
Production keeps pulling the founder back in.
- The same problem returns.An incident, regression, or support escalation keeps resurfacing without a defensible root cause.
- Releases need supervision.The team can ship, but confidence still depends on the founder watching the release or cleaning up afterward.
- Signals do not become decisions.Sentry, logs, deploy history, and customer reports exist, but ownership and priority remain unclear.
- One workflow is business-critical.A live user or revenue path can be selected, investigated, and improved without starting a rewrite.
02 / What you receive
Evidence, bounded improvements, and a clear operating sequence.
- 01Critical workflow map
The user outcome, components, state boundaries, owners, evidence sources, and failure paths in one model.
- 02Stability baseline and top-five risks
A small defensible baseline plus a ranked risk register with evidence, impact, confidence, and ownership.
- 03Root-cause record
The strongest supported causal path, rejected explanations, remaining uncertainty, and the smallest useful intervention.
- 04One or two bounded improvements
Focused code, observability, release-safety, or regression changes when evidence and customer approval make them safe.
- 05Founder Stability Report
What changed, what was verified, what remains exposed, and the prioritized 30-60 day sequence.
03 / Ten working days
Start with evidence. Intervene only where the boundary is clear.
Prioritize
Rank the top five risks, choose one intervention area, and agree the implementation boundary.
Intervene
Diagnose the selected root cause, prepare up to two bounded changes, and add focused regression protection.
Verify and hand off
Verify released changes when authorized, document remaining risk, and deliver the report and next sequence.
04 / Scope boundary
A fixed product, not an open-ended audit.
One workflow and its delivery path
One primary product boundary, up to two necessary repositories, one production environment, and available evidence.
Every material change stays human-approved
Your team reviews code and controls merge, deployment, data changes, customer communication, and production authority.
No rewrite, 24/7 support, or unlimited backlog
Major migrations, feature outsourcing, penetration testing, compliance work, and ongoing incident response are outside the Sprint.
The Sprint does not guarantee five fixes, zero incidents, deployment, or a specific uptime result. If a safe implementation is not possible, you receive an evidence-backed diagnosis and implementation-ready plan.
05 / Evidence
Stabilization stays connected
to real production work.
The public cases show hands-on work across fragile platforms, production AI, APIs, cloud delivery, and release reliability. Client identities and sensitive details remain private.
06 / Practical questions
A narrow engagement with explicit authority and limits.
What access do you need?
Only the least privilege needed for the selected workflow. I prefer customer-controlled accounts, temporary access, read-only evidence, and sanitized records wherever possible.
Will you change production directly?
No autonomous production changes are included. Your team reviews every code change and controls merge, deployment, database mutations, and customer communication.
What if the problem is larger than one Sprint?
We select one critical workflow before Day 1. Broader findings go into the 30-60 day sequence instead of silently expanding the engagement.
Do you guarantee that every issue will be fixed?
No. The Sprint ranks five risks and targets one intervention area. It includes up to two bounded improvements when evidence, access, review, and approval make them safe.
Is this a fit for an early idea or feature build?
No. The Sprint is for a live SaaS with real users and production evidence. It is not general feature development, staff augmentation, or pre-product architecture work.
07 / First step
What keeps pulling you
back into production?
Describe one recurring problem, risky release path, or fragile user or revenue workflow. I will reply with fit or no-fit and the smallest useful next step. Nothing is purchased or scheduled automatically.
Describe the production problem