Blueprint

Know what you're building before you build it.

Blueprint turns an idea, problem or existing process into an implementation-ready plan — scope, requirements, architecture, costs and a clear route to delivery.

Book a Blueprint session See what you get

Blueprint

RequirementsArchitectureIntegrationsCostsDelivery plan

£Blueprints from £8,000Fixed price agreed before we start.

A signed-off BlueprintEight sections, including what we would not build.

Priced to the projectScoped after a 20-minute call based on what you're building.

More than an estimate

An estimate tells you the price. Blueprint tells you the plan.

TrueBallpark can tell you roughly what software should cost. Blueprint answers the harder questions: what should you actually build, how should it work, what should it cost, and how should it be delivered?

Self-service

TrueBallparkMinutes, not weeks

You describe the ideaScope and cost rangeFor founders and early validation

Try TrueBallpark

Canarlo-led

BlueprintWorkshops and research

We interview your peopleA specification you can build fromFor businesses about to spend seriously

Book a Blueprint session

How it works

The parts that need a person.

AI can draft a specification from a description. It can't discover what nobody thought to put in the prompt. That's why we sit with your team, review your current systems and map the real world — including the exceptions, edge cases and constraints.

Stakeholder interviewsMigration strategyExisting-system auditBuild-vs-buy decisionsWorkflow and process mappingTechnical architectureUsers, roles and permissionsDelivery sequencingIntegrations and data modelRisk and unknownsSecurity requirementsAcceptance criteria

Six-layer stack renderSix exploded layers of a defined system floating apart on a light ground. 1040×940

Users & rolesProcessesData modelIntegrationsArchitectureDelivery plan

The Blueprint pack

The deliverable is the product.

Not a slide deck and a follow-up call. A document set complete enough to build from.

Read a real Blueprint

01Executive briefWhat you're solving, for whom and why.

02RequirementsUsers, roles, journeys, capabilities and business rules.

03System designArchitecture, data model, integrations and security model.

04ScopeWhat's in v1, what's later, and explicitly what's out.

05Delivery planPrioritised backlog, dependencies, phases and milestones.

06Cost modelItemised estimates, assumptions, complexity drivers and ongoing costs.

07Risk registerTechnical unknowns, dependencies and decisions that need resolving.

08Implementation packEnough specification that Canarlo — or another competent engineering team — can actually build it.

Yours

Take it anywhere.

Blueprint doesn't commit you to a Canarlo build.

Build it with ForgeForge turns the Blueprint into production software using the same system definition.

Take it to your teamYour engineers get a specification they can execute against.

Put it out to tenderCompare quotes against one document instead of six interpretations.

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CanOSOperate itForgeBuild itBlueprintDefine it

Without a Blueprint

Three quotes. Three different projects.

Agency A interpreted it one way. Agency B another. Agency C quoted for something else again. Three numbers, three different projects. Nothing to compare.

Agency A£18,500

Basic featuresNo integrations4–6 months

Agency B£32,000

Different scopeMissing key parts6–8 months

Agency C£54,000

Over-engineeredIncludes unwanted9–12 months

With a Blueprint

Comparable proposals. A clearer decision.

Same scope. Same requirements. Same architecture. Compare quotes on what actually matters, and hold the winner to it.

Blueprint

Agency A£42,000Agency B£44,500Agency C£41,000

Start with certainty

Find out what you're actually building.

A 20-minute call is enough for us to tell you whether a Blueprint is the right next step, or whether you already know enough to start building.

Book a 20-minute call

No commitment to buildYou own the specificationWe'll say if you don't need one

Blueprint

Know what you're building before you build it.

Blueprint turns an idea, problem or existing process into an implementation-ready plan — scope, requirements, architecture, costs and a clear route to delivery.

Book a Blueprint session See what you get

Blueprint

RequirementsArchitectureIntegrationsCostsDelivery plan

£Blueprints from £8,000Fixed price agreed before we start.

A signed-off BlueprintEight sections, including what we would not build.

Priced to the projectScoped after a 20-minute call based on what you're building.

More than an estimate

An estimate tells you the price. Blueprint tells you the plan.

Self-service

TrueBallparkMinutes, not weeks

You describe the ideaScope and cost rangeFor founders and early validation

Try TrueBallpark

Canarlo-led

BlueprintWorkshops and research

We interview your peopleA specification you can build fromFor businesses about to spend seriously

Book a Blueprint session

How it works

The parts that need a person.

Six-layer stack renderSix exploded layers of a defined system floating apart on a light ground. 1040×940

Users & rolesProcessesData modelIntegrationsArchitectureDelivery plan

The Blueprint pack

The deliverable is the product.

Not a slide deck and a follow-up call. A document set complete enough to build from.

Read a real Blueprint

01Executive briefWhat you're solving, for whom and why.

02RequirementsUsers, roles, journeys, capabilities and business rules.

03System designArchitecture, data model, integrations and security model.

04ScopeWhat's in v1, what's later, and explicitly what's out.

05Delivery planPrioritised backlog, dependencies, phases and milestones.

06Cost modelItemised estimates, assumptions, complexity drivers and ongoing costs.

07Risk registerTechnical unknowns, dependencies and decisions that need resolving.

08Implementation packEnough specification that Canarlo — or another competent engineering team — can actually build it.

Yours

Take it anywhere.

Blueprint doesn't commit you to a Canarlo build.

Build it with ForgeForge turns the Blueprint into production software using the same system definition.

Take it to your teamYour engineers get a specification they can execute against.

Put it out to tenderCompare quotes against one document instead of six interpretations.

Three-layer renderThree stacked planes resolving into one solid object, dark ground. 900×700

CanOSOperate itForgeBuild itBlueprintDefine it

Without a Blueprint

Three quotes. Three different projects.

Agency A interpreted it one way. Agency B another. Agency C quoted for something else again. Three numbers, three different projects. Nothing to compare.

Agency A£18,500

Basic featuresNo integrations4–6 months

Agency B£32,000

Different scopeMissing key parts6–8 months

Agency C£54,000

Over-engineeredIncludes unwanted9–12 months

With a Blueprint

Comparable proposals. A clearer decision.

Same scope. Same requirements. Same architecture. Compare quotes on what actually matters, and hold the winner to it.

Blueprint

Agency A£42,000Agency B£44,500Agency C£41,000

Start with certainty

Find out what you're actually building.

A 20-minute call is enough for us to tell you whether a Blueprint is the right next step, or whether you already know enough to start building.

Book a 20-minute call

No commitment to buildYou own the specificationWe'll say if you don't need one