Limited review
$2,500 minimum. One subsystem, tightly constrained source set, no broad reconstruction.
First engagement
Find the next
defensible move.
A fixed-scope technical assessment for teams facing an unclear system failure, architecture decision, integration problem or stalled verification effort.
Herder reviews the available hardware, firmware, models, logs, requirements and test evidence, then delivers a controlled decision path for what should happen next.
Typical assessment pricing: $5,000-$8,500 for a standard cross-domain assessment. Limited reviews may begin at $2,500 when the scope is tightly bounded.
Discuss an assessment →01Pricing
Fixed-scope work
with a clear commercial boundary.
Standard assessment
$5,000-$8,500. Cross-domain review, evidence synthesis, decision report and handoff.
Complex assessment
$9,000-$15,000. Multiple interfaces, substantial recovery analysis, or focused testing.
Authorization
Work begins after scope acceptance and initial payment. Follow-on implementation is separately scoped.
01What it resolves
When evidence is fragmented
and progress is expensive.
Unclear failure
Separate what the available evidence supports from what remains a hypothesis.
Architecture uncertainty
Determine whether the current system is viable enough to justify continued investment.
Stalled integration
Identify whether the blocker is hardware, firmware, controls, power, communications or ownership.
Conflicting tests
Find which results are configuration-matched, trustworthy and decision-relevant.
02Assessment outputs
A decision record
you can act on.
Qualification record
Decision, boundary, exclusions, authority, acceptance basis and stop conditions.
Evidence register
Controlled facts, assumptions, warnings, risks and unresolved items.
Engineering Decision Report
What is supported, unsupported, uncertain and recommended.
Controlled handoff
Exact revisions, limitations, recipients, ownership and next-phase evidence.
03Possible dispositions
Five useful outcomes
instead of vague progress.
Proceed
Evidence supports a defined implementation phase.
Verify
A bounded check is required before release or implementation.
Re-frame
The original problem or decision boundary needs correction.
Redirect / stop
Another path is more appropriate, or further investment is not justified.
Start with the question
Bring the
uncertainty.
Describe the system, the decision being delayed and the evidence available. Secure file exchange can follow the initial discussion.
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