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Analytics-Ready Pipeline Delivery Offer (10-20 days)

A fixed-scope engagement that turns a client's scattered source systems into one governed, analytics-ready pipeline the agency owns end to end. Priced as a build plus a monthly run retainer, it replaces the client's manual export-and-spreadsheet routine with scheduled, tested loads. Time: 10-20 days.

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Analytics-Ready Pipeline Delivery Offer (10-20 days)

A fixed-scope engagement that turns a client's scattered source systems into one governed, analytics-ready pipeline the agency owns end to end. Priced as a build plus a monthly run retainer, it replaces the client's manual export-and-spreadsheet routine with scheduled, tested loads.

Prerequisites
  • Written source inventory covering every system the client wants in scope, with owner names and access paths
  • Read-only credentials or service accounts provisioned for each source before day one
  • A named client-side data owner who can approve schema and metric definitions within 48 hours
  • Agreed destination: client-owned warehouse, agency-hosted instance, or a hybrid with a documented exit path
  • Signed scope note listing which reports are in and out, so change requests get quoted rather than absorbed
Execution Timeline
  • 1.Walk each source system with the client owner and record refresh cadence, volume, and known data gaps
  • 2.Document the current manual process step by step, including who touches it and how long each pass takes
  • 3.Confirm the destination environment and whether the client or the agency holds the account
  • 1.Map source fields to target tables and flag ambiguous or duplicated identifiers
  • 2.Draft the metric definitions the client will sign off on, one line per metric
  • 3.List every transformation that must happen before a number is reportable
  • 1.Stand up the destination schema and naming conventions
  • 2.Configure the first two source connections and land raw data unchanged
  • 3.Capture row counts and a checksum baseline for later reconciliation
  • 1.Connect the remaining in-scope sources and schedule their refresh windows
  • 2.Log any connector that needs a custom extraction path and estimate the extra effort
  • 3.Confirm incremental versus full-load behavior per source
  • 1.Build the staging layer with typed columns and deduplication rules
  • 2.Write the first transformation models for the highest-priority reporting table
  • 3.Run a reconciliation against the client's existing numbers and record every variance
  • 1.Resolve reconciliation variances with the client data owner and document the agreed treatment
  • 2.Extend transformation models to the remaining in-scope tables
  • 3.Add freshness and null-rate checks on the columns that feed client-facing reports
  • 1.Wire the orchestration schedule with retry logic and failure alerts to a shared channel
  • 2.Test a deliberate source outage and confirm the pipeline fails loudly rather than silently
  • 3.Record recovery steps for the two most likely failure modes
  • 1.Build the client-facing dashboard or export on top of the transformed layer
  • 2.Add a data dictionary tab so the client can self-serve field meanings
  • 3.Have the client owner click through every report and sign off on the numbers
  • 1.Run a full end-to-end refresh and time it against the agreed service window
  • 2.Write the runbook covering schedule, alert routing, and escalation contacts
  • 3.Hand over credentials and repository access to the client's designated owner
  • 1.Deliver a 30-minute walkthrough recording for the client team
  • 2.Open the monthly retainer with a monitoring checklist and a change-request rate card
  • 3.Schedule the 30-day health review before closing the engagement
$6,000-$18,000 setup + $900-$2,500/mo run retainer, depending on source count and whether the destination warehouse is client-owned10-20 days
ROI Logic

The build is priced against the client's current manual hours, which typically run 15 to 40 analyst hours a month on export, cleanup, and reconciliation. The retainer is where agency margin compounds: monitoring, schema drift fixes, and new source additions are recurring work the client cannot easily insource once the pipeline is embedded in their reporting. Agencies that bundle the build and the run into one agreement avoid the trap of a one-off project that leaves no recurring revenue behind.

Deliverables
  • Source-to-target mapping document with signed metric definitions
  • Orchestrated pipeline repository with scheduled runs, retry logic, and alert routing
  • Reconciliation report showing pipeline output against the client's prior numbers, variance by variance
  • Client-facing dashboard or export plus a data dictionary the client can read without help
  • Operations runbook and a 30-day health review booking
Definition of Done

The pipeline runs on schedule for five consecutive business days with zero manual intervention, and the client's named data owner has signed off that every in-scope report matches the reconciled baseline.

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