Fixed-fee sprint

Three Metrics That Matter

Three numbers your CFO believes, with the plumbing to refresh them.

The problem

You know the department creates value. The rest of the business does not see it. Reporting that lists matters opened and closed does not answer the question the CFO is actually asking.

The evidence

  • 17%

    of the C-suite believe legal contributes significantly to the business. 86% of general counsel do.

    Thomson Reuters Legal Department Operations Report, 2026

  • 20%

    of matters stay within their outside counsel budget.

    Gartner, December 2025

What you get

  • Three metrics defined with formulas, owners and refresh cadence
  • Data sources mapped, with the gaps named where a number cannot yet be produced
  • A one-page report built for the board pack
  • Refresh instructions, so the next cycle does not need us

How it works

  1. WEEK 1

    Evidence

    Interview the GC and one finance stakeholder. Agree what the business would act on, not what is easy to count.

  2. WEEK 2

    Baseline

    Pull the data behind the candidate metrics, test whether each can be produced repeatably, and cut the ones that cannot.

  3. WEEK 3

    Prove

    Build the one-page report on real data, walk it through with finance, and hand over the refresh steps.

Every engagement leaves an instrument behind. Here it is: A report your team refreshes each quarter.

What it costs

Fixed fee

3 weeks

Sprint fees are confirmed in writing when we scope the work, usually within one business day of your note.

What it does not include

This does not include building a dashboard in your BI platform or cleaning source data at scale. If the data will not support a metric, we will say so and drop it rather than produce a number you cannot defend.

What it typically leads to

  • Program

    Spend Intelligence

    Turn invoice data into decisions about firms, rates and staffing.

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  • Program

    Operating Model & Transformation

    Fix how the work is staffed, routed and measured — not just the tools.

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