FDEmax

FDEmax vs Traditional Consultancies

Skip the pyramid. Keep the evidence.

Accenture, Deloitte, and the big system integrators sell transformation programs measured in years and seven figures. FDEmax embeds an engineer who maps your operation in 30 days, then ships improvements in focused sprints you approve one at a time.

Instead of Traditional Consultancies

  • Discovery alone runs a quarter or more before you learn anything actionable
  • Staffing pyramids: partners sell, juniors execute
  • Seven-figure minimums and multi-year transformation programs
  • Success measured in milestones and steering committees
  • Code quality varies with whoever rotates onto your account

You get FDEmax

  • Discovery done by the engineer who will build, not a strategy team
  • Senior FDEs do the work; no pyramid, no bait and switch
  • Start with one operation and one month, scale on evidence
  • Success measured in merged PRs and before/after metrics
  • Git-native agents apply the same tested playbooks every time

Key Differentiators

Where the models actually diverge.

01

Code, not recommendations

In delivery sprints, the deliverable is working software in your repos. If a recommendation matters, it arrives implemented, as a pull request you can review.

02

Weeks, not fiscal years

The Discovery Sprint produces an operating map and a quantified roadmap in 30 days, and delivery sprints follow in weeks. Transformation programs are still writing the strategy deck at that point.

03

No seven-figure minimums

One operation, one embedded FDE, one month. The entry point is sized so the evidence, not the sales cycle, drives expansion.

04

Seniors only

The person who scopes your engagement is the person accountable for delivery. Nobody learns on your codebase.

Honest Assessment

Which is right for you?

Choose Traditional Consultancies if

  • You need organizational change management across thousands of people
  • Procurement requires a global vendor with offices on every continent
  • The problem is strategy and operating model, not software delivery

Choose FDEmax if

  • The problem is code: legacy systems, security debt, slow delivery
  • You want measurable results before committing serious budget
  • You would rather review pull requests than steering-committee decks

Consultancies bill for the journey. FDEmax is accountable for the destination: merged, measured, running in production.

See the difference in your environment.

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