Drawing the MVP cut without theatre
How we facilitate cut decisions so the room leaves with a documented boundary, not a louder backlog.
Field Notes
Field Notes
Guides and notes on SaaS product discovery and MVP engineering consulting from PortalRidge Engineering Consulting.
Practical notes from discovery rooms and MVP briefings — written for founders and product leads, not for generic productivity advice.
Interview prompts that surface false certainty
A short set of discovery interview prompts that expose assumptions founders treat as facts.
When an engineering readiness audit should wait
Signs your team needs an MVP brief before a readiness audit — and when the audit should come first.
Brisbane workshop days without the airport circus
How we run optional on-site discovery workshops in Brisbane for distributed Australian teams.