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Bottleneck Diagnose

The next tool is rarely the answer. The loss sits in between.

Engpassdiagnose is the productized version of the Balane bottleneck audit — a separate brand with fixed pricing, fixed scope, and no discovery-call loop. Three tiers, from the €1,500 triage to a guided sprint. Payment after delivery.

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What you actually get

Results, not promises

  • 01

    Triage — €1,500 · 5 business days

    Fast sanity check. Structured 2-page memo: suspected bottlenecks, traffic-light verdict, recommendation to proceed or stop. For founders who want a second opinion before signing off on an investment.

  • 02

    Diagnose — from €5,900 · 7–10 business days

    Full audit. System map (FlowVisual), top-5 bottlenecks with symptom · hypothesis · euro-range, solution recommendation per bottleneck, 90-day plan with owner and measurement points. Includes executive summary and reporting call.

  • 03

    Diagnose + Sprint — €18–45k · 6–8 weeks

    Diagnose plus guided implementation of the biggest lever. KPI baseline before start, weekly operations reviews, impact measurement at the end. Not pure consulting — implementation is co-owned.

  • 04

    Fixed prices · Payment after delivery

    No open hourly rates, no upfront payment. Prices are fixed before signing. Payment only after artefacts are delivered. Tool recommendations carry no vendor commissions.

Mid-sized companies (20–150 employees) usually face the same question: is the new CRM/ERP/AI tool worth it now — or is it solving a problem that sits elsewhere? Engpassdiagnose is built to answer that question cleanly in five to ten business days — before six-figure software decisions are made. Engineering depth instead of slides. One person owns the mandate, no juniors, no subcontractors. Anti-sale: if no clear lever is visible, the recommendation is against engaging.

How it works

From first idea to finished result

  1. 01 / 06

    First contact · 20 minutes

    Short phone call to triage: company size, suspected bottleneck, pending decision. After that it is clear whether Triage, Diagnose or Sprint fits — or whether there is no recommendation at all.

  2. 02 / 06

    Scope · Fixed price

    Written scope with fixed deliverables, NDA, data-processing agreement. Price is fixed, payment is on delivery. No hidden line items.

  3. 03 / 06

    Discovery · 2–4 sessions

    Structured interviews with key roles (sales, operations, IT, leadership). System walkthroughs. Read-only access, data is deleted after project end.

  4. 04 / 06

    Analysis · FlowVisual modelling

    The process landscape is modelled in the in-house FlowVisual tool. Tools, data flows, critical hand-offs are made visible. Bottleneck hypotheses are tested against the data.

  5. 05 / 06

    Delivery · living artefacts

    Delivery of the system map, the bottleneck list, the 90-day plan. Artefacts are editable, not static PDFs — your team can keep working with them. Closing call to frame the results.

  6. 06 / 06

    Optional · guided sprint

    If the diagnosis reveals a clear lever: 6–8 weeks of guided implementation of the biggest bottleneck. Weekly operations reviews, KPI measurement before/after. Fixed-price frame stays.

Common Questions

Short answers to the most important questions

What we work with

Tools and technologies in use

  • FlowVisual
  • BPMN-Modellierung
  • n8n
  • Make
  • Odoo
  • HubSpot / Salesforce
  • Power BI / Metabase
  • Python · Datenanalyse

Direct contact for this service.

For questions about scope, approach, or fit — straight to the founder.

Jonas Höttler

Jonas Höttler

Founder & CEO