Eliminate Product Risk with Decision-Grade Prototyping™Stop selling visions with slides. We deliver high-fidelity, React-based strategy, running on your real data, in 1–3 sprints.

In Enterprise Ops, the cost of a 'wrong turn' is measured in quarters, not days. Static mocks and PowerPoints can't capture the complexity of real-time data or infrastructure scale.

At SprintZero Labs, we bridge the gap between strategy and engineering. Using our proprietary AI-accelerated workflow, we deliver Decision-Grade Prototypes™: fully functional React environments that allow your stakeholders to experience the future of your product before a single line of production code is written.

15+ years enterprise CloudOps/FinOps product expertiseFormer NetApp, Fidelity Investments, Overstock, eBay

Traditional consulting gives you frameworks.

You need solutions.

Strategy Consultants

Deliver comprehensive recommendations in 60-slide decks. Stakeholders nod along, but nobody knows if it will actually work. By the time engineering builds it, you've spent 6 months and $500K to discover the approach was wrong.

Offshore Dev Shops

Can execute your Figma designs quickly and cheaply. But they can't conceive strategic solutions for complex enterprise cloud management challenges. You get fast pixels, not product thinking.

Internal Teams

Are stretched thin on roadmap delivery. They don't have bandwidth for breakthrough strategic work, and they're too close to the problem to see it with fresh eyes.

You need strategic product thinking + working proof - fast.

That's Decision-Grade Prototyping™.

Strategic solutions you can experience,not just read about

We solve your toughest CloudOps and FinOps product challenges with 15+ years of domain expertise - then prove our solutions work with fully-interactive React prototypes. No slide decks. No speculation. Real experiences your team can test, stakeholders can demo, and engineers can reference.

1

Strategic Discovery

We start by understanding the problem, not just the requirements:

  • User research and competitive analysis
  • Technical constraints and business goals
  • Multiple strategic approaches evaluated
  • Recommendation with clear rationale

Not just: "What should it look like?"

But: "What should we build and why?"

2

Rapid Prototyping

We deliver our strategic recommendation as a working experience:

  • Fully-interactive React prototype (not Figma clickthroughs)
  • Built with your design system and real data
  • Responsive, on-brand, production-quality code
  • Ready for user testing and stakeholder demos

Not just: "Here's a concept"

But: "Experience the solution yourself"

3

Validated Direction

You get confidence and momentum, not just documentation:

  • Test with real users before engineering commits
  • Demo to stakeholders with a working product
  • Hand engineers a functional reference implementation
  • Make decisions based on evidence, not opinions

Why Decision-Grade Prototyping™ Works

Deep Domain Expertise

15+ years solving enterprise CloudOps and FinOps product challenges. We understand cost optimization workflows, multi-cloud management, governance tools, and FinOps analytics. Not a generalist trying to learn your space.

Strategic Thinking First

We don't just execute designs. We solve product problems: identifying user needs, evaluating technical constraints, researching competitive approaches, and recommending strategic solutions backed by domain expertise.

Prototype as Proof

Unlike consultants who deliver PDFs, we build working prototypes. Unlike dev shops that just code, we deliver strategic thinking. You get both: smart recommendations proven with real experiences.

Sprint-Based Delivery

1-4 week engagements keep momentum high and commitment low. No 6-month contracts. No endless discovery phases. Fast strategic work with tangible deliverables.

Designing for humans AND agents

The best enterprise products in 2026 aren't just easier to click through - they're built for a world where AI agents, automation pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code handle most operations. We design products that work beautifully for both human oversight and autonomous agent execution.

Traditional UI-First Thinking

"Make it easier to click"

  • Design assumes humans perform every action
  • Complex dashboards with dozens of manual controls
  • APIs as an afterthought ("we'll add them later")
  • Documentation written for human readers only
  • Automation through brittle screen scraping or unofficial workarounds

Result:

Users still do repetitive work. Agents can't integrate cleanly. Product becomes a bottleneck.

Agent Experience (AX) Design

"Make it automatic by default"

  • Design assumes intelligent automation where possible, human oversight where necessary
  • Lightweight interfaces for exception handling and strategic decisions
  • API-first architecture with semantic, discoverable endpoints
  • Structured documentation that both humans and AI can parse
  • First-class support for machine identities and agent authentication

Result:

Users orchestrate instead of operate. Agents integrate seamlessly. Product becomes a force multiplier.

This isn't theory. It's already happening.

Your users are asking for Terraform providers, Slack bot integrations, and "API for everything." Your competitors are building AI copilots. The products that win in CloudOps will be those designed for agent-first workflows from the ground up.

Decision-Grade Prototyping™ helps you get there:

  • We design lightweight human UIs that assume automation handles routine operations
  • We architect prototypes with API-first patterns agents can consume
  • We validate that your strategic approach works for both human operators and autonomous systems
  • We ensure your product strategy positions you for the agent era, not just the dashboard era

Strategic Sprint Packages

Choose the engagement model that matches your challenge. All sprints include strategic consultation, domain expertise, and Decision-Grade Prototyping™ deliverables.

Best for:

Exploring strategic options for a defined problem

What you get:

  • Competitive and user research analysis
  • 2-3 strategic approaches documented and compared
  • 1 recommended concept validated with fully Decision-Grade Prototype™
  • Stakeholder presentation of findings and recommendation

Example use case:

"We know our cost allocation reporting is broken, but we're not sure whether to rebuild the existing workflow or take a completely different approach."

Schedule a Discovery Call

Best for:

End-to-end product strategy for a new capability

What you get:

  • Problem space research (user needs, technical constraints, business goals)
  • Strategic recommendation with UX approach and rationale
  • Fully-functional React prototype of recommended solution
  • User testing plan and demo-ready presentation materials

Example use case:

"We need to add Savings Plans automation to our platform, but we're not sure how to make it intuitive enough for FinOps teams that aren't AWS experts."

Schedule a Strategy Call

Best for:

De-risking major product investments

What you get:

  • Complete product strategy definition with multiple approaches explored
  • Multiple prototyped concepts for comparison testing
  • User testing execution with real users and findings report
  • Engineering handoff documentation and component specifications
  • Executive presentation with validated recommendation and ROI analysis

Example use case:

"We're considering a $2M investment in a next-generation cloud cost management platform. Before we commit engineering, we need to validate that we're solving the right problem the right way."

Schedule a Validation Call

Not sure which sprint fits your needs?

Book a 20-minute consultation

We'll recommend the right approach