First weekFrame the pathway.
We confirm the approved decision, ownership, constraints, budget boundary and the workstreams that need sequencing.
Frontier Cascade
12-Month Entry Plan
A sequenced twelve-month pathway with owners, market-access dependencies, gates, cost ranges and probabilistic timing.
Fixed Fee, Money-Back.No surprise invoices. Our work earns its fee, or we refund it.
Every Claim Cited.Public-source evidence behind every claim.
Models You Keep.Advanced analytical frameworks, yours to re-run and audit.
Adversarial Review.Every verdict challenged and verified before delivery.
The decision
The board has approved entry. What must happen next, and in what order?
Use this after the entry decision is made, when the risk shifts from choosing the wrong market to executing the right decision in the wrong sequence.
It is especially useful when regulatory pathway, certification, product evidence, route setup or specialist-provider dependencies could shape the first-year timetable and cost.
What we need from you
- Approved market decision
- Delivery constraints
- Internal owners
- Budget boundaries
- Known regulatory and commercial dependencies
Market-access dependencies
Make the long-lead constraints visible before the plan starts.
Regulatory pathway, product evidence, certification, route setup and specialist-provider work can all control the first-year sequence.
Frontier Cascade does not replace specialist legal, customs, certification or regulatory advice. It shows which dependencies need specialist input, when they affect the critical path and what evidence gates should be met before spend is committed.
- Which product rules or certificates may affect market access
- Which provider categories need to be involved
- Which dependencies control timing, cost or launch confidence
What you keep
Outputs built to travel beyond the project.
The recommendation is delivered with the evidence, assumptions and decision logic needed for leadership review.
01
Sequenced pathway
A practical work programme from beachhead preparation through early scale.
02
Critical path model
The activities and dependencies that control the likely finish date.
03
Cost and timing ranges
Quarter-by-quarter ranges rather than false point estimates.
04
Governance pack
Named owners, decision gates, review cadence and escalation triggers.
How the answer is built
A method fitted to the shape of the decision.
We start with the strategic choice cascade to clarify the entry context: where to play, how to win and what must be true. Then beachhead to scale sequencing turns the choice into a practical first-year route.
CPM maps the work blocks and dependencies that control the timetable. PERT turns uncertain time and cost assumptions into realistic ranges, with sensitivity testing showing which delays or costs would change the plan. Regulatory pathway and provider dependencies are treated as inputs to the same schedule, so long-lead items are visible before they block launch.
Read the full methodologyHow the work runs
Five weeks. Three beats.
Middle weeksBuild the route.
Activities, dependencies, gates, timing ranges and cost ranges are assembled into a practical model.
Final weekLand the plan.
You receive the roadmap, retained model, governance pack and a clear view of what must happen first.
Good fit when
- Approved entries that need a controlled first year
- Cross-functional programmes with hidden dependencies
- Boards that want realistic ranges and explicit gates
Not designed for
- Choosing the target market
- Acting as the implementation agency
- Replacing specialist legal, tax or regulatory advice
Commercial clarity
From £8,750. Five weeks.
The scope, fee, evidence boundary and exclusions are agreed before work starts. Fixed-fee project engagements are covered by the three-month money-back guarantee under the signed terms.
Frontier bundle
From £14,000. Save £5,500.
Includes Market Comparison, Market Entry Decision and 12-Month Entry Plan.
If you need to move quickly, this is the shortest route from market shortlist to board-ready entry plan.
One intake and one current evidence base reduce repeat work, speed up delivery and make each stage stronger because the analysis carries through from comparison to plan.
Discuss the Frontier bundleQuestions before you commission
Clear boundaries produce better work.
We confirm the commercial question, scope, evidence boundary, inputs, timetable, fee and exclusions in writing. Work begins only after the engagement terms are agreed.
No. This engagement uses deeply triangulated secondary research. If the decision needs primary research, we identify that gap rather than presenting an inference as evidence.
Whenever a model, assumptions register or working file is part of the output, we hand it over with the controls needed to revisit the answer.
No. We surface relevant commercial and regulatory evidence, but specialist advice remains outside scope and should be obtained where the decision requires it.
No. Frontier Cascade plans around regulatory and market-access dependencies, identifies provider needs and shows timing or cost implications. Specialist legal, certification, customs or regulatory advice remains outside scope.
Next step
Start a conversation.
Bring us a market question the leadership team cannot yet answer. We will tell you whether it fits a defined product, what evidence it needs, and what the fixed fee would be. If it does not fit, we will say so.