EXPERIMENT VELOCITY — FIX YOUR EXPERIMENT ENGINE

Jake McMahon
Jake McMahon — ProductQuant
8+ years B2B SaaS · Behavioural Psychology + Big Data (Masters)

Every experiment your team runs ends with a clear decision. Ship it, kill it, or re-run — no more “directionally positive.”

Fix your experiment engine so every test produces a clear ship-or-kill decision. Get the first three tests designed correctly and the operating rhythm to sustain 10–20 tests per year.

Three experiments designed to produce clear ship-or-kill decisions, with a full guarantee.

WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE END

Experiment audit Every structural problem in your current setup identified and documented
Metric hierarchy One North Star per test, guardrails defined, decision rules agreed
Sample size calculator Pre-configured for your traffic volume and baseline rates
3 test designs Hypothesis, metric, and sample size locked before launch
90-min team session Framework walked through, questions answered, team runs it independently

Fixed price · Full delivery in three weeks

We build a clear process for your team's experiments.

You get a simple system to design tests and make decisions. No more confusing results or wasted time.

PRODUCT MANAGER

"Is this feature helping or hurting?"

You run a test and get a simple answer: launch it or stop it. This means you can confidently decide what to build next.

MARKETING DIRECTOR

"Which ad version actually works better?"

We set up a test that gives a definitive winner. You stop guessing and put your budget behind what truly drives results.

WEEKLY REVIEW

The team debates what the data means.

Instead of arguing, you have a clear report that says 'ship' or 'kill.' Meetings become shorter and decisions get made faster.

ENGINEERING LEAD

"Should we keep this new code or roll it back?"

The experiment tells you if the change improved performance. Your team avoids maintaining features that don't help users.

OUTCOME
Clear Decisions

Every test your team runs produces a clear ship-or-kill decision, so product improvements compound instead of stalling.

CAPABILITY
Team Independence

Your team leaves with a repeatable framework they can run independently — no ongoing dependency on a consultant.

SCOPE
Complete Audit

Every structural problem in your current experiment setup identified and documented, so the framework fixes your actual problems.

YOU ALREADY KNOW THE EXPERIMENT PROGRAM ISN’T PRODUCING ANSWERS

Tests that never reach significance

“We run tests, but rarely get a clear winner. Too many results come back ‘directionally positive’ and get shipped anyway, or need more data we never collect. The program isn’t producing answers.”

VP Product — B2B SaaS, $8M ARR

Every readout becomes a negotiation, not a decision

“Product wants to ship. Data science says it didn’t reach significance. Growth says the trend is clear enough. The variant gets shipped based on who had the most conviction in the room, not the data.”

Head of Growth — Series B

Winners that don’t move revenue

“We ship test winners regularly. I couldn’t tell you which ones actually moved the needle on revenue versus just moving a dashboard number.”

CPO — B2B SaaS

Only 2–3 tests per quarter — the program never compounds

“We want to run more tests, but the cadence is too slow. The gap isn’t ideas — it’s how long it takes to turn an idea into something engineering will actually build. The program never compounds.”

Product Manager — Series A

WHAT THIS TYPICALLY UNCOVERS

The infrastructure is generating noise — not the ideas.

Most inconclusive results come from underpowered samples, not weak ideas.

The test ran for two weeks because that’s when the sprint ended. But the sample needed four weeks to reach significance. The “directionally positive” result wasn’t a signal — it was noise the team shipped anyway.

Primary metrics chosen after the test starts produce ambiguous readouts.

When the metric isn’t agreed before launch, the readout becomes a debate about which number to look at. Decision rules defined in advance turn every readout into a clear ship-or-kill call.

Winners that don’t move revenue usually optimised a disconnected leading indicator.

The test showed a lift in the primary metric. Revenue didn’t move. The metric didn’t connect to what actually matters — or a guardrail metric was degraded and nobody caught it because guardrails weren’t defined.

The bottleneck is design-to-launch time, not a shortage of test ideas.

Each test requires a lengthy design phase before engineering will scope it. With a slow cadence, the program never builds compounding insight. A repeatable design framework cuts that cycle to days.

WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT

Most experiment consulting ends with a methodology document. This one ends with tests already designed and a team that knows how to run the next one.

An engagement that only produces documents often doesn't fix the infrastructure problem. Your team reads it, agrees it makes sense, but the next test is designed the same way the last one was.

This sprint starts by identifying the specific structural problems in your current setup — underpowered samples, late metric selection, no guardrail definitions. The framework is built around your actual traffic volume and product cycle. And the first three tests are designed through that framework — so the team learns by doing, not by reading a document they’ll never open again.

The goal is not a methodology. The goal is every experiment your team runs producing a clear ship-or-kill decision, so product improvements compound instead of stalling on inconclusive results.

TIMELINE

Audit, rebuild, and three tests running — each designed to produce a clear ship-or-kill decision.

WEEK 1

Audit + Framework

Review past tests: design, sample sizes, metric selection, result calls. Structural problems identified. Sample size calculator built for your traffic. Metric hierarchy and decision rules agreed with your PM and growth lead.

WEEK 2

Design + Prepare

First 3 experiments designed through the framework. Hypothesis documented, primary metric agreed, sample size calculated. Each test scoped for engineering with variant design reviewed against the hypothesis.

WEEK 3

Handover + Launch

90-minute team session. Framework walked through. Decision rules practised. Experiment backlog structured and scored. Your team runs the program from day 22 without needing a consultant for every test.

Week 4: your team launches the first test with confidence it will produce a clear answer.

WHAT YOU GET

17 deliverables that turn experimentation into a repeatable ship-or-kill system.

Deliverable 01
Experiment Audit of 10+ Past Tests

Your recent experiment history is reviewed in full: what was being tested, how the tests were designed, whether the results were statistically valid, and what decisions they actually informed. Most teams discover they've been running underpowered tests and calling winners too early.

Deliverable 02
Statistical Validity Assessment

Each reviewed experiment is evaluated for the most common validity failures: insufficient sample, early stopping, metric switching, novelty effect, and multiple comparison inflation. You'll know exactly which past conclusions to trust and which to revisit.

Deliverable 03
Novelty Effect and Seasonality Risk Analysis

Your user cycle and seasonal patterns are documented, so you know when your experiment results are being inflated by novelty and when seasonal timing is introducing confounding effects you can't distinguish from a real treatment effect.

Deliverable 04
North Star Metric Alignment Session

Your team aligns on the one metric that matters most for growth — and the handful of driver metrics that reliably move it. This ends the debate about what you're actually optimising for and gives every experiment a clear hierarchy of metrics to measure against.

Deliverable 05
Traffic Volume and Baseline Rate Analysis

Given your actual traffic and conversion rates, you'll know how long experiments need to run to reach statistical significance before you launch them — not after you've already been running for six weeks.

Deliverable 06
Experiment Audit Report with Specific Problems Identified

A written record of every validity issue found across your reviewed experiments, with each problem documented and its practical implication explained. Your team has the evidence to support changing how experiments are run going forward.

Deliverable 07
Metric Hierarchy + Decision Rules Document

A single, written framework that defines your primary metric, guardrail metrics, and the decision rules your team follows when a test concludes. Ship, iterate, or kill — defined in advance and signed off by leadership.

Deliverable 08
Sample Size Calculator Configured for Your Traffic

Pre-configured for your actual volumes and baseline rates, so your team can calculate the correct run time for any proposed experiment without doing the statistics manually.

Deliverable 09
3 Experiment Designs with Hypotheses and Metrics

Three fully specced experiments, ready to run: each with a written hypothesis, control and variant definition, primary metric, guardrail metrics, minimum runtime, and decision criteria. Your team starts testing immediately rather than spending weeks in design.

Deliverable 10
Experiment Backlog + Quarterly Calendar

Your experiment backlog is scored, structured, and sequenced into a quarterly calendar. Leadership has visibility into what's being tested and when — and your team always knows what to work on next.

Deliverable 11
Result Archive Template

A standardised format for documenting every experiment result — hypothesis, data, outcome, and decision. Over time, this becomes the institutional memory of what actually works for your product.

Deliverable 12
Readout Template for Experiment Results

A reusable template for presenting experiment results to your team and leadership, structured to communicate clearly and drive a decision rather than a discussion.

Deliverable 13
Backlog Scoring Framework

The model used to prioritise your experiment backlog is documented and handed over, so your team can score new ideas using the same criteria rather than defaulting to whoever argues loudest.

Deliverable 14
90-Minute Team Session (Recorded)

A live training session covering experiment design, statistical validity, how to use the metric hierarchy, and how to run the weekly review rhythm — recorded for anyone who joins the team later.

Deliverable 15
Weekly Operating Rhythm Guide

A documented cadence for how your team runs experiments week by week: how to review active tests, how to interpret results, how to prioritise the next test, and how to keep the programme from stalling.

Deliverable 16
Decision Rule Practice Materials

Worked examples that help your team apply the decision rules correctly in practice. Statistical concepts are easier to internalise through examples than through documentation alone.

Deliverable 17
45-Day Implementation Support + Two Coaching Sessions

A six-week window covering your first real experiments after the sprint. Two dedicated coaching sessions review live results and help your team navigate the decisions that arise as the methodology gets applied to real data.

Everything above for $4,997. No hourly billing. No scope creep. Everything stays with your team.

FIT CHECK

The experiment program runs. The results don’t produce decisions.

GOOD FIT
B2B SaaS running experiments but getting inconclusive results or slow cadence
A/B testing or feature flags in place · fewer than 10 clear results per year

You’re already running A/B tests or feature flag experiments, but results regularly come back “directionally positive” or “needs more data.” The team disagrees about whether a result is real. Winners get shipped that don’t move revenue. You want to run more tests per year but the design-to-launch cycle is too slow.

  • An experiment engine that produces clear ship-or-kill decisions on every test
  • The first 3 tests designed correctly and ready for engineering
  • A repeatable framework your team runs independently — no ongoing dependency

Product improvements compound quarter over quarter instead of stalling on ambiguous readouts.

NOT A FIT
Pre-experiment, no testing tool, or happy with current cadence
Wrong stage or wrong problem

If you’ve never run an experiment before, the starting point is a launch program — not a velocity sprint. If you don’t have an A/B testing or feature flag tool in place, there’s no infrastructure to fix. And if you’re happy with your current cadence and the results are clear, you don’t need this.

What this sprint doesn’t cover

The Experiment Velocity Sprint delivers the framework, the test designs, and the team capability. Your team does the building and running. If you need the full picture — including implementation and ongoing experiment management — that’s a different engagement.

  • Building the test variants — your engineering team implements the designs
  • Running the tests post-launch — the sprint hands over the framework and the team runs it
  • Ongoing experiment management — the system is designed so you don’t need a consultant for every test
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Jake McMahon

Jake McMahon — ProductQuant

Jake McMahon
8+ years building retention, activation, and growth programs inside B2B SaaS · Behavioural Psychology + Big Data (Masters)

I run this sprint myself — the setup audit, the framework design, the test designs, the team session. The pattern I see repeatedly is teams with good ideas producing inconclusive results because the infrastructure is generating noise. The problem is almost never the ideas.

The output is a system your team runs without me. A framework your PM can maintain and a prioritised backlog your team can execute is more valuable than a consultant who designs every test. The sprint transfers the capability, not just three test designs.

I won’t do this:
  • Call a “directionally positive” result a winner — it means the test was underpowered
  • Design tests without agreed primary metrics locked before they run
  • Build a backlog of ideas without hypothesis format and sample size requirements
  • Hand over a framework without briefing the team who will use it
What testing tools does this require?
The framework is tool-agnostic. It works with Optimizely, LaunchDarkly, VWO, or a simple feature flag setup. The framework defines how tests are designed and called — the tool handles the split and the data collection. If you don’t have an A/B testing tool, we scope the minimum setup needed as part of the audit.

Teams Jake has worked with

Gainify
Guardio
monday.com
Payoneer
thirdweb
Canary Mail

PRICING

One payment. Everything you need to run your first three experiments correctly.

$4,997
one-time · fixed price
3-week sprint
  • Experiment audit — every structural problem identified and documented
  • Metric hierarchy with North Star, guardrails, and decision rules per test
  • Sample size calculator configured to your traffic and baseline rates
  • 3 experiments designed to produce clear ship-or-kill decisions
  • Experiment backlog structured, scored, and ready for your PM to maintain
  • Quarterly calendar template based on your actual traffic volume
  • 90-minute team session — framework walked through, questions answered
  • Everything stays with your team permanently

Tool-agnostic. Works with any A/B testing or feature flag setup.

Book a 30-minute call →

If we don’t deliver three experiment designs ready to produce clear ship-or-kill decisions, you get a full refund. If the audit reveals your setup can’t support valid experiments yet, we tell you in week one and scope what’s needed first. We don’t proceed unless we can hit the target.

Questions.

Or book a call →
We already run A/B tests — why do we need this? +
Running tests and running tests that produce clear answers are different things. If your results regularly come back “directionally positive,” “needs more data,” or “not significant but trending,” the setup is generating noise. The sprint audits the specific structural problems in your current setup and fixes them before the next test runs. If your tests already produce clear winners consistently, this sprint is not for you.
What does “directionally positive” actually mean? +
It means the test was underpowered. The result moved in the right direction but didn’t reach statistical significance — which means you can’t tell whether the lift is real or noise. Teams ship anyway because the test is over and the sprint slot is needed for the next thing. The framework fixes this by calculating the required sample size before the test runs, so you know whether the test can produce a clear answer given your current traffic — before you design and build it.
What’s an inconclusive result costing us? +
A sprint to design and run a test typically costs significant PM and engineering time. If the result is inconclusive, that time produces no answer and no learning. The backlog idea goes back to the queue. The team debates it again next quarter. With a slow cadence and inconclusive results, the program produces activity but not compounding insight.
Do you run the tests or teach us to run them? +
Both. The first 3 tests are designed together with your PM and growth lead, so they learn the framework by doing it rather than reading a document. The backlog is built with your team. The team session covers the operating rhythm. After the sprint, your team runs the program — the system is designed so they don’t need me to be in the loop for every test.
What if we don’t have an A/B testing tool? +
If you don’t have a testing tool, we scope the minimum setup needed as part of the Week 1 audit. Most teams can run statistically valid tests with their existing feature flag setup or a lightweight tool. If a new tool is needed, we document exactly what to look for and what the configuration requires — so the tool decision is informed by what the framework needs, not the other way around.
What’s the guarantee? +
If the sprint doesn’t produce 3 experiment designs ready to run with correct metrics and sample sizes, you get a full refund. If the audit reveals your setup can’t support valid experiments yet, we tell you that in week 1 and scope what’s needed first. We don’t reach day 21 and deliver something that doesn’t meet the brief.
How do you get access to our data? +
Read-only access to your analytics and A/B testing tools. No write access is needed, and access can be revoked at any time. Most teams share access via a guest login or read-only API key. The data stays in your systems throughout. We review past test results, traffic volumes, and baseline conversion rates — nothing leaves your infrastructure.

Every experiment your team runs produces a clear ship-or-kill decision.

Your experiment engine is fixed, three tests are designed correctly, and your team has the framework to keep producing clear answers — so product improvements compound instead of stalling.

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