BUILD SPRINT — SAAS DASHBOARD

Jake McMahon
Jake McMahon — ProductQuant
B2B SaaS · Product · Growth
For teams still answering dashboard requests with PDFs, CSV exports, and analyst-built one-offs.

Ship the dashboard your customers keep asking support to build manually.

We build a production dashboard connected to your real data, matched to your product UI, and designed around the decisions your team or customers need to make.

Book a Scoped Call → See Deliverables ↓

Free diagnostic · Blueprint sprint with money-back guarantee · Full handoff

Customer analytics dashboard
Role: Admin
Usage84%
ROI3.2x
RiskLow

Output: connected dashboard, filters, permissions, source code

One build, four common dashboard problems.

The sprint starts by defining who the dashboard is for and what decision it needs to support. That choice drives the data model, interface, permissions, and handoff.

CUSTOMER-FACING ANALYTICS

Your customers see their own data — in your product

Users log in and see their usage metrics, ROI, or performance data — in a dashboard that looks like your product, not a generic BI tool. Stickiness improves when customers can see their own value.

INTERNAL OPS DASHBOARD

Your team monitors what matters — without a BI request

Operations, finance, or CS teams get a dashboard built around their specific workflows. They filter, drill down, and export — without waiting for a data analyst to build the report.

EXECUTIVE REPORTING

Leadership sees the numbers they actually care about

Board-ready metrics, revenue trends, and KPI tracking in a single view. No more assembling the deck from five spreadsheets the night before the board meeting.

CLIENT-FACING REPORTS

Your clients get a branded dashboard, not a PDF export

Agencies and consultancies deliver client-facing dashboards instead of static reports. Clients log in to see live data — retention and perceived value both increase.

ENTRY POINT
Free Diag.

Every engagement starts with a free 45-minute diagnostic. We map your situation and tell you whether this sprint is the right fit before you spend a dollar.

GUARANTEE
Money-Back

Blueprint sprint has a money-back guarantee. If the agreed deliverable isn’t met, you pay nothing. No conditions, no argument.

OWNERSHIP
Full Handoff

Everything built during the engagement — code, models, documentation — is yours. No lock-in, no ongoing dependency.

THE PROBLEM

Engineering queue is years long

“"We've had 'customer analytics dashboard' on the roadmap for 18 months. Engineering always has higher-priority work."”

VP PRODUCT

BI tool doesn't match the product

“"We use Metabase for internal reporting but it looks nothing like our product. We're embarrassed to show it to customers."”

HEAD OF PRODUCT

Manual reporting costs analyst time

“"Our analyst spends 6 hours every Friday building the weekly ops report. That's time not spent on analysis."”

HEAD OF OPERATIONS

No self-serve for customers

“"Customers email us every week asking for their usage data. We have the data. We just haven't built the interface."”

CEO

WHAT THE BLUEPRINT SPRINT UNCOVERS

The gap between where you are and where you need to be.

Data connection is the hardest part — not the UI

The blueprint sprint maps your data sources, schemas, and transformation requirements first. A dashboard built on a poorly structured data layer breaks within a month of launch.

Self-serve filters reduce support load

Dashboards without filtering generate support tickets. 'Can you send me last month's data by region?' disappears when users can filter it themselves.

Performance matters more than features

A slow dashboard gets abandoned. Every dashboard we build is optimised for query performance before it leaves staging — not after users complain.

Design system match prevents the 'mismatched tool' problem

When a dashboard looks like a bolt-on, customers notice. We build to your existing design system so the dashboard feels like part of your product — not something you embedded from another tool.

WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT

A dashboard that doesn't match your product is a product you're embarrassed to show.

Most internal tools and BI tools look like BI tools. Your customers and stakeholders notice the difference between a dashboard built for your product and a Metabase embed with your logo dropped in.

We build to your design system — your colours, your typography, your component patterns. The dashboard looks like it belongs in your product because it was built for your product.

THE METHODOLOGY

The Build & Ship System

Three phases. Spec to deployed product.

PHASE 1

Define

Scope the data sources, user flows, and feature requirements. Agree on success criteria before building starts.

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PHASE 2

Build

Full-stack development: data layer, backend, and frontend. Tested at each milestone.

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PHASE 3

Ship

Deploy to production. Integrated with your data sources, your design system, and your team's workflows.

After handoff: you have source code, documentation, and a system your team can extend independently.

WHAT YOU GET

Everything your team needs to launch and maintain the system.

FULL ENGAGEMENT
Complete SaaS Dashboard Build

A production-deployed dashboard your team or customers use immediately — connected to your data, with the views and filters that matter, built to your design system.

  • Production-deployed dashboard with all specified views and filters
  • Data integration layer: connected to your databases, APIs, or data warehouse
  • Role-based access control and user permission system
  • Interactive filters, drill-downs, and export functionality
  • Performance-optimised queries on your production data volume
  • Source code, deployment documentation, and maintenance guide

FIT CHECK

Is this the right sprint for your team?

GOOD FIT
Product and ops teams who need a working dashboard — for cus

The situation

Product and ops teams who need a working dashboard — for customers, internal teams, or stakeholders — and don't want to consume engineering capacity to build it

What changes

  • Production-deployed dashboard with all specified views and filters
  • Data integration layer: connected to your databases, APIs, or data warehouse
  • Role-based access control and user permission system

You have a production-deployed dashboard your team or customers use immediately — connected to your data, with the views and filt.

Jake McMahon

Jake McMahon — ProductQuant

Jake McMahon
B2B SaaS · Product & Growth · Behavioural Psychology & Big Data (Master’s)

I work with B2B SaaS product and operations teams to build and deploy the systems they need — without consuming their engineering capacity or waiting 18 months for the roadmap.

Every engagement starts with a free diagnostic and a scoped blueprint sprint with a money-back guarantee. If the sprint doesn’t hit the agreed target, it costs you nothing.

What does my team need to provide?
Data access, a point of contact, and a clear picture of the outcome you need. No engineering time required during the build phase.

Teams Jake has worked with

FormDR
Virtuagym
Hacking HR
Scale Insights
Gainify

PRICING

Start with a free diagnostic. Commit when you’re confident.

STEP 1

Free Diagnostic

Free

45-minute scoped call

  • We map your current situation and data
  • We tell you whether this sprint fits your problem
  • You get a written summary of what we’d build
  • No commitment required to book
Book Diagnostic →
START HERE

STEP 2

Dashboard Blueprint Sprint

$2,500–$3,500

Fixed scope · 2 weeks · Money-back guarantee

  • Data source audit: schemas, connection methods, and transformation requirements
  • Dashboard specification: views, metrics, filters, and user permissions
  • Data model design: tables, joins, and aggregations for your required metrics
  • Working prototype with 2–3 core views connected to your real data
  • Performance benchmark on your actual data volume
  • Architecture spec for full production build
Start Sprint →

STEP 3 (OPTIONAL)

Full Engagement

$15K–$40K

Scope-dependent · Full production build

  • Production-deployed dashboard with all specified views and filters
  • Data integration layer: connected to your databases, APIs, or data warehouse
  • Role-based access control and user permission system
  • Interactive filters, drill-downs, and export functionality
  • Performance-optimised queries on your production data volume
  • Source code, deployment documentation, and maintenance guide
Discuss Scope →

If the blueprint sprint doesn't deliver a working prototype with at least 2 views connected to your real data, the sprint is free.

Questions.

Or book a call →
What tech stack do you build on? +
We work with your existing stack. Common choices: React + D3/Recharts for the frontend; PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift for the data layer. We recommend based on your team's maintenance capability.
Can you connect to our existing data warehouse? +
Yes. BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, and Databricks are standard integrations. We also connect directly to PostgreSQL, MySQL, and REST APIs.
Do we need to change our data structure? +
Sometimes. The blueprint sprint includes a data model design that defines what, if anything, needs to change in your data layer for the dashboard to perform reliably.
How does user authentication work? +
We integrate with your existing auth system (Auth0, Clerk, Firebase Auth, or custom JWT). If you need a new auth system, we scope that separately.
What happens after deployment? +
Full source code and documentation handoff. Your engineering team maintains it. If you want ongoing development, that's the Growth OS.

A dashboard your customers and team actually use.

Blueprint sprint with money-back guarantee. Connected to your real data from day one.

Book a Scoped Call → Email Jake →