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Blueprint · Northwind Partners · Sample
Rev 2026·05·18 · v2
§ 05 Delivery & capacity
Sheet § 05 · 12 sheets · Northwind Partners · Vol. I
In progress · drafted 2026·05·18

How the work gets done, and what limits it.

Delivery capacity, utilization patterns, and the structural ceilings on what the eleven-person firm can take on without losing quality.

This sheet is in progress in the live engagement. The public sample includes the headline; the full sheet will be delivered with the next revision.

Northwind currently operates with utilization just above the ceiling at which advisory work degrades — partners are billable about 76% of the time, well past the 65% threshold the firm itself recommends to its clients. The structural fix is in § 06 · Organizational topology; the financial reflection is in § 04.