Week 1–2
Inventory + audit
Model inventory, ownership map, duplication detection, warehouse cost attribution.
Model Efficiency Upgrade.
Refactor slow or duplicated transformations into governed reusable domains with stronger test coverage and cleaner ownership. Ends with a consolidated, certified model layer your team owns — and a measurable drop in warehouse spend.
Duration
6–10 weeks
Deliverables
Refactored layer
Engineering
Senior-led, hands-on
Outcome
Consolidated governed models
What's included
Six concrete deliverables, every engagement.
- Query performance optimization (warehouse spend reduction)
- Model consolidation + naming cleanup
- dbt and semantic-layer hardening
- Test coverage uplift (assertions, snapshots, freshness)
- Ownership map + documentation refresh
- Lineage gates wired into your CI
- Runbooks + enablement session
- 30-day post-delivery office hours
Timeline.
An 8-week reference plan; we compress to 6 or extend to 10 depending on model surface area and stakeholder availability.
Week 3–5
Refactor
Consolidate duplicate logic, rewrite slow transforms, lift shared logic into governed domains.
Week 6–7
Harden + certify
Test coverage, semantic-layer certification, lineage gates wired into CI.
Week 8
Handoff
Runbooks, enablement session, ownership transfer, 30-day office hours kicks off.
Is this engagement right for you?
When to engage
When to engage
- 3+ duplicate ARR or retention model variants across teams
- Warehouse spend trending up >30%/yr with flat usage
- Query queue times slowing down analyst velocity
- Test coverage below 40%, freshness alerts firing weekly
- Recent acquisitions or org changes left orphaned models
When NOT to engage
When NOT to engage
- No dbt or semantic layer yet (start with Quarter Stack)
- Pre-revenue, exploring metric definitions (use Stack Diagnostic)
- You need governance not refactoring (Quarter Stack subscription)
- Models are fine; you need a dashboard sprint (Embedded Delivery)
Pricing
Custom-scoped per stack size.
From $9,000fixed scope
Standard scopeSingle warehouse, 50–150 dbt models, one BI tool surface.
From $17,500fixed scope
Multi-stakeholder scopeMultiple warehouses or BI tools, 150+ models, cross-team ownership cleanup.
Includes 30-day post-delivery office hours and a measurable warehouse-spend-reduction guarantee.
Ready to consolidate the model layer?
30-minute architecture session. We'll inventory your model surface, scope a fixed-price upgrade, and send a proposal within 48 hours.