// process
From day one to your first demo,
no theater.
Six phases, adapted from enterprise practice and stripped of the bureaucracy. You will see your first working demo in a dev environment, often as early as ~2 weeks. We work async and online-first — deliberately light on recurring meetings so we stay heads-down building.
Discovery + requirements
1–2 weeks · foundation
what we do
- ›Goals, constraints, success criteria
- ›Stakeholder interviews
- ›Technical risk + integration review
- ›Architecture + scope rough-cut
deliverables
- ✓Written requirements + scope
- ✓Risk register with mitigations
- ✓Timeline + fixed-price quote, agreed up front
- ✓NDA in place if you want one
Technical architecture
~1 week · blueprint
what we do
- ›System + component design
- ›Database schema + data flow
- ›Stack selection (justified)
- ›Security + compliance plan
deliverables
- ✓Architecture doc + diagrams
- ✓API specs + DB schema
- ✓Deployment plan
- ✓Performance + scaling targets
Agile build · first demo often ~2 weeks
4–12 weeks · iterative
what we do
- ›Iterative sprints, async progress updates
- ›CI + automated tests on every commit
- ›Code review on every PR
- ›Dev-environment access for your first working demo, often as early as ~2 weeks
deliverables
- ✓A real, running slice in a dev environment
- ✓Test suites + CI/CD pipelines
- ✓Working product running in a dev environment
- ✓Architecture decision records
QA + hardening
1–2 weeks · enterprise-grade
what we do
- ›Functional + integration testing
- ›Performance + load simulation
- ›Security review + penetration test
- ›Cross-browser + device coverage
deliverables
- ✓Test coverage report
- ✓Performance + security audit results
- ✓Bug tracker resolved-state
- ✓UAT sign-off
Deploy + go-live
3–5 days · zero-downtime
what we do
- ›Production environment setup
- ›Data migration + integrations
- ›Monitoring + alerting wired
- ›Runbook + training
deliverables
- ✓Production deploy + rollback plan
- ✓Dashboards + alert routing
- ✓Training materials
- ✓First-week go-live support
Care + ongoing support
Ongoing · partnership
what we do
- ›30-day warranty + bug fixes
- ›Performance + security monitoring
- ›Feature enhancements
- ›Strategic technical advice
deliverables
- ✓Monthly reports
- ✓Maintenance + update schedule
- ✓Feature roadmap
- ✓Online support channel — in-app for account holders — + SLA
// standards
The non-negotiables.
Security
- ›OWASP Top 10 baseline
- ›Encryption in transit + at rest
- ›Regular audits + pen tests
- ›GDPR / CCPA / HIPAA / SOX where applicable
Code quality
- ›Tests on every change
- ›Code review on every PR
- ›Linting + formatting enforced
- ›Clean architecture, SOLID where it earns its keep
CI/CD
- ›Automated build + deploy
- ›Per-env config management
- ›Rollback + blue-green
- ›Infrastructure as code
Observability
- ›APM + tracing
- ›Centralized logs + error tracking
- ›Real-time alerting
- ›Business + ops dashboards
// how you stay in the loop
Communication, async-first.
Async progress
Online-first updates, not slide decks. We stay heads-down building; your first working demo often lands as early as ~2 weeks.
Dev access
Access to a live dev environment with your first working slice, often as early as ~2 weeks. Watch it take shape online, on your own time.
Direct channel
Async question support online — email or your tool of choice, with in-app help coming for account holders. You talk to the engineers building it. No PM layer.