The same five steps whether it is a two-week architecture review or a two-quarter build. Predictable, written down, and visible to you throughout.
One short form or one call. We want the system, the constraint, the deadline, and who is affected if it slips. No discovery theatre before we understand the problem.
We read the code, the architecture, and the roadmap, and talk to the people who operate the system. Then we agree — in writing — what success actually means and how it will be measured.
A scoped brief: what we are building, in what sequence, what it costs, what could go wrong, and the acceptance criteria we expect to be held to. You approve it before any code is written.
Senior engineers ship in short cycles. Every week there is a demo, a written status, and an honest list of open risks — including the ones that make us look slow.
Documentation, runbooks, and a walkthrough with your engineers. The system is yours to operate on day one after we leave — and we stay reachable when something changes.
Process is easy to publish. These are the habits that decide whether it holds under pressure.
If the deadline is not real or the architecture will not hold, you hear it in week one — not in the retrospective.
We prefer changes that can be shipped behind a flag and rolled back in minutes over big-bang releases.
Decisions, trade-offs, and rejected options are recorded. Six months later your team can still see why.
Mentoring and code review are part of the engagement, not an upsell.
Read access to the relevant repositories and architecture docs, one technical point of contact, and a clear statement of the constraint. That is usually enough to run discovery.
A weekly demo of working software plus a short written status covering what shipped, what is next, and which risks are open. Nothing is reported as done until it is in an environment you can see.
We re-scope in writing and show the trade-off — what moves out if the new work moves in. Scope changes are normal; silent scope changes are not.
Yes. We work inside your accounts, your access controls, and your review process, and we can sign NDAs and DPAs before discovery begins.
Send us the system, the constraint, and the deadline. You will have a first technical response within 24 hours.
No pitch decks. A working session with the engineers who would do the work.
