From signed proposal to first sprint
Two weeks, no ambiguity. This is the exact sequence we follow when an engagement starts, and what we need from your side to hit the dates.
The first two weeks
Kickoff and alignment
Ninety minutes with your stakeholders and our pod. We confirm the outcome, the decision owner on your side, the constraints and the first vertical slice.
- Named pod and escalation path
- Backlog v1 with acceptance criteria
- Environment and access plan
- Written definition of done
Foundations
Repositories, pipelines, staging and observability. We validate the assumptions from discovery against the real systems, which is where surprises get found early.
- CI/CD running on day one
- Staging environment reachable by your team
- Architecture decision records started
- Risk register, priced
First slice in staging
Something real reaches staging: not a mockup, a deployed slice of the system your users will touch. From here the rhythm is two-week sprints with Thursday demos.
- Demo with your team
- Weekly written update started
- Quality gates enforced in the pipeline
- Projection reviewed with you
What we need from you
- Decision owner identified on your side (one name, not a committee)
- Access to repositories, cloud accounts and third-party systems
- Security addendum and NDAs signed
- Two hours a week of stakeholder availability for review and demos
- Tooling decided: shared channel, boards and the platform modules in use
The ongoing rhythm
Weekly
Written update every Friday: shipped, slipped, why, and what it changes. Thursday demos.
Monthly
Delivery review with your stakeholders: projection, risks, staffing and the next quarter's shape.
On change
Scope changes always arrive as three priced options: reduce scope, move the date, or add budget.