Process Four phases · 4–8 weeks total

No surprises.
No scope creep.

Every project follows the same four phases. We don't sell "agile discovery" as a billable line item. We don't promise to "figure it out together over six months." We tell you what we'll build, when, for how much — and then we build it.

01 · Discover
1–2 weeks
02 · Design
1–2 weeks
03 · Build
2–6 weeks
04 · Deploy & iterate
Ongoing
01
1–2 weeks
Paid sprint

Discover.

Before we build anything, we have to understand what we're really building.

What happens
  • Workflow audit — we shadow the work, not just the slides
  • Stakeholder interviews with the people who'd actually use it
  • Data review — what's clean, what's not, what's missing
  • Honest assessment of what AI shouldn't do here
What you give us
  • Access to relevant systems (read-only is fine)
  • Time from 2–3 people who own the workflow
  • Sample data — anonymized works for now
What you get
  • Scoped problem doc with explicit assumptions
  • ROI estimate with the math shown
  • Build plan or a "don't build this" recommendation
02
1–2 weeks
Fixed quote at end

Design.

Architecture, agent design, integration map. A working prototype. Then a fixed quote.

What happens
  • Technical spec — components, data flow, failure modes
  • Agent / prompt / tool design and evaluation harness
  • Integration map with every system, auth, and webhook
  • Live prototype demo on real-ish data
What you give us
  • Final scope sign-off from the budget owner
  • Sandbox or staging environment
  • One person designated to unblock fast
What you get
  • Technical spec doc (the same one we build from)
  • Prototype you can poke at
  • Fixed-price quote and timeline for build
03
2–6 weeks
Fixed price

Build.

Heads down, weekly demos. Nothing ships that we wouldn't run ourselves.

What happens
  • Production-grade development with tests, logs, retries
  • Eval suite that runs on every change
  • Integration with your real systems
  • Security & compliance reviews if needed
Cadence
  • Weekly 30-min demo of working software
  • Shared Linear / Notion board you can see
  • Slack channel — same timezone, same week, replies same day
What you get
  • Working system in staging by week 2
  • Production-ready system at end of build
  • Runbook, dashboards, source code, the whole thing
04
Ongoing
Optional retainer

Deploy & iterate.

A live system. A real dashboard. Optional retainer for ongoing optimization.

What happens
  • Production rollout — usually phased, never big-bang
  • Monitoring, alerting, drift detection
  • Refinement based on real usage data
  • Handoff or retainer — your call
Retainer covers
  • Monitoring & model-update reviews
  • Performance tuning & new edge cases
  • Pre-allocated build hours for new features
Or hand off
  • Full documentation, eval suite, runbook
  • Pairing sessions with your team
  • 30-day post-handoff support included
— A typical timelineWeek by week
Discovery
Design
Build
Deploy
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Most projects ship in 4–8 weeks. Some longer. Some shorter. We tell you which before you sign.

Ready?

Let's run the first phase.

A paid discovery sprint pays for itself — even if we conclude you shouldn't build.

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