Three steps, in order. You can stop after any one of them.

Every phase produces something you own and can use on its own. That is deliberate. An engagement that only pays off at the end is one you cannot get out of.

01 · Diagnose

Name the real failure

Three weeks, fixed fee. We review the files and registers you use now, interview the person who keeps them and the person who uses the reports, and examine the real data. You receive every defect found in your own numbers, and a scoped build specification that is yours to keep.

What it involves

  • A review of the files and registers you use now
  • Two interviews: the person who keeps the records and the person who uses the reports
  • An examination of the real data, including the spreadsheets nobody mentions
  • Findings and a scoped build specification, written for you

How long

Three weeks, fixed fee, paid before work starts

If you stop here

You have every defect named in your own numbers, and a specification you own outright. That is a useful thing to hold whether or not we do anything else together. If you sign a build within 30 days, the fee is credited against it.

02 · Build

Fixed scope, fixed price

A working system on your own tools, running on your real data rather than a sample. Scope, price and acceptance criteria are agreed in writing before work begins, and overruns inside the scope are ours.

What it involves

  • A working system on your own tools, running on your real data
  • Scope, price and acceptance criteria agreed in writing before work begins
  • Roles, approvals and capture that match how your sites actually work
  • Written acceptance from you before the build is complete

How long

Set by the specification and agreed up front, not open-ended

If you stop here

The system is live and running. Many engagements could end here, and some should.

03 · Support

Keep it working

A monthly retainer after you have accepted the build: up to five hours of fixes, changes and support on the delivered system. Offered only after acceptance, and never bundled into the build price.

What it involves

  • Fixes, changes and support on the delivered system
  • Up to five hours a month, planned rather than ad hoc
  • Work beyond five hours quoted before it starts
  • Offered only after acceptance, never bundled into the build price

How long

Six months minimum, then month to month

If you stop here

You can end it after the minimum term. A system that nobody looks after drifts, which is why the option exists, but it is an option.

Ninety minutes. A straight answer about what is actually holding you back.

No charge, no deck, no obligation to engage us afterwards.

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