Phase 1: Scope Locked at Kickoff
Fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline. No 'discovery phase 2' surprise. No hourly billing meter running while we figure out your business.
Deliverables
- Written scope document with explicit in/out of scope
- Fixed fee and fixed deadline — signed before week one
- Acceptance criteria the team can hold us to
Actions
- Pre-scoping done in the audit phase, before contract — no padding for unknowns
- Integration points identified up front: which APIs, which systems, which credentials
- Sign-off on what success looks like before we write a line of code
Outcome
- You know what you're getting and when, on day one
- We own the cost of any complexity we missed — that's why we scope honestly
Phase 4
Phase 2