· Xien Singh
Why we ask you to sign off at every step
Four sign-offs keep a software project honest. Here's what each one is for.
The most expensive words in software are "that's not what I meant". They usually arrive at the end, when changing course costs the most. Sign-offs move those words to the start.
The brief
Before anything is designed, we write down what we're building, what we're not, the price and the date. If we've misunderstood, it costs a conversation to fix.
The design
You click through the main screens on your own phone. Moving a button now costs minutes. Moving it after it's built costs days.
Working software
You test with your own information. Real data finds problems that example data never will.
Go-live
You confirm it's ready. We go live on the date we promised, and that date is how our developers are measured.
Each sign-off is recorded in your portal, with your name and the time, so everyone can see exactly what was agreed.