Operating model

Seven phases.
Two-week sprints.
Live demos, every time.

Every engagement runs the same disciplined path. No drift, no scope creep, no quarterly status decks. Just merged code, validated controls, and a working demo on a known cadence.

2 wk

Sprint length

100%

Demo on day 10

Fixed

Fee per sprint

Senior

On every call

The seven phases

From scoped discovery to a live, audit-ready handover.

01

Discovery

~1 week

Scoped read-only review of your current cloud posture, IaC repos, CI pipelines, and compliance status. Output: a written Technical Assessment Report (TAR).

Artifacts

  • Technical Assessment Report
  • Prioritized gap list
  • Proposed sprint plan
02

Contracting

~1 week

Scope, cadence, deliverables, and acceptance criteria locked in writing. Fixed-fee per sprint. No surprise change orders.

Artifacts

  • Statement of Work
  • Sprint deliverables matrix
  • Acceptance criteria
03

Onboarding

~3 days

Access provisioning, tooling alignment, environment access, comms cadence. We meet your team, your stack, and your auditor.

Artifacts

  • Access matrix
  • Communication channels
  • Kickoff session
04

Delivery Sprints

2 weeks per sprint

Two-week agile sprints. Each ends with a live demo of working, merged-to-main code. No mocks, no proofs-of-concept that never ship. Velocity is the deliverable.

Artifacts

  • Working code merged to main
  • Live sprint demo
  • Updated documentation
05

Compliance QA

1 week per milestone

Every milestone runs through control validation. Policy gates verified. Evidence pipelines tested. Audit narrative drafted alongside the engineering work, not after.

Artifacts

  • Control coverage report
  • Evidence package
  • Auditor walkthrough doc
06

Handover

~1 week

Code, runbooks, on-call docs, and architecture decision records transferred to your team. Live training sessions until your engineers own the platform.

Artifacts

  • Operating runbooks
  • ADR archive
  • Team training sessions
07

Post-Delivery Support

Retainer

Optional retainer for ongoing platform evolution, audit cycle support, and on-demand expertise. SLA-backed. Senior-only response.

Artifacts

  • Quarterly platform review
  • Audit cycle support
  • On-demand consults

Sprint cadence

A working demo on day 10. Every sprint. No exceptions.

We don't ship slide decks. We ship merged code, running in your environment, that your engineers can poke at. Every sprint ends in a 30-minute demo with your team. If something isn't ready, we say so — and we don't bill the sprint.

  1. Day 1

    Sprint planning. Scope locked in writing.

  2. Day 3

    First PRs in review. Daily async standups.

  3. Day 7

    Mid-sprint sync. Risks surfaced, scope adjusted.

  4. Day 10

    Live demo. Working code merged. Retro.

Start the conversation

The first phase costs nothing. The next is on you.

Discovery is free. You walk away with the TAR whether you engage us further or not.

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