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- Timeline+6 weeks over the promise
- Budget+30%, owed to the designer
- Progress50% accepted by the client
- OptionsCore on time, delay, stop
- DecisionWe take it: core on time
We run projects
On requestaudit priceProject rescue
The project has missed its deadline or budget, the client is unhappy, the contractor keeps disappearing. In five business days we work out what is really going on, propose ways out and tell you whether we will run the project from here.
Tell us about the projectPrepaidaudit, price on request
5 daysbusiness days to the picture and ways out
5areas: scope, timeline, money, team, client
Hourlymanagement after the audit
What’s included
Ways out
Finish, renegotiate scope or timeline, or stop the project, with an hours estimate. Stopping is a legitimate conclusion too.
Scope
The contract, specs, what is accepted and what is left, the history of changes.
Timeline
Plan against actuals, hard dates, penalties in the contract with the client.
Money
How much has been spent and how much is left, debts to contractors.
Team and assets
Who is working and who has disappeared; who holds the code, repositories, accounts and rights to the result.
Client
What they know, what they expect, who decides and how far the conflict has gone.
Whether we take it on
We say plainly whether we will run the project from here and how many hours it needs.
Management after the audit
By the hour, with a weekly report and early risk warnings, as in project management.
What’s not included, and how to get it
- Timeline and budget guaranteesThere are none. We promise an honest picture, a plan and a weekly report
- Technical code auditPaid separately, with our own contractor rather than your developer
- SpecialistsWe’ll find them if we can assemble them in time; their hours are billed separately
- An audit without documentsWithout access to the contract, specs, tracker and correspondence, the audit doesn’t start
- Penalties on the agencyIf they are in the contract, we don’t take it on
- Projects heading to courtWe don’t take them on
How we start
- free
Questionnaire
What was promised to the client, how much has been spent, who does the work, who holds the access. From the answers we decide whether to go into an audit.
- 5 days
Audit
Full access to the contract, specs, tracker and correspondence, a talk with the team. Paid in full upfront.
- after the audit
Decision
A picture across five areas, ways out and our answer on whether we take it on. You choose which way to go.
- hourly
Management
By the hour, with a weekly report. Either side can leave with short notice.
Price
Free
Questionnaire before the dealOn request10 hours
Audit, paid upfrontOn requesthourly
Management after the auditIf we bring specialists into the project, their hours are billed separately. A technical code audit is paid separately, at the contractor’s rate.
Questions and answers
Do you guarantee you will save the project?
No. There is no guaranteed outcome: not the timeline, not the budget, not the relationship with the client. We promise what we do in any service: an honest picture, a plan, a weekly report and early risk warnings.
When do you decline?
If the code, access or documents are unavailable; if the client isn’t ready to revisit scope or timeline; if specialists are needed and we can’t assemble them in time; if the matter is heading to court; if a financial guarantee that we will solve every problem is required; if the contract has penalties on the agency; if we are not given authority to change contractors and talk to the client directly.
Why can’t you take the project on right away, without an audit?
Until we see the contract, tracker and correspondence, neither we nor you know what a way out of the crisis costs or whether there is one. The audit answers that in five business days, including with “it’s not worth taking on”.
What if you don’t take it on after the audit?
You keep the picture across five areas and the ways out: with them you can run the project yourself or go to another contractor. Only the audit is paid.
Will you check code quality?
Not by default. A technical audit is paid separately, done with our contractor rather than your current developer, so the assessment is independent. It is possible if a contractor with the right specialization is free.
The project is for our client. Will you talk to them directly?
If needed, yes, on your behalf. Without the right to talk to the client and change contractors we don’t take it on: hard decisions can’t be made without authority. We won’t work with your clients behind your back.