Engineering
Product Engineering That Strengthens the Team You Already Have
Gain capacity on a defined piece of your roadmap, with engineers who work in your repositories and to your standards, address what slows your releases and plan the exit from the start.
Our Point of View
Faster releases begin with finding the real constraint. It usually lies in the architecture, the pipeline or the way work is planned, so that is where our assessment starts.
The Situation
Product companies usually have more roadmap than engineers. Older architecture adds time to every release, testing arrives late and specialist skills are difficult to hire. Teams continue to ship, while each release takes longer than the last and a growing share of effort goes into keeping things running. The strongest return comes from addressing those conditions directly, alongside any capacity you add.
Our Approach
We review the architecture, delivery pipeline and quality first, and tie the engineering plan to your product roadmap. We then join your team on a defined piece of that roadmap, working in your tools and to your standards, with automated tests and deployment for what we build. Everything is documented and reviewed by your engineers, so you can continue without us whenever you choose.
What We Deliver
From Architecture Review to Dependable Releases
How We Engage
Your First Feature Shipped in Four Weeks
Your first feature ships with our team within four weeks, and the full engagement runs to eight. The early stages include a review of architecture, delivery pipeline and quality, which shapes what follows.
Architecture and Pipeline Review
We assess the architecture, delivery pipeline and quality of the product, because that is often where the constraint lies.
Expected Outcomes
What Leadership Should Expect to See
Releases That Keep Their Pace
The architecture and pipeline constraints behind each slower release are addressed in stages, so the product keeps growing while the work takes place.
Quality Established Before Release
Automated testing is built into every stage of what we deliver, so that faults surface and are corrected ahead of release.
Knowledge That Stays With Your Team
Everything is documented and reviewed by your engineers, and the code sits in your repositories, so your team can carry the work forward whenever it chooses.
Industries
Where This Work Applies
Software companies gain capacity on a defined part of the roadmap while addressing the architecture that is slowing their releases.
Connected devices depend on firmware, device software and cloud services working together, so testing and documentation carry particular weight.
Embedded software and the cloud services behind connected equipment must be developed together, often alongside hardware with its own engineering timetable.
Insights
Perspectives on Product Engineering
Guide · 5-minute read
Set Up Device Software Evidence From the First Commit, and the File Builds Itself
ExpandNo rule says regulation begins at the first commit, yet the evidence regulators expect can only be created at the time. Most of the controls are ordinary engineering settings.
Guide · 4-minute read
Design the Update Path First and Every Later Firmware Release Is Safer to Ship
ExpandThe update mechanism is the one part of a connected product that cannot repair itself. We design it to survive power loss and a bad image, with your engineers reviewing every step.
Guide · 4-minute read
One App for IPhone and Android, Planned With the Platform Work It Still Needs
ExpandA shared mobile codebase saves real effort on screens and business logic. We plan the store, testing and device work that remains, so the budget is right from the first sprint.
Perspective · 4-minute read
Instrument Software Belongs on the Computer Beside the Instrument, and We Build It to Last
ExpandThe application beside an instrument often began as a service tool. Where it drives the hardware, we build it as a long-lived part of the product that works offline and updates safely.
Guide · 4-minute read
Validation Effort Should Follow Risk: Automated Tests Give You Evidence for Every Release
ExpandVolume of paper is not strength of evidence. We rank the paths where failure would matter and automate tests for them, so each release comes with results your quality unit can read.
Perspective · 4-minute read
Smaller, More Frequent Releases Are the Safer Way to Ship, and We Set Them Up in Four Weeks
ExpandLong gaps between releases build larger changes that are harder to test and to reverse. We automate the route to production so that each release is small, repeatable and easy to undo.
Frequently Asked
Questions From Prospective Clients
Will the Code and Intellectual Property Sit With Us From the First Commit?
Can Your Engineers Work in Our Tools and Join Our Code Reviews?
Will Adding Engineers Make Our Team Faster?
Can You Supply Specialist Skills We Need for Only Part of a Year?
Can You Modernise an Older Architecture Without Stopping Product Releases?
Do You Build Firmware as Well as the Cloud Services Behind a Connected Device?
How Soon Would a First Feature Ship Alongside Our Team?
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Next Step
Book an Appointment
Arrange a complimentary 30-minute conversation, with no obligation. You will leave with a candid view on whether the initiative is worth building and, if it is, a scope and a date, with the cost worked out together on the call. Alternatively, send an enquiry and we will respond.