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  • What sizes of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience with companies of all sizes, from small startups consisting of less than 10 people to Enterprise companies.
  • What types of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience working with companies of all industries, ranging from Gaming, Web3, Financial institutes, Government and more.
  • Can you provide education for our team in a specific area of your expertise?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Do you know how to work in air-gapped environments?
    Our team of experts consist partly of ex-Mamram DevOps Engineers, who have years of experience building infrastructure on-premise and air-gapped.
  • Can you provide technical workshops for our team?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Can we get a discount?
    Customers using multiple of our services might be eligible for a discount. Contact us for more information.
  • Why do we recommend a Time & materials based approach?
    Time & Materials (T&M) projects align our goals with yours. Our company will work with you until your needs are met irrespective of the actual deliverables, providing the greatest likelihood of a successful outcome—everyone's end goal. This will allow you to realize a final product that meets or exceeds your expectations and prevents you from being held financially responsible for software that does not help you reach your objectives. It rewards the company for working harder to satisfy those needs or saves you money if the needs are met with less effort. More importantly, it gives you the maximum agility to decide what you need as the project progresses and to pivot at any time. Is there some new feature you just thought of and want right away? We'll get right on that. Something you thought you were going to need but now realize can wait until next year? We're happy to skip that and move on to what you care about most, even if that is different from what it was last week. Fixed-fee (or Fixed-bid) projects are based on the outdated “waterfall” model where you define everything you are going to need to finish the project before work on the deliverables even starts. On top of locking you into a rigid set of deliverables before you are even sure that is what you want, they require significantly extra time and effort (as much as 50% of the total project time) to define “acceptance criteria”, which is a mutually agreed set of tests that, when passed, define the project as finished. In addition, fixed-price bids transfer completion risk to the company, so a company is wise to double the estimated T&M and add 20% (the extra 20% is for all the time spent negotiating the acceptance criteria.) Fixed-price bids incentivize the company to ignore your actual needs and focus on delivering the bare minimum to satisfy the acceptance criteria. Was there something important to you that you forgot to capture in the acceptance criteria? Sorry, that is “out of scope”; we will get to it on the next project. This is how the big consulting companies got so big. They know your “waterfall” project will fail, leading to a follow-on waterfall project to fix it, except that, too, will fail for the same reasons, leading to a never-ending stream of work for the consultants. They fatten their profits by charging for all the extra work which fixed-bid contracts require, and keep you on the hook by taking advantage of the “sunk cost fallacy.”

Manage Your Cloud

  • What sizes of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience with companies of all sizes, from small startups consisting of less than 10 people to Enterprise companies.
  • What types of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience working with companies of all industries, ranging from Gaming, Web3, Financial institutes, Government and more.
  • Can you provide education for our team in a specific area of your expertise?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Do you know how to work in air-gapped environments?
    Our team of experts consist partly of ex-Mamram DevOps Engineers, who have years of experience building infrastructure on-premise and air-gapped.
  • Can you provide technical workshops for our team?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Can we get a discount?
    Customers using multiple of our services might be eligible for a discount. Contact us for more information.
  • Why do we recommend a Time & materials based approach?
    Time & Materials (T&M) projects align our goals with yours. Our company will work with you until your needs are met irrespective of the actual deliverables, providing the greatest likelihood of a successful outcome—everyone's end goal. This will allow you to realize a final product that meets or exceeds your expectations and prevents you from being held financially responsible for software that does not help you reach your objectives. It rewards the company for working harder to satisfy those needs or saves you money if the needs are met with less effort. More importantly, it gives you the maximum agility to decide what you need as the project progresses and to pivot at any time. Is there some new feature you just thought of and want right away? We'll get right on that. Something you thought you were going to need but now realize can wait until next year? We're happy to skip that and move on to what you care about most, even if that is different from what it was last week. Fixed-fee (or Fixed-bid) projects are based on the outdated “waterfall” model where you define everything you are going to need to finish the project before work on the deliverables even starts. On top of locking you into a rigid set of deliverables before you are even sure that is what you want, they require significantly extra time and effort (as much as 50% of the total project time) to define “acceptance criteria”, which is a mutually agreed set of tests that, when passed, define the project as finished. In addition, fixed-price bids transfer completion risk to the company, so a company is wise to double the estimated T&M and add 20% (the extra 20% is for all the time spent negotiating the acceptance criteria.) Fixed-price bids incentivize the company to ignore your actual needs and focus on delivering the bare minimum to satisfy the acceptance criteria. Was there something important to you that you forgot to capture in the acceptance criteria? Sorry, that is “out of scope”; we will get to it on the next project. This is how the big consulting companies got so big. They know your “waterfall” project will fail, leading to a follow-on waterfall project to fix it, except that, too, will fail for the same reasons, leading to a never-ending stream of work for the consultants. They fatten their profits by charging for all the extra work which fixed-bid contracts require, and keep you on the hook by taking advantage of the “sunk cost fallacy.”

General

  • What sizes of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience with companies of all sizes, from small startups consisting of less than 10 people to Enterprise companies.
  • What types of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience working with companies of all industries, ranging from Gaming, Web3, Financial institutes, Government and more.
  • Can you provide education for our team in a specific area of your expertise?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Do you know how to work in air-gapped environments?
    Our team of experts consist partly of ex-Mamram DevOps Engineers, who have years of experience building infrastructure on-premise and air-gapped.
  • Can you provide technical workshops for our team?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Can we get a discount?
    Customers using multiple of our services might be eligible for a discount. Contact us for more information.
  • Why do we recommend a Time & materials based approach?
    Time & Materials (T&M) projects align our goals with yours. Our company will work with you until your needs are met irrespective of the actual deliverables, providing the greatest likelihood of a successful outcome—everyone's end goal. This will allow you to realize a final product that meets or exceeds your expectations and prevents you from being held financially responsible for software that does not help you reach your objectives. It rewards the company for working harder to satisfy those needs or saves you money if the needs are met with less effort. More importantly, it gives you the maximum agility to decide what you need as the project progresses and to pivot at any time. Is there some new feature you just thought of and want right away? We'll get right on that. Something you thought you were going to need but now realize can wait until next year? We're happy to skip that and move on to what you care about most, even if that is different from what it was last week. Fixed-fee (or Fixed-bid) projects are based on the outdated “waterfall” model where you define everything you are going to need to finish the project before work on the deliverables even starts. On top of locking you into a rigid set of deliverables before you are even sure that is what you want, they require significantly extra time and effort (as much as 50% of the total project time) to define “acceptance criteria”, which is a mutually agreed set of tests that, when passed, define the project as finished. In addition, fixed-price bids transfer completion risk to the company, so a company is wise to double the estimated T&M and add 20% (the extra 20% is for all the time spent negotiating the acceptance criteria.) Fixed-price bids incentivize the company to ignore your actual needs and focus on delivering the bare minimum to satisfy the acceptance criteria. Was there something important to you that you forgot to capture in the acceptance criteria? Sorry, that is “out of scope”; we will get to it on the next project. This is how the big consulting companies got so big. They know your “waterfall” project will fail, leading to a follow-on waterfall project to fix it, except that, too, will fail for the same reasons, leading to a never-ending stream of work for the consultants. They fatten their profits by charging for all the extra work which fixed-bid contracts require, and keep you on the hook by taking advantage of the “sunk cost fallacy.”

Consulting

  • What sizes of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience with companies of all sizes, from small startups consisting of less than 10 people to Enterprise companies.
  • What types of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience working with companies of all industries, ranging from Gaming, Web3, Financial institutes, Government and more.
  • Can you provide education for our team in a specific area of your expertise?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Do you know how to work in air-gapped environments?
    Our team of experts consist partly of ex-Mamram DevOps Engineers, who have years of experience building infrastructure on-premise and air-gapped.
  • Can you provide technical workshops for our team?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Can we get a discount?
    Customers using multiple of our services might be eligible for a discount. Contact us for more information.
  • Why do we recommend a Time & materials based approach?
    Time & Materials (T&M) projects align our goals with yours. Our company will work with you until your needs are met irrespective of the actual deliverables, providing the greatest likelihood of a successful outcome—everyone's end goal. This will allow you to realize a final product that meets or exceeds your expectations and prevents you from being held financially responsible for software that does not help you reach your objectives. It rewards the company for working harder to satisfy those needs or saves you money if the needs are met with less effort. More importantly, it gives you the maximum agility to decide what you need as the project progresses and to pivot at any time. Is there some new feature you just thought of and want right away? We'll get right on that. Something you thought you were going to need but now realize can wait until next year? We're happy to skip that and move on to what you care about most, even if that is different from what it was last week. Fixed-fee (or Fixed-bid) projects are based on the outdated “waterfall” model where you define everything you are going to need to finish the project before work on the deliverables even starts. On top of locking you into a rigid set of deliverables before you are even sure that is what you want, they require significantly extra time and effort (as much as 50% of the total project time) to define “acceptance criteria”, which is a mutually agreed set of tests that, when passed, define the project as finished. In addition, fixed-price bids transfer completion risk to the company, so a company is wise to double the estimated T&M and add 20% (the extra 20% is for all the time spent negotiating the acceptance criteria.) Fixed-price bids incentivize the company to ignore your actual needs and focus on delivering the bare minimum to satisfy the acceptance criteria. Was there something important to you that you forgot to capture in the acceptance criteria? Sorry, that is “out of scope”; we will get to it on the next project. This is how the big consulting companies got so big. They know your “waterfall” project will fail, leading to a follow-on waterfall project to fix it, except that, too, will fail for the same reasons, leading to a never-ending stream of work for the consultants. They fatten their profits by charging for all the extra work which fixed-bid contracts require, and keep you on the hook by taking advantage of the “sunk cost fallacy.”

Hiring Offshore Engineers

  • What sizes of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience with companies of all sizes, from small startups consisting of less than 10 people to Enterprise companies.
  • What types of companies do you generally work with?
    We have experience working with companies of all industries, ranging from Gaming, Web3, Financial institutes, Government and more.
  • Can you provide education for our team in a specific area of your expertise?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Do you know how to work in air-gapped environments?
    Our team of experts consist partly of ex-Mamram DevOps Engineers, who have years of experience building infrastructure on-premise and air-gapped.
  • Can you provide technical workshops for our team?
    Our team can provide workshops at your location of choice with your needs and technologies. For more information contact us.
  • Can we get a discount?
    Customers using multiple of our services might be eligible for a discount. Contact us for more information.
  • Why do we recommend a Time & materials based approach?
    Time & Materials (T&M) projects align our goals with yours. Our company will work with you until your needs are met irrespective of the actual deliverables, providing the greatest likelihood of a successful outcome—everyone's end goal. This will allow you to realize a final product that meets or exceeds your expectations and prevents you from being held financially responsible for software that does not help you reach your objectives. It rewards the company for working harder to satisfy those needs or saves you money if the needs are met with less effort. More importantly, it gives you the maximum agility to decide what you need as the project progresses and to pivot at any time. Is there some new feature you just thought of and want right away? We'll get right on that. Something you thought you were going to need but now realize can wait until next year? We're happy to skip that and move on to what you care about most, even if that is different from what it was last week. Fixed-fee (or Fixed-bid) projects are based on the outdated “waterfall” model where you define everything you are going to need to finish the project before work on the deliverables even starts. On top of locking you into a rigid set of deliverables before you are even sure that is what you want, they require significantly extra time and effort (as much as 50% of the total project time) to define “acceptance criteria”, which is a mutually agreed set of tests that, when passed, define the project as finished. In addition, fixed-price bids transfer completion risk to the company, so a company is wise to double the estimated T&M and add 20% (the extra 20% is for all the time spent negotiating the acceptance criteria.) Fixed-price bids incentivize the company to ignore your actual needs and focus on delivering the bare minimum to satisfy the acceptance criteria. Was there something important to you that you forgot to capture in the acceptance criteria? Sorry, that is “out of scope”; we will get to it on the next project. This is how the big consulting companies got so big. They know your “waterfall” project will fail, leading to a follow-on waterfall project to fix it, except that, too, will fail for the same reasons, leading to a never-ending stream of work for the consultants. They fatten their profits by charging for all the extra work which fixed-bid contracts require, and keep you on the hook by taking advantage of the “sunk cost fallacy.”

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