You employ the team
- Deadlines move for reasons that sound plausible.
- One developer holds what nobody else knows.
- Are they using AI safely, and getting the most from it?
Independent validation of development teams
We give your devs the thumbs up.
You pay for software you cannot read. We read it for you, in plain language, and we report to you, not to your developers.
The problem
The only people who can tell you how it is going are the people building it.
Whether you employ the team or an agency builds for you, the picture reaches you through the people you would need to check. That is the gap.
An agency builds for you
- Progress arrives as tickets, not outcomes.
- Is the quote fair against the spec, or are you being overcharged?
- You are not sure what you would own if you left.
Your team is not hiding things from you. They are describing them in a language you do not speak, and nobody in the room is paid to translate.
What we do
Transparency between your business and your developers.
A named reviewer reads your estate at the pace your situation needs, and signs what they send you. They do not change mid-engagement, and no junior does the reading. We take no fee from anyone but you.
Delivery trace · 12 months
PromisedDelivered
Cumulative gap after 12 months · 4.1 months of committed scope
Six questions you cannot answer on your own.
Is what was promised what shipped?
A short note you can read before a meeting, with the honest reason for any gap.
Where did the money go?
Effort by business initiative, not by ticket, so spend and value stay on the same page.
Is this quote fair?
Checked line by line against the spec, so you know before you sign whether you are paying for the work or for the margin.
Are they using AI safely, and well?
Whether your code and data are leaving the building, and whether the team is getting the speed it should.
What could hurt us, and what would it cost?
The risks to your business with a figure attached, and the questions to ask your team.
Do we own what we paid for?
Code, accounts, domains and credentials in your name, checked before you need them to be.
What we look at depends on what is worrying you. There is no fixed checklist and no fixed calendar, and a quiet period is reported as a quiet period.
A sample report
Imagine receiving a report like this.
Most people read one page, so page one carries everything that matters: the risks, what each could cost, who fixes it, and what you can stop worrying about. The rest is the evidence behind it.
PDF, five pages. A fictional business; every figure illustrates the format.
Book a consultation
Tell us what is worrying you.
Thirty minutes, no preparation, no charge. We work out what you actually need, scoped and priced fairly against your development budget. Sometimes the answer is nothing, and we say so.
