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How we work

Modern engineering, run like a product team.

Separate environments, automated pipelines, two-week sprints and a shared Jira board. You always know what is being built, where it runs and what ships next.

Release 2.4
v2.4.0
  1. D DevelopmentPull request and code review
  2. T TestAll automated checks green
  3. A AcceptanceYour sign-off in Jira
  4. P ProductionLive, monitored, reversible
environments: Dev, Test, Acceptance, Production
4
environments: Dev, Test, Acceptance, Production
sprint length, with a demo at the end of each
2 weeks
sprint length, with a demo at the end of each
of code reviewed before it is merged
100%
of code reviewed before it is merged
access to the board, the repo and the docs
Day 1
access to the board, the repo and the docs

DTAP

DTAP: four environments, one direction

Code moves forward through four separate environments. Nothing reaches your customers without passing every stage, and every stage has its own data and its own access.

  1. D
    01

    Development

    Each developer works on a branch with local containers and seed data. No real customer data, ever.

    Pull request and code review
  2. T
    02

    Test

    Every merge deploys here automatically. Unit, integration and browser tests run on each build.

    All automated checks green
  3. A
    03

    Acceptance

    A production-like staging site where you click through the sprint and sign off the stories.

    Your sign-off in Jira
  4. P
    04

    Production

    Tagged releases with zero-downtime deploys, monitoring from minute one and a one-command rollback.

    Live, monitored, reversible

CI/CD

CI/CD: every change goes through the same pipeline

Pipelines run on GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or your own tooling. A failed check stops the line, so problems are found in minutes, not after launch.

Pipeline passed main · #1287 · CZ-214
6m 42s
  1. Commit

    Small branch, linked to a Jira ticket

  2. Lint and static analysis

    Code style, types and common bugs

  3. Automated tests

    Unit, feature and browser tests

  4. Security scan

    Dependency audit and OWASP checks

  5. Build

    Versioned, reproducible artefact

  6. Deploy to Test

    Automatic on every merge

  7. Release

    Approved, tagged, rolled out with no downtime

Agile and Scrum

Agile, without the theatre

We run Scrum in two-week sprints. You get a product owner view of the backlog, a working demo every sprint and the freedom to change priorities between sprints.

  1. 1

    Backlog refinement

    Stories written with acceptance criteria and estimates, together with you.

  2. 2

    Sprint planning

    We agree what fits in the next two weeks and what done means for each story.

  3. 3

    Daily stand-up

    Fifteen minutes. Blockers surface the same day, not at the end of the month.

  4. 4

    Sprint review

    A live demo of working software on the Acceptance environment.

  5. 5

    Retrospective

    What to keep, what to change. The process improves every sprint.

Jira and Confluence

Your project, visible in Jira and Confluence

You get access to the Jira board from the first day: every story, bug and estimate. Specifications, architecture decisions, runbooks and release notes live in a Confluence space that stays yours after the project.

CZSprint 12 board
6 days left · 34 points
To do2

Export invoices to CSV

CZ-221 3SG

Password reset email copy

CZ-224 1RS
In progress2

UPI payments at checkout

CZ-214 8ST

Rate limit on login

CZ-219 2DG
In review1

Dashboard date filters

CZ-209 5AG
Done3

Two-factor login

CZ-201 5ST

Fix timezone in reports

CZ-205 2KS

Release notes 2.3

CZ-207 1AG
Project space
  • Product requirements and user stories
  • Architecture decision records
  • API documentation
  • Deployment runbook and rollback steps
  • Release notes for every version
  • Handover guide for your own team

Prefer Linear, Notion or Azure DevOps? We work in your tools.

Tools we work in

Plan and track

Jira Linear SecondSlate

Document

Confluence Notion Google Docs

Code and review

GitHub GitLab Bitbucket

CI/CD

GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins

Quality

PHPUnit Pest Pytest Playwright SonarQube

Run

Docker AWS Azure DigitalOcean Linux VPS

Design

Figma FigJam

Talk

Slack Microsoft Teams Google Meet

Definition of done

  • Code reviewed by a second engineer
  • Automated tests written and passing
  • No high or critical findings in the security scan
  • Accepted by you on the Acceptance environment
  • Documented in Confluence
  • Deployed with a rollback plan

What you can count on

NDA before the first call

Your idea and your data are protected from day one.

You own the code

Intellectual property transfers to you. The code lives in your repository.

No lock-in

Documentation and handover so any competent team can take over.

Security built in

OWASP practices in every sprint, reviewed by our security partner before launch.

Privacy by design

DPDP and GDPR thinking from the data model up: consent, minimisation, retention.

Reply in one business day

A named point of contact and a working overlap with India, Europe and the US.

Ways to work with us

Fixed scope

Best for: A clear first version or MVP

A written scope, a fixed price and a timeline, split into milestones you approve.

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Dedicated team

Best for: Long-running products

Engineers who work only on your product, in your sprints and your tools, billed monthly.

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Time and materials

Best for: Evolving or exploratory work

Pay for the hours used, with a weekly report and a budget cap you set.

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Support and maintenance

Best for: Live systems

Updates, monitoring, security patches and small changes under a monthly plan.

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Want to see how this would work for your project?

Book a free call. We will walk you through a real board, a real pipeline and a sample sprint plan for your idea.