Service 02 · End to end

You're buying or building something significant and you need it to actually get used.

I run the whole arc: requirements, vendor vetting, reading the proposals with a trained eye, then the rollout itself and the part most projects skip, which is adoption.

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What running it end to end means.

The arc starts before anyone has chosen anything. Requirements, written down properly. Vendor vetting. Reading the proposals with a trained eye, which is where a scope that will not survive contact with your business usually gives itself away.

Then the rollout, and the part most projects skip. Adoption is the difference between a system that launched and a system that is used. A go-live with nobody on it a quarter later is a failed project with a successful launch date.

I've led custom software, CMS, and CRM implementations from first scope to live, so I know where they stall long before it shows.

What you leave with.

  • Requirements
    What the business actually needs, written down before anyone is asked to quote against it. The document that makes proposals comparable.
  • Vendor vetting
    Shortlisting, reference checks, and reading the proposals with someone who has been on the delivery side of one.
  • Rollout
    The launch itself, run against the scope, with the schedule and the trade-offs visible rather than discovered late.
  • Adoption
    The part most projects skip. Your team using it a quarter later, which is the only test of the work that matters.
Related work · Custom SaaS

Turned an industry with no software into a full SaaS platform.

A startup needed custom software to run an entire industry that had none. I led the discovery and spec, then steered the team through designing and building the whole platform: CRM, e-commerce, lead gen, inventory, and billing. It launched and keeps scaling with new subscribers.

5 systems → 1 platform CRM, e-commerce, lead gen, inventory, and billing in one build.

Buying or building something like this? Let’s talk it through.

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Questions I get asked before this one starts.

  • Do you replace our vendor?

    No. Your vendors keep building. I make sure they ship, and that your team is using it a quarter later. The role is oversight and direction on your side of the table, not another delivery team competing with the one you have already engaged.

  • What does adoption actually mean here?

    Your team using the thing, a quarter after it launched. It is the part most projects skip, because a launch date is easy to celebrate and usage is harder to look at. Treating it as part of the implementation rather than something that happens afterwards is most of why an implementation lands.

  • Do you write the code?

    No. The role is steering the team that builds it and answering for whether it ships. I've led custom software, CMS, and CRM implementations from first scope to live, which is what makes the steering worth having.

  • Is this a fixed-fee project or a retainer?

    Either. Every engagement takes one of two shapes, a fixed-fee project or a defined-term retainer, and which one depends on the work rather than on which service you came in through. Either way you get a written scope and a price before anything starts.

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Ready when you are

Not sure whether to buy it or build it? Start there.

Thirty minutes, no pitch, no slides. We talk through what's going sideways and whether I'm the right person to help. If I'm not, I'll say so.

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