Establish a defensible view of risk, keep-versus-rebuild scope, and fixed-price path.
Activities
- • Codebase and architecture review
- • Security and data access assessment
- • Operational readiness inspection
- • Findings report and fixed-price plan
Customer involvement
Provide access, context, and commercial constraints; review interim findings.
Deliverables
- • Findings report
- • Keep-versus-rebuild map
- • Fixed-price proposal
Typical risks
- • Incomplete access slows assessment
- • Hidden production dependencies
Decision gate
Customer accepts, revises, or declines the rebuild plan.
Define the target platform without erasing validated product behavior.
Activities
- • Target architecture and data model
- • Environment and delivery pipeline design
- • Security boundaries and compliance-readiness roadmap
Customer involvement
Validate product behavior priorities and environment constraints.
Deliverables
- • Architecture blueprint
- • Environment plan
- • Security and compliance-readiness roadmap
Typical risks
- • Unresolved product edge cases
- • Third-party constraints
Decision gate
Architecture and delivery plan approved before rebuild acceleration.
Re-engineer core services while preserving validated UX and workflows.
Activities
- • Service and API re-engineering
- • Data migration planning and execution
- • Weekly demos and staging access
Customer involvement
Review demos, prioritize product behavior, and validate migrations.
Deliverables
- • Rebuilt services
- • Migrated data paths
- • Staging product visibility
Typical risks
- • Data edge cases
- • Scope pressure from new feature requests
Decision gate
Staging product matches agreed behavior for launch candidates.
4Quality assurance & UAT, built into every build
Throughout the build
Every engagement includes a dedicated QA resource from day one, so quality is engineered in throughout the build instead of inspected at the end.
Activities
- • Test plans are written against validated requirements.
- • Automated and manual testing runs throughout the build.
- • Structured UAT happens before launch.
Customer involvement
Confirm acceptance criteria against requirements, review test evidence, and take part in structured UAT before launch.
Deliverables
- • Requirement-linked test plans
- • Automated and manual test suites with results
- • Signed-off UAT and release readiness
Typical risks
- • Requirements that shift after test plans are agreed
- • Limited customer availability for UAT
Decision gate
Nothing goes live without independent QA sign-off — not just developer-tested code.
Prove the platform can survive real load, failure, and operational use.
Activities
- • Security, load, failure, backup, and recovery testing
- • Observability and alerting
- • Operational control implementation
Customer involvement
Review risk findings and accept residual-risk decisions.
Deliverables
- • Test evidence
- • Alerting and runbooks
- • Hardened environments
Typical risks
- • Late-discovered load issues
- • Incomplete operational ownership
Decision gate
Launch readiness criteria met for the contracted tier.
Prepare evidence and operating practices for independent audit processes.
Activities
- • Policies and evidence workflows
- • Audit process support
- • Third-party testing coordination where required
Customer involvement
Provide business policy inputs and auditor access as needed.
Deliverables
- • Evidence program
- • Policy package
- • Audit support artifacts
Typical risks
- • Auditor timelines outside engineering control
Decision gate
Readiness package complete for the contracted compliance path.
Keep the platform secure, observable, and moving—with compliance-readiness upkeep through vygo Ops.
Activities
- • vygo Ops monitoring and response
- • Security and compliance-readiness upkeep
- • Continued feature engineering when contracted
Customer involvement
Product prioritization and operational decision rights remain with the customer.
Deliverables
- • Operational ownership
- • Documented handoff-ready system
Typical risks
- • Unowned production decisions after launch
Decision gate
Customer may continue Ops with VYGO, or transfer to another qualified team.