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Async Client Communication: How a Project Runs in Writing

From the first brief to the go-live handover, an engagement lives in a single written thread. Here is what that gives you, step by step.

How we workUpdated 30 Sep 20262 min read
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  1. The brief
  2. Scope
  3. Progress
  4. Recorded demos
  5. Go-live
  6. What you keep

Start with a few lines about the problem

Tell us what is taking up your team’s time, in your own words. No special vocabulary is needed. The written reply names the service that fits, and the proposal that follows carries a fixed price and the delivery date.

Send it through Start a project, or type it to the assistant on any page of this site.

The accepted proposal is the agreement

Nothing is settled on a call and remembered two ways later. The proposal you accept is the contract, and every price, date and decision stays in a thread you can search months afterwards.

Updates and questions in the same thread

As the build moves forward, updates are posted where the proposal already sits. Our questions are gathered into one message, and you reply to them in the same place, so no detail relies on anyone recalling a conversation.

Demos you can replay and forward

You see your system at work in a video recording. Play it again, pass it to a partner, and decide when you are ready rather than during a live session.

Go-live, written down

At go-live you receive in writing the accounts and data in your name, together with documentation a non-specialist can follow. Each decision taken on the way is already in the thread beside it.

What the thread holds at each step

StepWhat is written down
BriefYour description of the problem and where the work happens today
ProposalScope, delivery date, approval points and the fixed price
BuildProgress updates, our grouped questions and your answers
DemoA recording you can watch again and share
Go-liveAccounts, data and documentation, all in your name

The full sequence is set out on How we work.

Start

Not sure what you need? Ask in writing.

Describe the work in a few lines. We will reply in writing within one business day with what we would build and how.