We Keep It Real With Agile

All projects are built in week-long development sessions ("sprints"). The first sprint begins with a kickoff session where you, the product manager, meet with the engineering pair that will be working on your project, as well as a managing engineer. The engineers will talk to you about the product, your goals, and what features are most important to you right now. Then, the engineers take your most important features and break them down into engineering-level tickets, adding them to the ticket tracking system.

This basic process repeats at the beginning of every week, guaranteeing that you get good answers to any questions you have about how a feature should be built and how long it will take. It also means our engineers always know what is most important to you right now, so they stay focused on it.

During the week, your engineering pair is completely dedicated to your project. You will receive daily emails explaining what the engineers have finished that day. You'll also be able to test out the new features as they are completed so that we all know the final product meets your standards.

Open Communication, Clear Documentation

Here's what we don't do - get an assignment from you, disappear for eight weeks, and then hand you the keys. Sorry, but that approach always leads to problems and delays.

At Cloudspace, we insist on continuous interaction. We require that a product person with decision-making authority be present for every weekly meeting. We're not coders-for-hire that mindlessly implement specs, we need your feedback at every stage so we're always on the same page.

We also document properly, including the code and the processes for maintaining and running the system. If you decide to shift the project to your in-house people, you'll have complete information on every detail, so they can pick up where we left off and hit the ground running.