Software development agency
A software development agency that keeps the record.
Most agencies hand you a status report and, eventually, a zip file. We hand you a record: every requirement, design, implementation, QA result and review as a document, with the people who approved each one.
Start a project- week of discovery before anything is built
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- sign-offs on every piece of work: design and release
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- handover documents, because there is no handover
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What makes this agency different
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Senior people on your work
The same people own discovery, architecture, delivery and operation. There is no bench, and no handover between a sales team and a delivery team.
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AI does the work, visibly
Agents handle bounded research, design, implementation and QA jobs. Their output is in the record, not hidden behind a day rate.
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You approve twice, every time
Design approval before anything is built. Manual review before anything ships. Both are logged with your name.
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Scope is a document, not a feeling
The PRD is the scope. Changes are new feature requests with their own run, so the invoice never surprises either side.
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We stay in production
Deployment, monitoring and releases are ours to operate after launch. Production is where the next request comes from.
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Leave whenever you like
Code in your repository, infrastructure in your accounts, every document in your hands. Nothing depends on us staying.
When to hire an agency, and when not to
An agency is the right call in some situations and the wrong one in others. Here is how we see it.
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You need the whole application, not extra hands
Ownership from idea to production, including the operations after launch. That is what we do.
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Your team should keep doing its job
The product people and the operators stay focused, and hold the gates instead of writing tickets.
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You have been burned by a handover
Code you cannot operate and decisions nobody recorded. The record is the fix.
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You want to see the work as it happens
Every stage change is visible when it happens, not summarized on a Friday.
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You only need staff augmentation
Then we are the wrong agency. We own outcomes, not seats.
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You want the cheapest hour
Also the wrong agency. We price per project, against an approved scope.
Do two or more of these apply? Tell us which ones and we reply with how we would run it.
What the agency delivers
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Custom software
Web applications, portals, internal tools and integrations, built and run.
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AI agents
Bounded agents inside your product or your operations.
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Automated workflows
Your process with real gates and an audit log.
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MVPs for new products
A first release scoped at discovery and verified before launch.
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Modernization
Legacy systems moved forward in approved, verified, logged steps.
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Operation after launch
Deployment, monitoring and releases, monthly.
How an engagement runs
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Discovery
A week with the people who own the problem. We write the feature request as the first document of the engagement and agree what done means before anything is designed.
In the record Feature request, scope, success measures
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PRD and design package
Research, requirements and design are produced and land in the record as documents you can read, comment on and reject.
In the record Research report, PRD, design package
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Design approval
A human gate. Work waits until you approve the design package. Nothing is built that the record does not say is being built.
In the record Logged approval, with the approver
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Development
Implementation runs in short cycles against the approved scope. You see progress as it happens, with the implementation package growing in the record.
In the record Implementation package
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Automated QA and manual review
Automated QA runs first and writes a report. Manual review is the second human gate. Failures go to a person instead of slipping through.
In the record QA report, review report
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Release and operation
A release candidate ships only after both gates pass. We deploy it, monitor it and operate it, and the next request starts the next run.
In the record Release candidate, release log
Sydeso against the usual options
An honest look at how an engagement with us compares with a typical agency and with building in-house.
| Item | In-house | Typical agency | Sydeso |
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| Who owns delivery | Your team, alongside everything else | The agency, until handover | Sydeso, through production and after |
| Where the record lives | Tickets, chat and documents | Status reports and a handover document | A written artifact for every stage, with a log of who approved what |
| How AI is used | Whatever each developer uses | Undisclosed, or a pitch | Agents do bounded work inside the process; a person reviews before anything ships |
| Who approves | Whoever is available | The agency PM | You, at two gates on every piece of work |
| After launch | Your on-call rotation | A support contract, if offered | We operate production and start the next run |
| Can you take it in-house later | It already is | Depends on the handover | Yes. You own the code, the accounts and every document |
| Price | Salaries and tooling | Day rates or fixed price | Per project, scoped at discovery |
How an engagement is structured.
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Week one
Discovery
A week with the people who own the problem. We write the feature request, the PRD and the design package, and agree what done means.
- Ends in a PRD and a design package you own
- You approve it before anything is built
- Comes with a price for the build
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After approval
Build
Development in short cycles against the approved scope. Automated QA writes a report on every release candidate and a person reviews it before it ships.
- Priced per project against the PRD
- Changes are new feature requests, priced the same way
- Every document is yours as it is produced
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After launch
Operate
We deploy it, monitor it and run releases, month to month. Production is where the next feature request comes from.
- Monthly, separate from the build
- Take it in-house whenever you are ready
- The record comes with it
Questions
- How do you price agency work?
- Per project, against the scope written in the PRD at the end of discovery. Discovery is a week. Operation after launch is a separate monthly engagement.
- Can you work with our in-house team?
- Yes, as the people who hold the gates and own the product. Your team approves design packages and reviews release candidates; ours does the work between those gates.
- Where is the work done?
- In your repository and your cloud accounts, with the record visible to you throughout.
- What if we want to take it in-house later?
- Everything is already yours. Your team picks up the record and runs the next feature request.
- How quickly do you reply?
- By email, with how we would run the work, not a call to book a call. Send one paragraph about what should ship first and you get a written answer.
- Where does the work live?
- In your accounts. Code in your repository, infrastructure in your cloud, documents where your team can read them. We bring the process, not a dependency.
- What happens to the work if we stop?
- You keep everything: code, infrastructure, requirements, design packages, QA and review reports. There is no handover because none of it was ever ours.
Tell us the feature.
One paragraph about what should ship first. We reply by email with how we would run it, and what it would cost.
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