Engagement Model

Fixed Price Projects for Predictable Delivery

Clear scope, milestones, and acceptance criteria before work starts
Fixed commercial terms aligned to defined business outcomes
Specialist delivery team accountable for end‑to‑end execution

Discuss a fixed price brief

When fixed price projects are a strong fit

Best suited to initiatives with stable requirements, clear constraints, and a well‑understood definition of done.

You have a clearly defined outcome

You know what success looks like and can describe it in terms of concrete deliverables or capabilities.

You want predictable spend

You prefer a committed budget and timeline over flexible scope, and need to align with internal funding cycles.

You can provide timely decisions

You have access to business and technical stakeholders who can validate requirements and sign off milestones quickly.

You’re solving a bounded problem

The work is a discrete project—not an open‑ended transformation—with limited unknowns and manageable dependencies.

You need a turnkey delivery team

You want an experienced partner to own end‑to‑end execution rather than augmenting your team with individual contractors.

You value governance and accountability

You expect clear ownership, transparent reporting, and a contractual framework that aligns incentives to delivery.

Example engagements

Where fixed price projects work best

B2B SaaS

Greenfield product module delivery

Deliver a new customer self‑service portal as a standalone module—covering UX design, API integration, implementation, testing, and launch—under a fixed price and timeline.

Financial Services

Legacy system integration and migration

Scope and execute migration of a legacy reporting tool into a modern data platform, including data mapping, ETL pipelines, validation, and cut‑over, with predefined milestones and acceptance tests.

Retail & E‑commerce

Analytics dashboard rollout

Implement a cross‑channel performance dashboard using existing data sources, with fixed deliverables for data models, visualisations, role‑based access, and training for business stakeholders.

Healthcare

Security and compliance remediation

Deliver a defined remediation backlog to meet specific security and compliance controls, including code changes, configuration updates, and documented evidence for auditors.

Logistics & Supply Chain

API design and implementation package

Design and build a set of external‑facing APIs with agreed contracts, SLAs, documentation, and monitoring, delivered as a fixed scope integration project.

How it works

Structured, low‑friction delivery with commercial certainty

We turn a well‑defined brief into a tightly managed project with clear ownership, governance, and risk controls—so you know exactly what will be delivered, when, and for how much.

Discovery & scope definition

We clarify objectives, constraints, and non‑negotiables; review existing architecture and assets; and translate your brief into a concrete scope, assumptions, and dependencies.

Solution design & plan

We propose the target solution, delivery approach, and implementation plan, including milestones, acceptance criteria, and risk mitigation. This becomes the basis for the fixed price statement of work.

Build, test & iterate within scope

Our team executes the agreed plan, providing regular progress updates against milestones. We manage change requests explicitly to protect scope, budget, and timelines.

User validation & go‑live

We run UAT, refine based on agreed feedback, and manage deployment into production. Handover includes documentation, knowledge transfer, and any defined hypercare period.

Transition & options for next phase

We close out the project with measurable outcomes and recommendations, and, if needed, define a follow‑on fixed price phase or a different engagement model for ongoing evolution.

Business Outcomes

Predictable cost and timelines for well‑bounded initiatives
Reduced delivery risk through clear scope and acceptance criteria
Faster stakeholder alignment and sign‑off on defined outcomes
Lower management overhead with a single accountable delivery partner
Clean transition from project completion to run or next phase

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