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IMPLEMENTATION

Two ways to work with us, and a point where we tell you not to build it.

Have us build it as a fixed-scope engagement, or hire a dedicated offshore pod your own leads direct. Every solution is available both ways. This page covers the choice, then the six stages a build runs through: what each produces, who signs it off, and what it costs you in time.

Build it or hire the podAny solution, either wayAudit before scopeYou own the system
AT A GLANCE

The shape of an engagement, before you ask for it.

Most agencies keep this vague until the proposal. There is no advantage in it: a process you can read is a process you can hold us to.

First stage
Workflow audit, free, no specification needed
Time to first system
Typically four to eight weeks from scope sign-off
Commercial shape
Fixed scope, fixed price, paid in stages
Who you work with
A founder and the engineer building it
Ownership at handover
Code, admin access and documentation are yours
Exit
No retainer required to keep the system running
THE DISTINCTION

One question decides it: who directs the work?

Not the budget, and not the size of the build. If you have engineering leadership able to run a sprint, a pod gives you capacity you control. If you do not, a fixed-scope build gives you an outcome without managing engineers.

Fixed-scope build compared with a dedicated pod
ConsiderWe build it for youYou hire the pod
Who directs daily workNexvix, against an agreed scopeYour engineering leads
You need engineering leadershipNoYes
Commercial shapeFixed scope, fixed price, stagedMonthly rate per seat
Best whenThe outcome is definable nowThe roadmap outruns your hiring
Changing priorities mid-flightA scope changeNext sprint
Ends byHandover30 days’ notice
Which solutions it coversAll of themAll of them
Code, IP and cloud accountsYoursYours
Consultation costFreeFree
NO EXCEPTIONS

Every solution, available both ways.

A pod is a staffing model, not a shorter menu. Whatever you would commission as a build, you can instead staff as a pod, and the reverse.

THE SEQUENCE

What happens, in the order it happens.

These six stages are the we build it for you route. If you hire a pod instead, the equivalent sequence is the six-stage ODC setup on the offshore development center page: it starts at a two-engineer pilot rather than an audit.

Start at stage one
01

Workflow audit

Thirty minutes on a call, then a written map of how the work moves today: the systems it touches, the hand-offs where it waits, and the points where time or leads are lost. You keep the map whether or not you build anything with us.

Free · 1 week
02

Scope and measurable outcome

One bottleneck, one target number, one definition of done: written down before pricing. This is the stage where Nexvix says no: if the work is cheaper to fix with a process change than with a system, that is the recommendation and the engagement stops here.

Fixed fee · 1 week
03

System design and approval points

The rules the system follows, the exception paths when it is unsure, and the three places a person approves before anything reaches a customer. Designed with the team who does the work today, not around them.

1–2 weeks
04

Build and integration

The agent, the interface and the connections into the tools you already run on. Built against the agreed scope, demonstrated weekly, with the integration surface documented as it goes rather than at the end.

2–5 weeks
05

Verification against the target

The system runs on real traffic with your team reviewing its output before it is trusted unattended. We compare against the number agreed at stage two. If it misses, the fix is ours, not a change request.

1–2 weeks
06

Handover and ownership

Admin access, source code, the operating guide and a recorded walkthrough, so your team can run, pause and change the system without us. Support afterwards is optional and priced separately.

1 week
CONTROL

Automation without an off switch is a liability, not a system.

Three approval points are designed in at stage three and cannot be removed by us later. They are yours to tighten or loosen.

A

Before a customer sees it

Anything the system writes to a customer (a reply, a quote, a booking confirmation) can be held for review. Most clients start with every message held and relax it once they trust the output.

Default: on
B

When the system is unsure

Confidence thresholds route the edge cases to a named person with the full context attached, instead of guessing. An unsure system that asks is worth more than a confident one that invents.

Always on
C

Before anything is deleted or paid

Destructive and financial actions require a human action every time. No confidence score unlocks them.

Not removable
NOT A ONE-WAY DOOR

Most clients end up using both.

The decision is reversible in either direction, which is the point of keeping the two models under one company.

01

Build first, then staff

Prove the work with one fixed-scope system, then hire a pod to carry the roadmap it opened up. The engineers who built it are the ones available to staff it.

Common
02

Staff first, then commission

Run the pod on the core product and hand a defined, self-contained piece to a fixed-scope build so your own team never leaves the roadmap.

Common
03

Both at once

Nothing prevents a pod and a build engagement running in parallel under separate agreements. They are billed separately and scoped separately.

Supported
QUESTIONS

What clients ask before stage one.

Do we need a specification to start?
No. The audit exists because most companies cannot specify a system they have not seen. Describe where work waits and we will write the specification with you at stage two.
What if the audit says not to build anything?
Then that is the deliverable, and you keep the map. It happens in roughly one engagement in five, usually because a process change or a setting in software the client already pays for solves it.
Can we stop between stages?
Yes. Each stage is separately priced and separately approved. Nothing rolls over automatically, and stopping does not forfeit what has been delivered.
Who owns the system at the end?
You do: source code, admin credentials and documentation. Nexvix retains no lock on the deployment, and you can move it or hire someone else to change it.
Do you work with our existing developers?
Often. In that case stage three and stage six are done jointly, and the handover is technical rather than operational.
Can any of your solutions be delivered by an offshore pod?
Yes. Every solution on this site can be delivered either way: we build it for you as a fixed-scope engagement, or you hire a pod and your own leads direct the work. The pod is a staffing model, not a separate catalogue of services, so the choice is about who runs the roadmap rather than what gets built.
Which model should we choose?
If you have engineering leadership able to direct daily work and a roadmap longer than the team you can hire locally, hire the pod. If you want a defined outcome delivered and handed over without managing engineers, have us build it. If you are unsure, the free consultation covers both and we will say which one fits.
Can we start one way and switch?
Yes, and it is common in both directions. Several clients start with a fixed-scope build to prove the work, then hire a pod to carry the roadmap. Others start with a pod and ask us to take a defined piece as a fixed-scope build so their own team can stay on the core product.
Is SaaS engineering a solution or a way of working?
It is a solution: the thing being built. Both ways of working can deliver it, which is why it sits under Solutions rather than on this page. The same is true of every other solution on the site.
Does the pod model cost less than a build engagement?
They are priced differently rather than one being cheaper: a build is a fixed scope at a fixed price, a pod is a monthly rate per seat. Which is better value depends on how long the roadmap runs, and the consultation gives you both numbers for your own case in writing.
WORKFLOW AUDIT

Start with the audit. It costs you half an hour.

One call, thirty minutes. Nexvix maps the process, names the measurable outcome and tells you whether a system is worth building. If it is not, you will hear that instead of a proposal.

A written workflow map you keep either wayA named measurable outcome, not a feature listA direct answer if the system is not worth building