Launch pod
One clear scope, a fixed date, a small surface area.
$10,000/mo
- 2 senior engineers + delivery PM
- Fortnightly sprints and demo
- Written Friday status
- QA and release included
HomeManaged teams
Managed deliveryA managed team with a PM who owns delivery
When you don't have internal capacity to manage contractors, we bring the whole unit: senior engineers, a project manager, a delivery plan and one point of accountability for shipping it.
From $10,000/month per pod · scales to 8 · 30 days notice
POD CADENCEFORTNIGHTLY
The PM runs it. You attend the demo.
Roadmap sign-off
The PM turns your scope into a milestone plan with dates, risks and a definition of done you approve in writing.
Standup inside your tools
The pod runs its standup in your Slack and your board. You can read everything; you do not have to attend.
Sprint close and demo
Working software, not slides. Thirty minutes, recorded, with the burn-up against the milestone plan.
Written status every FridayOne owner
The unit
Who is actually in the pod.
A standard pod is three to five people. The tech lead comes from the engineers, so you are not paying for a layer that does not write code.
2–5
Senior engineers
Full-stack, AI and data as the scope requires
1
Delivery project manager
Owns cadence, scope and status reporting
1
Tech lead (from the engineers)
Architecture decisions and code review
0.5
QA and release
Test strategy, release management, staging discipline
Delivery cadence
What a month with the pod looks like.
The PM runs the ceremonies, keeps the board honest, and sends you one written status every Friday. You attend the demo; that is the only meeting you are required at.
Scope a teamWeek 0
Roadmap sign-offThe PM turns your scope into a milestone plan with dates, risks and a definition of done you approve in writing.
Daily
Standup inside your toolsThe pod runs its standup in your Slack and your board. You can read everything; you do not have to attend.
Fortnightly
Sprint close and demoWorking software, not slides. Thirty minutes, recorded, with the burn-up against the milestone plan.
Friday
Written statusOne page: shipped, in flight, blocked, spend to date. The document your CFO can read without translation.
Quarterly
Capacity re-planResize the pod, swap disciplines or wind down with 30 days notice. No renegotiation theatre.
Pod shapes
Three sizes. One accountable owner.
Resize at any quarterly re-plan. Switching between a pod and embedded developers takes 30 days' notice, not a renegotiation.
Product pod
A full product area owned end to end.
$16,500/mo
- 4 senior engineers + delivery PM
- Tech lead and code review
- AI / LLM engineer included
- Quarterly capacity re-plan
Programme
Multiple workstreams and enterprise governance.
Customquoted
- 6–8 engineers, PM and lead
- Security and compliance review
- Named escalation to leadership
- Onsite kickoff and quarterly reviews
A managed engagement
Start to finish, with the pod owning it.
SOCIALI.AIManaged pod · 5 people
Built the Sociali.ai platform end to end with a five-person pod
Full-stack engineers, QA and an AI engineer, with our PM owning scope and cadence. Sociali.ai had the product vision and no delivery capacity; the pod took the platform from zero to a working product without the client managing contractors.
Read the case study5person pod: PM, full-stack, QA and AI
End to endplatform built from zero
1point of accountability
Not sure whichIf you have a product manager and a roadmap, embedded developers are usually cheaper. If you have a problem and a deadline, a pod is faster. We will say which on the call, including when the answer is neither.
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