How it works · the B5 process

Predictable software delivery,
in five stages.

The entire process is AI-assisted and human-owned — AI does the heavy lifting at every stage while expert engineers own the quality. Each stage produces a real artifact and needs your sign-off before the next begins.

Fully AI-assisted, end to end
MISSION TRAJECTORY
now · Build
B1
Brainstorm
B2
Blueprint
B3
Budget
B4
Build
B5
Beyond
B1
Brainstorm
STAGE 1 OF 5 · Discovery & requirements

We turn a high-level idea into a validated definition. Guided discovery and requirements capture surface the real problem, users, and scope before anything is designed.

SUB-STAGES
DiscoveryRequirements
GATED OUTPUT
Product Requirements Doc
✦ AI-ASSISTED

Our Ideator AI runs the discovery conversation, drafts and refines your PRD live as you talk, infers your app type, and flags thin or missing sections.

Ideator AIClaudeGPT-4o
PRD sign-off gate — nothing moves to Blueprint until scope is agreed.
B2
Blueprint
STAGE 2 OF 5 · Technical design & prototype

Architecture, technical specifications, and design planning — plus a clickable prototype of your product. You see and feel the real thing before we build it, and the Blueprint makes the build predictable by surfacing risk and cost drivers early.

SUB-STAGES
DesignPrototype
GATED OUTPUT
Tech Spec + Interactive Prototype
✦ AI-ASSISTED

AI drafts the architecture and technical spec from your PRD, then generates a working, clickable prototype — reviewed and hardened by our engineers and designers.

Claudev0Figma AI
Architecture sign-off gate — approve the prototype and technical approach before budgeting.
B3
Budget
STAGE 3 OF 5 · You name your price

Here you quote your price. We estimate, negotiate, and lock scope, cost and timeline into a mutually-agreed contract — our core differentiator. No open-ended bills, no surprises.

SUB-STAGES
EstimateNegotiateContractProject Plan
GATED OUTPUT
Signed Contract + Project Plan
✦ AI-ASSISTED

AI estimation models size effort and cost from your approved scope, stress-test your bid against the plan, and generate the draft contract and project plan.

ClaudeEstimator AI
Contract sign-off gate — no code is written until cost and scope are agreed.
B4
Build
STAGE 4 OF 5 · Develop & test

AI-assisted development and automated testing, tracked live against the sprint plan. You watch progress in real time in your portal — with milestone gates each sprint.

SUB-STAGES
DevelopTest
GATED OUTPUT
Live Sprint Plan + Codebase
✦ AI-ASSISTED

AI coding agents write, refactor, and test code against the sprint plan at high velocity — every change reviewed and owned by senior engineers.

Claude CodeCursorGitHub Copilot
Milestone gates each sprint — you approve before scope advances.
B5
Beyond
STAGE 5 OF 5 · Deploy & manage

Deployment, launch management, and ongoing service operations under a defined SLA. You get a live Service Management Portal — the relationship continues past launch.

SUB-STAGES
DeployManage
GATED OUTPUT
SLA + Service Management Portal
✦ AI-ASSISTED

AI watches your production system, surfaces anomalies before users feel them, and assists on-call response — keeping you inside your SLA.

AI monitoringOn-call copilot
Launch gate — deploy only on your go, backed by an agreed SLA.
LIVE VISIBILITY

You're never in the dark.

Every project gets a live portal. Watch your product move down the trajectory in real time, read each artifact, and sign off at every gate — from your phone or your desk.

B5 PROJECT · WEEK 3 OF 6
Cadence Health
Brainstorm
PRD · SIGNED
Blueprint
SPEC + PROTOTYPE · SIGNED
Budget
CONTRACT · SIGNED
Build
SPRINT 2 OF 3 · LIVE
🔒
Beyond
SLA · LOCKED
CURRENT STAGE
Build · Develop & test
On track
14
DAYS TO LAUNCH
62%
COMPLETE
3/6
WEEKS
Sprint 2 · Candidate scoring6 of 9 tasks
THE SHAPE OF A PROJECT

Idea to launch in 4–6 weeks.

Brainstorm + Blueprint
WEEK 1–2
Budget
WEEK 2
Build · sprints
WEEK 3–5
Beyond
WEEK 6 +

Timelines flex with scope — but the shape holds. Discovery and design first, a fast budget agreement, then focused build sprints, and a supported launch that continues under your SLA.

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