Every Mesa Built engagement follows the same five-phase structure. The sequence holds at every level of complexity. The Precision Brief adapts to what you bring in.
The organizations that build correctly the first time map the problem before they design the solution. The Precision Brief is how Mesa Built does that — at every complexity tier, on every engagement, before a single architectural decision is made.
The Precision Brief examines your organizational context, your decision authority structure, your integration requirements, and your governance constraints. Every organizational constraint documented. Every definition of done made explicit. The Scope Document it produces is what the fixed-price proposal and every architectural decision is built from.
The Precision Brief scales to what you bring in. A single-agent operational tool and a multi-agent regulatory compliance system both begin here — with the same rigor, the same organizational mapping, the same commitment to understanding the problem before designing the solution.
If you arrive with a Mesa Point Build Specification, the organizational mapping is already complete. The Precision Brief scope confirmation is shorter. The fixed-price proposal is produced faster — and the build begins sooner against whatever timeline matters.
Scope, timeline, and price agreed before any build begins. Every line item in the proposal is traceable to a defined requirement in the Scope Document. The fixed fee reflects the scope of what is being built — priced before work begins and held throughout the engagement.
The build executes against what the Scope Document describes. The Executive Touchpoint at midpoint gives the organizational sponsor the opportunity to confirm the build is still solving the right problem. Business context evolves. This designed checkpoint ensures the build reflects where the organization is headed — before delivery, when course alignment is still straightforward.
Delivery closes when three things are ready: the working application tested against the Scope Document criteria, the Operational Guide complete for the users and managers, and the Technical Guide complete for the maintenance team. All three ship together. The documentation is as complete as the build.
Sixty days after delivery, Mesa Built checks whether the build is performing as specified, whether configuration adjustments have surfaced, and whether the Operational Guide addresses the adoption questions that emerged after deployment. Built into every SOW as a standard engagement component. The engagement is complete when the 60-Day Review is complete.
Deployed in your environment. Tested against the Scope Document criteria. Confirmed against the original pain point that started the engagement. Yours completely — the code, the configuration, the architecture.
For every person who uses or manages the build. What it does, how to use it, what decisions it makes, what triggers human review. Written in plain language for the people who work in it every day.
For every person who maintains or configures the build. Architecture, integration points, configuration parameters, maintenance protocols, and update procedures. Complete enough for the internal team to operate it independently.