Ways to work together
Find the structure that fits the work.
Review the different ways we can work together before choosing anything. If one already fits what you need, select it and move straight into the project conversation.
Dedicated Team
A Webair team that stays close to your product, your roadmap and the people already responsible for it.
Offshore Development Centre
A dedicated Webair engineering operation built around your systems, roadmap and ways of working.
Fixed Price Projects
A defined project with agreed objectives, scope, responsibilities and delivery expectations.
Hybrid Delivery Model
Combine an ongoing engineering team with clearly defined project work when different parts of the programme need different approaches.
Dedicated Team
A team that becomes part of the product.
A dedicated Webair team stays close to your product over time, building a deeper understanding of the software, the roadmap and the people using and operating it.
When it makes sense
A dedicated team works well when development is ongoing, priorities are likely to change or you need people who can build up real knowledge of the product rather than starting again with every new piece of work.
- You need ongoing software development.
- Your roadmap is likely to keep evolving.
- You need specialist engineering expertise.
- You want a team that can build long-term knowledge of the product.
- You need more continuity than short-term contractors provide.
- You want Webair working closely with your existing team.
How it works
The team is built around what the product actually needs. That might include software engineers, product design, technical leadership, cloud, data or other disciplines where they genuinely add value.
Priorities can change without turning every new requirement into a separate project.
Working with your team
A dedicated team should not sit off to the side. We work with your existing product, engineering, operations and business teams where needed, with clear responsibilities and straightforward communication.
Offshore Development Centre
Build an engineering team that stays close to your business.
An Offshore Development Centre gives you a dedicated Webair engineering team that can build long-term knowledge of your systems, product and ways of working.
More than individual developers
This is more than placing individual developers into your team.
The model is built around a functioning engineering unit, with technical leadership, consistent engineering practices, clear ownership and the disciplines needed to build and operate the software properly.
When it makes sense
- You have a long-term software roadmap.
- You need a team that can stay with the work over time.
- You need several engineering disciplines working together.
- You want continuity across a larger programme.
- You need people who can become deeply familiar with your systems.
- You want more structure and ownership than individual contractors provide.
Built to work with your organisation
The team should fit the way your organisation actually works.
We agree how responsibilities, communication, technical ownership and delivery will work with your existing teams rather than imposing the same operating model on every client.
Fixed Price Projects
Defined outcomes. Clear delivery boundaries.
Fixed price works best when the problem, requirements and expected outcome are understood well enough to define the work properly before engineering begins.
When fixed price works
- The expected outcome is clear.
- The scope can be defined with reasonable confidence.
- There are clear delivery boundaries.
- The project has a specific objective.
- The main technical risks are understood.
- Requirements are unlikely to change continuously.
Clarity matters
Fixed price should not mean guessing at a number before understanding the work.
Where needed, we start with discovery so the requirements, technical approach, assumptions and responsibilities are clear enough to make a meaningful delivery commitment.
When it may not be the right model
If the product is still taking shape, requirements are changing quickly or there are major technical unknowns, fixed price may create more problems than it solves.
We’ll tell you when another model makes more sense.
Hybrid Delivery
Structure where it helps. Flexibility where it matters.
Some programmes contain work that can be defined clearly alongside work that still needs discovery, design and iteration. A hybrid model lets each part use the approach that makes the most sense.
How hybrid delivery works
One part of the work might use an ongoing engineering team while another is organised around specific milestones, deliverables or clearly defined project boundaries.
The mix can change as the programme becomes clearer.
When it makes sense
- You have a larger or evolving software programme.
- Some outcomes are clearly defined.
- Other areas still need discovery.
- You need an ongoing engineering team.
- Different workstreams need different approaches.
- You want predictability without removing useful flexibility.
You don’t need to choose the model before we talk.
If one of the models clearly fits, choose it. If you’re not sure, tell us about the project instead. We’ll help work out the right approach once we understand what you’re trying to achieve.
How we work
The model can change. The engineering standards don’t.
How we work with you may change. The standard of the engineering should not. We still start by understanding the problem, make deliberate technical decisions and build software that can be operated, maintained and improved in the real world.
Product and business context
Understand what the software actually needs to achieve and who it needs to work for.
Technical ownership
Make responsibilities and important engineering decisions clear.
Design and engineering together
Design with real technical constraints, data and implementation in mind.
Sensible architecture
Use the right level of engineering for the problem rather than adding complexity for its own sake.
Testing and quality
Test the software properly before it reaches production.
Security and permissions
Treat access, data and system boundaries as part of the architecture from the beginning.
Deployment and infrastructure
Plan how the software will be deployed, operated and changed safely.
Monitoring and maintainability
Build systems that teams can continue to understand, operate and improve.
Straightforward communication
Keep people informed without unnecessary process or theatre.
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