DevOps consulting
Short engagements against a specific question — an architecture review, a second opinion on a plan, or an assessment before you commit a budget.
You need an answer, not a supplier
Sometimes the requirement is not a project. A decision is pending, the team is split, and the cost of being wrong is larger than the cost of an outside opinion — but every enquiry turns into a proposal for a six-month engagement.
What we do
- Architecture and design reviews with the findings written down, including the ones that say the current plan is fine.
- Second opinions on a proposal, a vendor choice or an estimate, delivered against the specific question asked.
- Pre-commitment assessments: what this will actually take, before the budget is approved rather than after.
- Incident post-mortems facilitated by someone with no stake in the conclusion.
- Short mentoring engagements where the goal is that you stop needing us.
How the work goes
- 01
Scope the question
A call to establish what is actually being decided. If the answer is that you do not need us, that call is where you find out.
- 02
Work
A fixed window — typically days, not months — with the access needed and the question agreed in writing.
- 03
Answer
A written response with reasoning and the alternatives considered, and a walkthrough with whoever has to act on it.
What you get
- A written answer to the question as asked
- The reasoning and the options rejected, so the decision can be revisited later
A good fit when
- A pending decision where an outside view is cheaper than being wrong
- Teams who want a specific answer rather than an engagement
Not us, and we will say so
- Reviews commissioned to support a conclusion that has already been reached
Tell us what you are running.
A first call is a conversation. If this is not the service you need, we will point you at the one that is — or tell you that you do not need us yet.
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