Governance that scaled to a hundred engagements a year
The same fixed-scope, weekly-demo, staging-first discipline now runs across more than a hundred deliveries annually, from AI platforms to voice rollouts.
Capability · Epcotec
Governance built to de-risk your award.
Fixed-scope SOW, weekly demos, staging from week one, documented handover. Delivered by named senior engineers, fixed scope, staging from week one.
Epcotec engagements run on governance designed to de-risk an award: a fixed-scope SOW you approve before we build, two-week sprints with a demo every Friday, a staging environment live from week one, and a documented handover with 30 days of post-launch support. Progress is measured against the agreed scope.
What we deliver
The governance, week to week.
Fixed-scope statement of work
A written SOW with explicit inclusions and exclusions, signed before any build starts. Estimates hold because the scope is held.
Weekly demonstrations
A live demo every week against the agreed scope, shown on working software your team can click and question in the session.
Staging from week one
A staging environment is provisioned in the first week and kept current, so you exercise real software continuously across every week of the build.
Documented handover
Code, infrastructure definitions, runbooks and architecture notes transferred in a structured handover. Full IP transfer is standard.
Change control that holds
Scope changes are priced and approved before they enter the build, keeping the fixed price honest for both sides.
Quality gates at every merge
Named senior engineers review and approve each merge; automated tests, evaluations and security gates block anything below standard.
Rough time estimate
Window: Applied to every engagement
Team: Senior-led team, named at signing
Complexity: Governance scales with scope
Indicative only. A fixed price follows a free scope review.
Get a fixed quoteDelivery process
Checkpoints you can point to.
Week 0-1 · Discovery and SOW
A structured discovery fixes the problem, the scope and the price. The SOW is signed before a line of code is written, with exclusions stated as clearly as inclusions.
Week 1-2 · Foundation and staging
Repository, pipeline and staging environment stand up in the first week. The architecture is reviewed with you before the build accelerates.
Weekly · Build, demo, adjust
Each week closes with a live demonstration of new functionality on staging. Feedback enters the next sprint through priced change control, with its cost and schedule effect approved before it touches the build.
Final weeks · Hardening and verification
SAST/DAST scans, WCAG 2.2 checks, load tests, and runbook updates run as blocking CI gates on every pull request throughout the build.
Handover · Ownership transfer
A documented handover transfers full IP: code, infrastructure definitions, runbooks and credentials, with a walkthrough session for your team.
Post-launch · 30 days included
Thirty days of post-launch support are included in every engagement, covering defects and tuning at no additional cost.
Benchmark deliveries
Field evidence.
National clinical registry migration signed off line by line
Legacy data reconciled and migrated under the same gate discipline; 14 clinics onboarded in the first wave without a single data dispute.
Payments platform stabilised under governance
Recurring incidents ended with health-gated GitOps rollbacks: MTTR fell from four hours to 22 minutes and run-rate cost dropped 34%.
More evidence in the delivery history and the complete 756-engagement register.
FAQ
Asked before the engagement starts.
Why fixed scope instead of time and materials?
Fixed scope forces the hard thinking into the SOW, where changes are cheap. You approve the price before build starts, and our estimates hold because the boundary is explicit.
What if we need to change the scope mid-delivery?
Changes are welcome; they are priced and approved through change control before entering the build. You always see the cost and schedule effect before deciding.
Who owns the code and infrastructure?
You do, fully. Code, infrastructure definitions, documentation and credentials transfer at handover, with a walkthrough session for your team.
How do weekly demos work for our team?
A live session on staging every week: you see working software, raise feedback directly with the engineers, and watch it enter the next sprint.