Development / Recover
Rescue Missions
First we diagnose, then we commit. No rescue starts without the paid Root Cause Audit — the gate exists to protect you, not us.
The signs
- Deadlines have moved three times and the demo still breaks.
- The vendor’s answer to every question is more people and another invoice.
- Your own team has stopped arguing — the quiet that means they’ve written it off.
- Nobody can tell you, in one sentence, what is actually wrong.
The process — two steps, in this order
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Root Cause Audit (paid, 1–2 weeks) | The diagnosis: what is actually broken — code, architecture, vendor, scope, or the plan itself — and what recovery genuinely costs. |
| 2. Commitment | Only then do we commit: a recovery plan with staged milestones, staffed by senior experts, priced against the diagnosed reality instead of the original fiction. |
Why the gate protects you
A rescuer who commits before diagnosing is selling you the same optimism that sank the project — with a premium for urgency. The paid audit makes the incentives honest: we get paid to find the truth, including the truth that the project should be shut down or renegotiated rather than rescued. You spend one or two weeks’ fee to avoid re-funding a failure; that is the cheapest insurance in this industry.