Discover. Design. Build. Secure. Launch.
The five phases describe how we approach delivery. Their depth and timing scale to the project — a focused audit or landing page may move through them quickly, while a larger platform requires deeper work.
What happens, phase by phase.
Every phase has a written scope and a deliverable you can see and use — sized to the engagement.
We start by understanding the business, not the brief. Constraints, revenue model, existing stack, and where the pain actually lives.
- Stakeholder conversations or a short workshop
- Codebase, data, and infra review where relevant
- Competitor and analytics review
- Risk and dependency mapping
- Architecture or scope map
- Prioritised roadmap
- Written scope and proposal
Information architecture, brand-safe UI, motion, and accessibility expectations — agreed before product code is written. Depth depends on how much design the engagement actually needs.
- IA and user flows
- Design tokens and reusable primitives
- Key screens, with motion notes where relevant
- Accessibility acceptance criteria
- Design direction you sign off on
- Reviewed screens or prototypes
- A11y and content notes
Regular progress reviews and previews where relevant. Type-safe frontend, tested backend, and automation sized to the project — no big-bang reveal.
- Work delivered in reviewable slices
- Server functions, database, and integrations
- Tests and preview environments where the project warrants them
- Content, SEO, and analytics wiring
- Something you can see and use early
- Documented, reviewable changes
- Test evidence appropriate to scope
Threat model, RLS and policy review, testing, headers, secret hygiene — integrated where relevant. Findings are fixed, not filed.
- Threat model and attack-surface review
- Auth, access-control, and role hardening
- Automated and manual testing as scoped
- Secrets, headers, and dependency audit
- Findings report and fix log
- Retest confirmation
- Practical incident guidance
Deployment, SEO, cutover planning, and a handoff you can actually maintain. Ongoing support is available, never assumed.
- DNS and go-live planning, with care around downtime
- Monitoring and alerting where the project calls for it
- SEO submission and indexing checks
- Handoff walkthrough and documentation
- Live production system
- Handoff notes and operating guidance
- Post-launch review
Four rules every engagement follows.
Fixed scope, transparent price
Every phase has a written scope, timeline, and price before it starts. Change requests are logged and priced separately.
One direct point of contact
You work directly with Skcode Labs throughout the engagement, with one clear point of contact and no unnecessary hand-offs.
Visible progress, not silence
For active builds, regular previews or staging reviews keep progress visible. If something is off-track, you hear about it early.
Security integrated where relevant
Threat modelling, access control, headers, and dependency review are part of the work itself — not a separate quote after launch.