A platform project succeeds when both sides know what they contribute. We define roles, communication channels and responsibilities so that the collaboration works from day one.
The illustration shows two opposing rows of contributions (left and right) whose paths meet at shared decision points in the middle; the middle point is highlighted.
The same team accompanies your project through all four phases and into operations afterwards, for each of our services. Every role is clearly defined and every handover documented.
Coordination of all activities, steering of scope, budget and schedule. Your central point of contact for all project-related questions, responsible for transparency and reporting.
User research, wireframes, prototypes and visual design. The design team makes sure your platform is conceived around its users and implemented with visual consistency.
Back-end and front-end development on the cloudtec Stack. Architecture decisions, API design, database modelling and implementation of the business logic.
Test strategy, automated tests, code reviews and UX QA. Security and compliance checks are part of the regular process, not an optional extra.
Requirements gathering, story mapping, prioritisation and functional specification. The bridge between your business requirements and the technical implementation.
System architecture, hosting set-up, CI/CD pipelines and monitoring. From the first architecture sketch to production operations in the Swiss VDC.
No platform project succeeds without your active involvement. In our experience, the internal effort is 10–20% of the project hours: time well invested that prevents rework later.
In the concept phase we need access to knowledge and people in your organisation.
Now the designs take shape, and they need your decisions.
During implementation, you keep up the pace with quick feedback.
Finally, your key users test the platform under real conditions.
We regularly discuss what is under way and what comes next, and we record decisions in writing.
Every week or every two weeks there is a meeting with a report: what has been done, what is still open? With those involved in the project we clarify the next points so that the project moves forward.
After every completed implementation step we show you a version you can check. You review and validate it, and we take your feedback into the next step.
We take minutes of meetings and record decisions in writing: in change requests, tickets, comments or our collaboration software. That way every decision remains traceable.
With the steering committee we jointly assess time, budget, deadlines and risks. The frequency depends on the project. We raise problems early, with a proposed solution.
If you contribute your part on time (defining requirements, giving feedback, making decisions), responsibility for the result in terms of quality, deadlines and functionality lies with us. That is our promise.
For every project we put together an interdisciplinary team that covers the skills needed: business analysis, design, development, quality assurance and operations.
In an initial meeting, we’ll show you how a project with cloudtec works in practice and what we need from you.