THE FOUNDRY METHOD — HOW EVERY BUILD RUNS

How Ozwebnet builds software: five milestones, one fixed quote

Every website, web application, online store, data platform and integration we build passes the same five milestones — discovery, specification, build, testing, launch — under one fixed quote set in writing before the build starts. Each milestone ends with a working system. Stop at any milestone and keep what has been built. At the end you receive the source code with the IP assigned to you.

START A BRIEF → HOW IT IS PRICED →
01 SURVEYDiscovery
We learn how the work happens now — the jobs, the handoffs, the spreadsheets, the systems you keep.
02 BLUEPRINTSpecification
The build is specified in writing. The fixed quote is set here, staged against the milestones below.
03 FORGEBuild
Built in stages. Each milestone ends with a working system you can use.
04 TEMPERTesting
Checked and tested before launch. A build that fails here goes back a stage, as the run below shows.
05 DEPLOYLaunch
The system goes live, and you receive the source code with the IP assigned to you.

BELOW: THE FORGE RUN — ONE PART, SIX PLATES, SCROLL TO WORK IT. THE GATES ARE THE MILESTONES.

THE FOUNDRY METHOD 06 / 08

Five gates.
No exceptions.

One part, start to finish. You will watch it fail at the fourth gate, go back into the fire, and come out sound. We keep the record of our own rejects.

  1. 01

    Survey

    Three weeks inside your domain before a single line is drawn.

  2. 02

    Blueprint

    Architecture fixed in writing; every failure mode priced.

  3. 03

    Forge

    Small senior crews building in tight, reviewed increments.

  4. 04

    Temper

    Load, chaos and security trials beyond production reality.

  5. 05

    Deploy

    Zero-downtime cutover — and we stay on the tools.

A forged steel part, shown through the five gates of the Ozwebnet method
The raw billet: rough mill scale, oxidised, unworked
01 SURVEY — THE STOCK, AS IT ARRIVES
The billet in layout dye, scribed with datum lines and centre-punched
02 BLUEPRINT — LAID OUT, NOT YET TOUCHED
The part at forging heat, white-hot and deforming
03 FORGE — 1245°C
The part quenched and cracked: a reject
04 TEMPER — FAIL. QUENCH CRACK. REJECTED.
The part re-forged, sound, carrying temper oxide colours
04 TEMPER — PASS, SECOND ATTEMPT
The finished part, precision ground and mirror polished
05 DEPLOY — ±0.01 MM
TERMS 03 / 04

How a project is priced: one fixed quote, five milestones, you own the code.

QUOTE
One fixed price for the whole build, set in writing at the specification stage, before work starts.
MILESTONES
The price is staged against the five milestones. Each ends with a working system; stop at any milestone and keep what has been built.
OWNERSHIP
You receive the source code, with the IP assigned to you.

The pricing sheet explains what moves a quote up or down for each kind of system, and how payment follows the milestones. Read the pricing sheet →

REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION 04 / 04

Questions about how a build runs

RFI-01What are the five milestones?

Survey (discovery), Blueprint (specification), Forge (build), Temper (testing) and Deploy (launch). Each ends with a working system.

RFI-02When is the price fixed?

At the specification stage, in writing, before any build starts. It is staged against the five milestones.

RFI-03What happens if a build fails a milestone?

It goes back a stage and is reworked before it moves on. The run above shows one part failing at the fourth gate and going back into the fire.

RFI-04Can I stop partway through?

Yes. Stop at any milestone and keep a working system.

BUILD YOUR BRIEF → OR READ THE FIVE SERVICE SHEETS