Approach

How the work actually happens.

Every Trivance engagement runs through the same delivery system — a sequence of disciplined phases, the governance baselines that wrap them, and the concrete artifacts that survive long after the engagement closes. Below is what that system looks like.

The Delivery Map

From first call to warranty window.

Six phases. Each named, each scoped, each with a defined exit criterion. Move the cursor across the phases below to see what happens at each stop.

i · 60 min
Listen.

First call. No pitch. The conversation is about what's already broken, what's been tried, and what the actual problem looks like from inside the client's organisation.

ii · ~ 72 hrs
Brief.

A two-page written proposal. Scope, timeline, price, in-scope, out-of-scope. Concrete enough to sign — short enough to read in a single sitting.

iii · Week 1
Architect.

Before code: diagrams, data-flow, ADRs on paper. Risks and assumptions surfaced and agreed. The system is architected once — then built.

iv · Weekly · Fri
Build.

Engineering happens against the architecture. Every Friday: a working demo. Decisions logged as ADRs. No 6-week dark phase ending in surprise.

v · Last week
Ship.

Deployment, runbook, ADRs, security report, onboarding session. The handoff package is the deliverable, not a courtesy attached to it.

vi · 4 weeks post
Stand by.

Four-week warranty window. If something breaks in the first month, the engineer who wrote it fixes it. No tickets, no tiers, no triage queue.

Disciplines

What runs through every engagement.

The six phases above describe when things happen. The disciplines below describe how — the threads woven through every line of code, every architecture decision, every handoff document.

i.
Architecture first.
Systems are designed on paper before they're built in code. Data-flow diagrams, ADRs, threat models — agreed with the client before the first commit. The cost of changing your mind is highest after the code is written; we move the decisions forward.
ii.
Security as a delivery artifact.
Surface scan, vulnerability assessment, threat-model document — produced as part of the build, not procured as a separate engagement after launch. ISO/IEC 27001-aligned baseline applied as standard.
iii.
Documentation is the deliverable.
Code without docs is half-shipped. Every Trivance engagement includes Architecture Decision Records, deployment runbooks, incident playbooks, and an onboarding guide. The runbook is the deliverable — code without it is not "done."
iv.
Senior engineers, named on the contract.
No subcontracting. No offshore handoffs. No bait-and-switch from proposal to kickoff. The senior engineer who designed the architecture is the same one writing the production code — and the same one on the warranty phone four weeks after launch.
v.
Weekly demos, no exceptions.
Every Friday during a build phase, a working demonstration of the current state. Clients see progress at week 2, not month 3. No surprises at the end — by design.
vi.
Fixed scope, fixed timeline, fixed price.
Or Trivance doesn't take the engagement on. Open-ended retainers, time-and-materials estimates that drift, "we'll figure it out as we go" arrangements — none of these models survive contact with a system that needs to ship. The discipline is in the constraint.
Governance

ISO-aligned. By design.

Governance is not a checkbox added at the end. Trivance engagements are designed against the same international standards from the first architecture diagram — so that compliance is a consequence of how the work was done, not a remediation afterwards.

ISO/IEC 42001

AI management system.

The international standard for managing AI systems responsibly — covering risk, transparency, lifecycle, and human oversight. Applied to every AI/ML engagement we deliver, regardless of regulatory requirement.

  • Documented AI lifecycle for every model shipped
  • Risk assessment as a delivery artifact
  • Human-in-the-loop checkpoints by default
  • Auditable training-data provenance
ISO/IEC 27001

Information security management.

The international standard for information security management systems. Applied as the security baseline for every Trivance engagement — applicable to AI products, SaaS platforms, and bespoke client systems alike.

  • Threat model documented per engagement
  • Vulnerability scan in the delivery package
  • Access control & secrets management baseline
  • Incident response runbook for every system
Deliverables

What you actually receive.

When a Trivance engagement ends, the client receives everything below — not as an option, not as a paid add-on, not as a "nice to have." This is the standard package.

01 · Code

Production source code.

The full codebase, in the client's repository, under the client's ownership. No proprietary frameworks locked behind us.

02 · Docs

Architecture decision records.

One ADR per significant decision. Explains what was chosen, what was rejected, and why — for the next engineer who has to evolve the system.

03 · Ops

Deployment runbook.

Step-by-step guide to deploying, monitoring, and rolling back. Tested against the live environment, not written from memory.

04 · Security

Security assessment report.

Vulnerability scan output, threat model, mitigation log. Aligned to ISO/IEC 27001. Suitable for security-review handoff to the client's CISO.

05 · Incident

Incident playbook.

If the system breaks at 2am, what to do. Common failure modes, escalation paths, rollback procedures — documented as part of the build.

06 · Handoff

Onboarding session.

Live walkthrough with whichever engineer or team takes over operationally. Recorded if needed. Q&A logged. Not a courtesy — a deliverable.

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