The Planning and Legal Phase

Obviously, you want to protect your intellectual capital, so first, we conclude the Non-Disclosure agreement.

I should now have access to your systems and information, which I use to develop the proposal which will contain my assumptions, my development tasks, milestones, copyright cession, and last but not least, my charges. Please note that it is firstly preferable for me to have remote access to your product or a full installation on a notebook computer. Obviously, this is greatly dependent on the architecture of the product. Sometimes, the use of a VPN environment is preferred.

Preliminary information-gathering is done by Afour. Sources may include your system and other technical or functional specifications, interviews with your subject matter experts, and/or using the product to see what it does and how it works. Concurrently, a project plan and schedule will be worked out in consultation with you, the client.

Please note:

I submit the proposal, which will outline the scope and tasks, to you for perusal and, hopefully, acceptance. Upon acceptance of the proposal, we will conclude the development agreement by signing the proposal.

At this stage, a deposit payment is required.

Here we do all the legal stuff such as Proposal creation and submission, NDAs, Copyright cessions, Invoicing, Conclude an agreement.

Establish Legal fundamentals

NDA, Project Metadata, Meeting Management, Proposals/Agreements

Administration

1. Administrative Information Gathering
2. Agreement signature
3. Invoice submitted and paid

Kick-off

1. Client Homework
2. Kick-off meeting