How we operate
Commitments that survive contact with reality.
One accountable line, led by Zac Barnett as lead architect. The sequence below is how every NEXUZ engagement runs, from the first call to the moment the keys change hands.
- Stage 01
Discovery
A working session on the process itself: who touches it, where it breaks, what it costs today. The output is a written problem statement we both agree on.
Stage 01Discovery
A working session on the process itself: who touches it, where it breaks, what it costs today. The output is a written problem statement we both agree on.
What you bring
Access to the people who actually do the work.
- Stage 02
Architecture
A concrete design: data model, access rules, integrations and money paths, including what is deliberately left out. Costed, with running costs stated up front.
Stage 02Architecture
A concrete design: data model, access rules, integrations and money paths, including what is deliberately left out. Costed, with running costs stated up front.
What you bring
A decision. Approve, adjust, or walk away with the architecture.
- Stage 03
Build
Working software in front of you throughout, in short cycles. No reveal at the end, no invoice for a surprise.
Stage 03Build
Working software in front of you throughout, in short cycles. No reveal at the end, no invoice for a surprise.
What you bring
Roughly an hour a week to review and steer.
- Stage 04
Handover
Repositories, infrastructure, migrations, credentials and documentation transferred into your accounts, with a walkthrough for whoever will own it.
Stage 04Handover
Repositories, infrastructure, migrations, credentials and documentation transferred into your accounts, with a walkthrough for whoever will own it.
What you bring
A named owner internally, even if that person is you.
Commitments
Three things that do not change, whatever the project.
You own everything at the end
Code, infrastructure, data and documentation are transferred to you. Nothing is held back as leverage.
Compliance enforced by code
Access rules, encrypted personal data, tamper-evident history and automated checks, applied to every build, not just the regulated ones. The controls live in the software, not in a policy document.
Carbon removal on every project
A share of every engagement funds verified carbon removal. It is costed in from the start, not offered as an upsell.
You own everything at the end
Code, infrastructure, data and documentation are transferred to you. Nothing is held back as leverage.
Compliance enforced by code
Access rules, encrypted personal data, tamper-evident history and automated checks, applied to every build, not just the regulated ones. The controls live in the software, not in a policy document.
Carbon removal on every project
A share of every engagement funds verified carbon removal. It is costed in from the start, not offered as an upsell.
Plain speaking
What you will be told, whether or not it wins the work.
If an off-the-shelf tool or a spreadsheet would genuinely serve you better, you will be told that on the first call.
If a project needs a larger team than the one on it, that is said before a proposal is written.
Where we take a share of revenue, that is stated up front and written into the agreement.
Estimates are fixed once scope is agreed. Changes are re-quoted rather than absorbed quietly.
Every figure on this site names the record it was counted from. Nothing is estimated.
Smaller scope than a platform? NEXUZ Lite is the lower-commitment way in.
Next step
Tell us what the business runs on today.
No pitch deck and no discovery fee. If something off the shelf would serve you better, we will say so before either of us spends money.
Or email zbarnett@nexuz.uk