§1 Process
From a wisp of an idea to a working system.
StackWisp projects move through five stages: discover, design, build, deploy and run. The same team carries the work from the first whiteboard session to a system running in production, then stays on to monitor it and keep improving it, so nothing is lost between vendors.
01 · Discover
Understand the problem before writing code
Stakeholder workshops, user research and requirements mapping, ending in a scope and a phased roadmap that ties features to business outcomes.
- Stakeholder workshops
- User research
- Process and systems audit
- Requirements and scope
- Success metrics
- Phased roadmap
02 · Design
Make it concrete and testable
User flows, wireframes, high-fidelity interfaces and clickable prototypes, built on a reusable design system so the product stays consistent as it grows.
- User flows
- Information architecture
- Wireframes and prototypes
- High-fidelity UI
- Usability testing
- Design system
03 · Build
Ship in releases, tested on every change
Frontend, backend, data and integrations built in increments, with automated unit, integration and end-to-end tests, performance testing and accessibility checks.
- Web and mobile apps
- APIs and services
- Data and integrations
- Automations and agents
- Automated tests
- Performance and accessibility checks
04 · Deploy
Get it live properly
Domains, DNS, SSL, CDN, environment configuration and CI/CD with preview environments and one-click rollbacks, including app-store submission for mobile.
- Infrastructure as code
- CI/CD pipelines
- Preview environments
- Domains, DNS and SSL
- Go-live and release management
- App-store submission
05 · Run
Stay on and keep improving
Logs, metrics, traces, uptime checks and on-call alerting catch issues before users do. The roadmap continues with the same team.
- Observability and alerting
- On-call and incident response
- Backups and recovery
- Security patching
- Runbooks and handover
- Ongoing improvements