Optivem

Software Delivery Transformation

A release that breaks in production isn't just a bug — it's an incident, and it costs you twice. First, trust erodes and clients grow frustrated, putting you at high risk of losing customers — and the revenue they bring. Second, releases slow down, leaving you unable to keep up with market demands or take on new customers.

Make every release predictable — and keep it that way for good, owned by your team.

Current

Target

RiskProtects revenue

Bugs reach production — clients lose trust

Caught before release, by the pipeline

SpeedGrows revenue

Slow releases due to manual testing

Faster, predictable, sustainable delivery

OwnershipCuts cost

No safety net — or a fragile, manual one

A safety net your team owns in-house

How it works

Phase 1 · Roadmap

Output: Architecture design and roadmap for the delivery pipeline and automated system testing.
Value: A clear, efficient path to automated system testing that replaces manual regression — so you know exactly what it takes to accelerate delivery and cut escaped bugs — instead of finding out through trial and error.
Process: I map your key use cases and system architecture, assess external system configurability, propose the target pipeline and system-test architecture — illustrated on one of your key use cases, showing how an end-to-end test for it, spanning your external system(s), fits within that architecture — and lay out the roadmap to get there most efficiently.

Phase 2 · Architecture Implementation

Output: The pipeline and system-test architecture, proven on one real feature from start to finish — so the team can now test that the whole system behaves correctly, the same way for every future feature.
Value: This is the riskiest, highest-value step. It establishes the repeatable pattern that every later feature simply copies — so once it works here, the rest is replication, not invention.
Process: The scope of Phase 2 is determined by the Roadmap produced in Phase 1. I advise your DevOps engineer and/or developers as they implement the pipeline architecture, running a sample smoke test and end-to-end test. I build the system-test architecture — DSL, drivers, and channels — and prove it running on your primary use case, spanning an external system.

Phase 3 · Team Implementation

Output: Your team running the full test-first cycle (ATDD) on their own — without me — and the highest-risk part of your manual regression suite automated, worked in strict priority order through a fixed coaching block: weekly 90-minute sessions with your team across the phase, plus interim sessions when something urgent comes up and my calendar allows.
Value: Manual testing cost drops as coverage grows — and because each new feature now ships already covered, the backlog you're paying down never grows back.
Process: Firstly, I coach your QA engineers to prioritize the manual regression suite and start converting it to automated system tests, while I help your developer(s) extend the DSL and drivers. Secondly, I coach your whole team to implement user stories and fix bugs using ATDD — writing an executable specification, then getting it working — all the way from backlog refinement through to writing acceptance tests and implementing the code.

Timing

Phase 1 ~1 month · Phase 2 ~3 months · Phase 3 ~6 months · about a year end to end. These are honest estimates of the work, not fixed deadlines — a phase takes the time it needs to land properly.

What we need from you

I build the system-test architecture myself in Phase 2, then transfer the capability to your team in Phase 3 — so it never arrives as a black box, and the safety net stays owned in-house after I'm gone. Throughout, it needs one sponsor empowered to set priorities, unblock access, and protect the team's time when delivery pressure competes with the build. Beyond that, what I need grows with the work, phase by phase:

Phase 1 · Roadmap. People — the architects and leads who know your key use cases and system architecture, for mapping sessions. Access — visibility into how a release reaches production today; no new repository yet.
Phase 2 · Architecture Implementation. People — a DevOps engineer and/or developer who will implement the pipeline & dockerization (or equivalent) based on my advice. Access — write access to a repository for the new system-test suite and pipeline architecture, plus a way to spin up the system locally to test against, and read access to the system repository.
Phase 3 · Team Implementation. People — your QA engineers to convert the regression suite, a developer to extend the DSL and drivers, and your Product Owner, QA engineers, and developers for ATDD training — including a seat in the backlog refinement meetings where acceptance criteria are written, so the habit is coached on live stories. Access — continued write access to the same system-test repository, and read access to the system repository.

In Phase 2 and Phase 3, I ask for write access to the system-test repository and read access to the system repository. If your developer(s) hit big challenges getting started with ATDD, I may temporarily request write access to the system repository for a while.

Investment

Weigh this against the cost of the problem it removes. A single enterprise client lost to a broken release — or a quarter of delivery too slow to take on new business — already runs well past six figures, and a fragile pipeline charges that toll every year it persists. What follows is a fraction of that, paid once, to end it for good.

Phase 1 · Roadmap: €10,000
Phase 2 · Architecture Implementation: €50,000
Phase 3 · Team Implementation: €40,000

Full engagement: €100,000 all-in across all three phases — billed by phase, stop anytime.

Or commit to all three phases up front: €90,000 paid in full at signing — a 10% saving for booking the whole engagement together. You can still pause or reschedule either way; the trade is only that all three phases are paid and non-cancellable now, rather than funded phase by phase as you reach them.

Every price is fixed up front. Phases are billed in advance — you commit one phase at a time, and scheduling is confirmed once the advance payment is received. Prices are valid for agreements signed in 2026, and each phase's price is held as long as it begins within 6 months of the previous phase completing.

Terms, plainly

Non-cancellable — but never wasted. Once a phase is paid it isn't refunded or cancelled — but the engagement can be postponed, delayed, or rescheduled without penalty and with no time limit. If a reorganization, an acquisition, or a shift in priorities forces a pause, your payment waits for you rather than being lost. The risk is managed up front instead — a low-cost Roadmap before any big commitment.
The work is guaranteed; the outcome we own together. I guarantee the quality and rigor of everything I build and coach — and I keep at it until it meets that standard. The results build on that, and they also depend on your side: your team's time, your decisions, and the delivery pressures around them (see What we need). So the quality is mine to guarantee; the outcome is ours to earn together.
Stop anytime, on the staged option. Paying phase by phase, you can end the engagement after any milestone — you keep everything delivered so far, and nothing further is billed. The full-commitment option trades this flexibility for the lower price.
No waiting fee. There's no retainer or reservation charge between milestones — when you're ready for the next one, we schedule it against its advance payment.
Timelines are estimates, not deadlines. The phase durations I quote are honest estimates of the work, not fixed dates you're locked into. If a phase needs more time to land properly, it takes it. And if it comes in early, the next phase starts as soon as you're ready and my calendar allows — you're never made to wait out a schedule.

What's the impact

A bad release stops being a business risk. Defects that cost you trust with buyers and pull the team into days of firefighting get caught before release — not discovered in production.
The capability stays in-house. Your team owns the safety net and the architecture beneath it. The engagement ends by design — it isn't a permanent dependency.

Next step

Start with the Roadmap.

A short call first. Tell me where releases break today and how your team ships, and I’ll tell you plainly whether this engagement is the right fit — and what Phase 1 would look like for you. Nothing commits you beyond that first phase.

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