# How we work: from first message to launch | NxtFoldS

> How a NxtFoldS project runs: five steps, what you approve at each one, and what holds on every project from the first message to the day it goes live.

Source: https://nxtfolds.com/how-we-work

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How we work

# From first message _to launch._

Every project runs the same way: five steps, each one signed off by you before the next starts. Here is what happens at each one, and what you can count on throughout.

01 The steps

## Five steps, _each one signed off._

Nothing moves forward until you have approved what came before it.

[Engagement models](https://nxtfolds.com/engagement)

-   01

    ### Understand

    We talk through how the work happens today, where it slows down and what a good result would look like.

    You approve: a written summary of the problem and the goal.

-   02

    ### Plan

    We turn that into a scope: what gets built first, what waits, and how long each part takes.

    You approve: the scope, the estimate and the timeline.

-   03

    ### Design

    You see how it will look and work on a clickable prototype, before any code is written.

    You approve: the design.

-   04

    ### Build

    We build in short rounds. At the end of each one you try the working software on a preview link.

    You approve: each round, on the preview.

-   05

    ### Launch

    We put it live, show your team how to run it, and stay on to fix and improve it.

    You approve: the launch, once you have tested it yourself.

02 Every project

## What you can _count on._

-   01

    ### You talk to the person building it.

    NxtFoldS is small on purpose. There is no account manager between your decision and the code.

-   02

    ### Nothing starts without a written scope.

    What gets built first, what waits, the estimate and the timeline are agreed in writing before any work begins.

-   03

    ### You try working software every round.

    Each round of work ends on a preview link you can use yourself, so you never wait until launch to see the product.

-   04

    ### You own everything at the end.

    The code, the hosting accounts and the documentation belong to you.

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