FieldcraftEngineering
Bespoke software for mission-driven teams

Software built for the ground you work on.

We design, build and run custom platforms for organizations whose work doesn't fit off-the-shelf tools. One team from first conversation to production, and still on the line after launch.

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Situation
What the terrain looks like today.

Your process is specific. Your tools aren't.

Most teams we meet are running a real program on spreadsheets, shared inboxes and a SaaS product that fits about 60% of the job. The other 40% is where the mission lives, and it's usually held together by one person who knows where everything is.

You pay for the whole platform to use the part that matches your process. The subscription goes up every year, the data sits in someone else's account, and the longer you stay the more it costs to leave. Switching cost is the business model.

  • Workflows the vendor never imaginedMulti-stage reviews, layered requirements, approvals that depend on who is asking.
  • Data that can't sit just anywhereHosting, access and audit expectations that rule out most commercial tools.
  • Records that outlive the peopleInstitutional knowledge that walks out the door at every rotation.
  • A bill that only goes one wayPer-seat pricing, annual increases, and the least leverage exactly when the renewal lands.
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Mission
What we build.

Operations platforms, not one-off apps.

We build systems your team runs its program on every day, designed so the next requirement is a feature and not a rewrite.

The math changed. Renting a 60% fit used to be the sensible call, because building was expensive and slow. It isn't anymore. Building a system around your process now costs a fraction of what it used to, and it fits the 40% the SaaS product never covered. You own the code, the data and the schedule. Next year you're improving what you already own instead of renting the same 60% again.

Ops platforms

Intake, tracking and decision workflows

Pipelines for submissions, requirements and recommendations, with the roles and review stages your process actually uses.

Knowledge

Search and retrieval over your own records

Private document search and AI-assisted retrieval that stays inside your boundary and cites its sources.

Access

Identity, roles and audit built in

Role-based views, read-only seats, MFA and an audit trail from day one, not bolted on before a review.

Infrastructure

Hardened hosting you can hand to security

Locked-down servers, documented deploys and backups you have actually restored from.

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Execution
How an engagement runs, in order.

Recon first. Code second.

Every phase ends with something you can see and use. You're never paying for a quarter of silence.

  1. ReconWeeks 1 to 2

    Walk the ground with your team

    We sit with the people doing the work, map the real process including its exceptions, and write down the rules before anyone writes code.

    You getA written requirements map and a fixed-scope build plan.
  2. BuildWeeks 3 to 10

    Short cycles on a working system

    A staging environment goes up in the first sprint. You log in and use it every week, and your feedback steers the next cycle.

    You getWeekly demos on staging, not status slides.
  3. FieldCutover

    Launch with a runbook, not a prayer

    Data migrated, users onboarded, a written cutover and rollback plan, and every change reviewed for security before it ships.

    You getProduction, documentation and a trained team.
  4. SustainOngoing

    Stay on the line

    Monitoring, patching, backups and a steady stream of improvements as your program changes.

    You getA named team that already knows your system.
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Sustainment
What happens after launch.

Built to be handed over, run to be kept.

You own the code, the data and the documentation. We'd rather keep your business by running it well than by being the only ones who understand it.

  • You own the sourceFull repository, deploy scripts and infrastructure notes, delivered with every release.
  • Written runbooksRestore, rotate, deploy and roll back, documented and tested.
  • Security review on every changeNothing reaches production without a second set of eyes on it.
  • No lock-inPlain, well-supported tech your next engineer can pick up on day one.