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MS Keys Gate

How we work

A predictable path to launch

Every project follows the same five steps. You always know what is happening now, what happens next, and what it costs. The schedule for your project is agreed in the quote.

The steps

  1. 01

    Discovery and scope

    We work out exactly what is being built, and price it.

    We start with a conversation about your goals, your audience, the content you have, and the constraints you are working within. From that we write a scope: the pages or features, what is in and what is out, and a fixed price with a payment schedule. Nothing is built until you have approved it.

    You come away with

    • A written scope and feature list
    • A fixed price and payment schedule
    • A shared view of what success looks like
  2. 02

    Design

    Structure first, then the visual language, then your sign-off.

    We map the site or app, wireframe every unique screen, then design it to high fidelity for desktop and mobile. You review a clickable prototype of the main journeys and approve it before any production code is written, so changes happen while they are still cheap.

    You come away with

    • Sitemap and wireframes
    • High-fidelity design for every template
    • A clickable prototype of the key journeys
  3. 03

    Build

    Accessible, fast, tested code, in the open.

    We build to the approved design with current tooling: semantic HTML, keyboard and screen-reader support, and a performance budget tracked as we go. Content and CMS integration, third-party connections and automated tests are part of the build, not a later phase. You can see progress on a staging URL throughout.

    You come away with

    • The working site or application on a staging URL
    • CMS or content integration in place
    • Automated tests around the core flows
  4. 04

    Review and launch

    Quality checks, your content, then go live.

    We test across browsers and real devices, run accessibility checks, and fix what they turn up. You load or approve the final content. When you are ready we deploy to production, point the domain, and confirm everything — forms, analytics readiness, redirects — is working on the live site.

    You come away with

    • A cross-browser and accessibility check pass
    • Final content in place
    • The site live on your domain and hosting
  5. 05

    Handover and support

    Documentation, a walkthrough, and help afterwards.

    You get written documentation and a walkthrough of how to edit and run the site, plus access to everything — code, hosting, accounts. From there you can take it in-house, keep us on a care plan for updates and monitoring, or come back for changes as one-off pieces of work.

    You come away with

    • Editor and operations documentation
    • A recorded or live handover walkthrough
    • Full access to code, hosting and accounts

What stays fixed

The scope

Written down before work starts. Anything new is quoted and approved before it is built.

The price

Fixed for the agreed scope. No hourly surprises on the final invoice.

The ownership

Code, content and accounts transfer to you on completion. No lock-in.

Ready to start with discovery?