Software Project Rescue by Alpha Expansion
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Software Project Rescue

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We take over software projects that are late, unstable or abandoned, assess what exists, stabilize what can be saved and give you an honest plan to reach a working release.

Codebase assessmentStabilization planRelease recovery
01Our Approach

We begin a rescue by proving what works today, because a recovery plan built on assumptions repeats the failure it was meant to fix.

02Overview

Troubled projects brought back to a release

  • 01Codebase assessment
  • 02Stabilization plan
  • 03Release recovery

Project rescue is for software that has stalled. The previous team may have left, the product may be full of defects, or deadlines may have slipped until nobody believes the next one. We secure access to the code and environments, assess the state of the work, stabilize the essentials and agree a realistic scope for a first dependable release.

It suits founders and managers who have invested in a build and cannot tell what they have. Sometimes the right answer is to continue with the existing code, sometimes to rebuild parts, and occasionally to start again with the lessons learned. We give you that judgment with evidence, and you decide before committing to further development.

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03What We Do

Capabilities, End to End

01
Access and handover

We help you recover repositories, cloud accounts, domains, app store listings and credentials from the previous supplier and place them under your ownership.

02
State assessment

The code, architecture, data and infrastructure are reviewed, and each feature is tested to record what works, what is broken and what is missing.

03
Stabilization work

Critical defects, security holes, failing deployments and data risks are fixed first, and automated builds and backups are put in place.

04
Scope reset

With you we separate what the first release truly needs from what can wait, producing a backlog that matches the time and budget available.

05
Continue or rebuild

For each part of the system we recommend keeping, refactoring or replacing it, with the reasoning and the effort involved laid out clearly.

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Delivery restart

Development resumes in short cycles with visible progress, a staging environment you can use and release notes for every increment.

04In Production

What It Looks Like When It Ships

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05What You Receive

Handed Over, Ready to Run

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Recovered accounts and access
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Assessment report with evidence
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Feature by feature status list
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Stabilized build and deployment
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Prioritized recovery backlog
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Working staging environment
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Regular written progress reports
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Documentation and source code
06How It Runs

From Kickoff to Launch

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Secure and review
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Report and decide
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Stabilize first
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Deliver in increments
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Secure and review

We gather access to everything, get the project running on our machines and review code, data and infrastructure, while interviewing you and any remaining team members about history and goals.

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Report and decide

You receive a plain report on what exists, the main risks and the options to finish, each with its scope and trade-offs, and we agree together which path to follow.

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Stabilize first

Urgent problems are fixed, deployments are automated and tests are added around fragile areas, so that new work stops breaking what already functions in the product.

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Deliver in increments

The agreed backlog is delivered in small releases to a staging site you can test, with a short written update after each one until the product reaches production.

07Technology

The Stack We Use

WebReactNext.jsNode.jsLaravelDjangoDataPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBFirebaseWebReactNext.jsNode.jsLaravelDjangoDataPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBFirebase
MobileReact NativeFlutterSwiftKotlinOperationsGitHub ActionsDockerAWSSentryMobileReact NativeFlutterSwiftKotlinOperationsGitHub ActionsDockerAWSSentry
08Who It Is For

Built for Teams Like Yours

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Your software project is late and you have lost confidence

Deadlines have passed, each demo shows new defects and answers from the developers have become vague. Perhaps the agency or freelancer has stopped responding. You have paid for a product you cannot launch, and you need an independent view of what can be saved.

Agency or freelancer left midway
Product too unstable to launch
Missed deadlines and unclear status
No access to code or servers
Prototype that cannot scale
Inherited code nobody understands
09Questions

What buyers ask before they start

If yours is not here, ask us directly. The first conversation is free and useful whether or not we work together.

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We cannot know before looking, and anyone who claims to is guessing. In many cases the foundation is usable and the problems are concentrated in a few areas. In others the code would cost more to repair than to replace. The assessment gives you a recommendation for each part with evidence, so the decision is yours and well informed.

Access to the source code, hosting and any related accounts, whatever documentation and designs exist, and time with the people who know the history. If access is held by a previous supplier, we help you request it and check that everything has been transferred. A short conversation about your business goals tells us what the first release must achieve.

Start with your contract, which normally states who owns the work. We can advise on what to ask for, including repositories, credentials, databases and store accounts, and verify what you receive. Where code cannot be recovered, we assess what can be rebuilt from the running product, designs and data. Legal questions belong with your lawyer.

Through visibility. You own every account from the first day. Work is delivered in small increments to an environment you can open, with written updates on what was done and what is next. Scope changes are discussed against the plan. Automated tests and deployments make progress measurable instead of a matter of opinion.

Yes, when that helps the project. Remaining team members often hold valuable knowledge of the code and the business. We agree on roles, review each other's work through pull requests and share the same backlog. If the relationship with a previous supplier has ended, we take over fully and document what we learn for whoever maintains the product later.

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