We do not propose a solution before we understand the problem.
From the first free call until the job is done — this is how an AppDistillery engagement runs: what you see at every stage, what you approve, and when you pay.
The price is part of the written offer — set for the work it describes, before you commit.
01 · The call
The free exploration call
Thirty minutes on your situation: what you are trying to achieve, where it stalls, and whether AppDistillery is the right help. It is not a sales pitch, and it does not try to solve the problem on the spot.
You leave with a clear next step either way — and an honest answer: an offer where AppDistillery can deliver itself, delivery alongside partners, or a straight recommendation to go elsewhere for expertise we do not have.
The judgment starts here: knowing which questions locate the real problem, and being willing to say when the honest answer is to build nothing.
02 · The offer
The written offer
If the call points somewhere, the next thing you receive is a written offer: what will be done, what you end up with at each milestone, and what it costs. No price is set up front — the offer prices the work it describes.
It is AppDistillery’s commitment before yours: scope, deliverables and payment points on paper while you have committed to nothing.
Scope is where senior judgment shows first — cutting the work down to the smallest version that answers the question, and leaving out what does not need to be built.
03 · The stages
The four stages, gate by gate
Every stage ends in something you can look at and approve before anything moves on.
01 · Understand
You see the map: how the business actually runs — people, workflow, systems, data — and where it genuinely stalls. You confirm we have understood it correctly, before any recommendation exists.
The senior habit here is refusing the brief at face value: the stated request is rarely the real problem.
02 · Insight
You see a scoped recommendation: the root cause, what to cut, the smallest intervention that creates real value — and an honest answer on whether AI belongs here at all. You approve the direction.
Judgment here means separating symptoms from causes, and recommending less than could be sold.
03 · Plan
You see the plan as a decision document: scope, deliverables in order, approval gates and payment points. You approve it before anything starts.
An honest plan also states what is still uncertain — and what must be validated before serious money is spent.
04 · Execute
You see working results, delivered in stages — each demonstrated in use, not described in a report. You review and approve each delivery.
The senior standard: it counts as done when it runs in your context, not when it works in a demo.
04 · Payment
Payment follows delivery
Payment follows delivery. Never before it. Larger work is divided so each delivered part is invoiced when it lands — payment never hangs on the whole engagement completing.
And at every gate, you decide whether the next part starts. If you choose to stop, the run stops there: you pay for what has been delivered and approved — never for work that has not begun.
05 · Handover
Handover and ownership
Handover is a defined step, not a fade-out: demonstration and acceptance review, your approval — and then the transfer: insights and reports, plans and recommendations, source code, access and documentation.
When the assignment is done and delivered, all the work is yours: the decisions, the deliverables, the access. AppDistillery only delivers where it adds value — sometimes all the way to production, sometimes insight and a supporting role while others build on it.
Making a handover hold is senior work — documented decisions and a system your own team can carry, from someone who has built distributed teams and handed work over to them before.
You have now seen the whole run — every gate, every payment point, everything that changes hands. The first step is the smallest one: a free 30-minute call.
You have now seen the whole run — every gate, every payment point, everything that changes hands. The first step is the smallest one: a free 30-minute call.
