You paid to build a website, app, or platform. You have a contract, rights to the code, and a working product.
But can you really control, maintain, and develop it independently?
The problem often becomes apparent only when you want to change providers. The repository is hosted under your software house’s account, documentation is incomplete, the infrastructure belongs to the provider, and no one outside the current team knows how to deploy the next version of the system.
↘︎ During the consultation, we’ll assess whether your company truly controls its digital product - not only legally, but also technologically and operationally.
We’ll check where the code is stored, who has access to it, and under what terms you can use and manage it. We’ll also review licensing and the product’s development history.
We’ll verify who controls your hosting, cloud environment, domains, databases, and key third-party services. We’ll check whether your company has the right administrative access to manage these resources independently.
We’ll assess whether you have the technical, design, and operational documentation needed to continue developing the product. We’ll also identify whether critical knowledge exists only within the current team.
We’ll analyze libraries, frameworks, third-party components, and open-source and commercial licenses. We’ll identify elements that could limit your ability to take over or further develop the product.
We’ll assess whether another team could build, deploy, and maintain the system without the current provider. We’ll identify dependencies that could create vendor lock-in.
We’ll walk through the scenario of handing the product over to another team tomorrow. We’ll determine what the new provider would need and where the biggest challenges, costs, or delays could arise.
It’s better to assess how much control you have over your product now than when your current provider is already ending the relationship.
You can own the rights to your code and still be dependent on the company that built it.
This consultation helps you identify the difference before it becomes a costly problem.
You’ll find out what you control, where you’re dependent, and what actions you should take to ensure your product can be safely maintained, developed, and - if needed - handed over to another team.
Book a consultation and find out whether you truly own your digital product.
