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The BSTS Method

A method public enough to be held against us.

Technology consulting fails most often in the gap between the strategy deck and the first working thing. The BSTS Method closes that gap on a schedule: by week six of a standard engagement, something real is running in production and you have judged it.

  1. 01 · Listen

    Week 1

    We learn how your operation actually runs — not how the org chart says it runs. Shadowing real workflows beats reading vendor brochures.

    • Structured technology assessment (the same one on this site)
    • Interviews with the people who touch the systems daily
    • Inventory of every tool, license, integration, and workaround

    You receive: A plain-language map of your current state, in your vocabulary.

  2. 02 · Map

    Weeks 2–3

    Every finding lands in one of five lanes: keep, connect, automate, build, or secure. Nothing is recommended without a reason attached.

    • Keep / connect / automate / build / secure classification of every system
    • Security baseline informed by NIST CSF 2.0
    • Effort-versus-impact scoring for every candidate initiative

    You receive: A prioritized transformation roadmap with honest effort estimates.

  3. 03 · Prove

    Weeks 4–6

    Before any large commitment, we ship one small, high-visibility win. You judge us on working software, not slideware.

    • One narrowly scoped pilot — an integration, an automation, or a tool
    • Success criteria agreed in writing before work begins
    • Security review of the pilot before it touches real data

    You receive: A working pilot in production, with measured results.

  4. 04 · Build

    Roadmap-paced

    Roadmap items ship in short cycles with demos at every step. You always know what is live, what is next, and what it costs.

    • Two-week delivery cycles with a demo at the end of each
    • OWASP-informed secure development practices throughout
    • Documentation and handover written as we go, not after

    You receive: Shipped increments, each one independently valuable.

  5. 05 · Steward

    Ongoing, optional

    Technology drifts. We offer ongoing stewardship — monitoring, tuning, security review — or a clean handover to your team. Your call.

    • Quarterly roadmap and security posture reviews
    • Automation health monitoring and tuning
    • Advisory access for new vendor and AI decisions

    You receive: A technology estate that stays coherent as your business changes.

Stage zero

The method starts with listening. Listening starts here.

The technology assessment on this site is the same instrument we use inside engagements — answering it is genuinely stage one of the work.

Begin the assessment