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Retainers

The same test, every release.

Retests on a schedule you set, on the standing scope you signed. Open risks stay on the card until they move. Each card reads against the last.

The agreement

What a retainer holds.

A retainer is a standing scope and a schedule, both written down. Amendments go in writing too.

Standing scope

The scope is written once and stays put. Amend it in writing whenever the product moves.

Retests on your schedule

We run the same four subjects every time, on the scope you signed. You set the cadence.

The comparison

Each card marks what moved since the last one. Open risks stay until they move.

A window in the schedule

Tell us the release date and we agree a test window for it, in writing, with the schedule.

A re-check after the fixes

Your team fixes what the card names. We retest what you fixed and mark it on the next card. Fix. Retest. Compare.

Fit

Who it fits.

A retainer suits a product that keeps moving. Here is where it fits.

Teams shipping often
Every release gets the same four subjects, so one card reads against the last. Nothing waits for a yearly review.
A review is coming
A questionnaire or a review is coming, and you want the list before it lands. If you need a certificate for an auditor, you need an accredited audit. A report card tells you what to fix. It does not certify you.
An inherited codebase
Nobody left notes, and you did not write it. The first card maps what is there. The next ones show what moved.

The sequence

How it starts.

The retests need a baseline to read against. One report card comes first.

  1. You start with one report card, so the retests have something to read against.
  2. We agree a standing scope in writing, and you sign the consent.
  3. You set the schedule, and we hold a test window around each release.
  4. Each retest lands within 72 hours as the same card, marked against the last one.

Retest Cybersecurity is a separate contract, with its own scope, timeline and consent. Fixing what we find is not included.

Ask

Ask about a retainer.

Send a URL and the release cadence you keep. The scope and quote come back in writing.

Send a URL, never credentials or secrets.

Quoted per cycle, in writingSchedule changes in writingNDA + written consent