Go-Live Assurance
We test it like a bank would — before you flip the switch.
Switching a core system is where most small businesses get burned: the new thing goes live and quietly breaks something that was working. This is the discipline behind launching 15+ integrated applications at JPMorgan Chase with zero major incidents — sized for your business, so launch day is a non-event.
The risk nobody quotes you on
"We're switching systems, and I'm terrified it breaks something."
Every vendor will sell you the new system. Almost none will make sure it doesn't take down what's already working when you turn it on. That gap — between "the software is installed" and "the business still runs" — is exactly where go-lives fail. It's also the most preventable failure there is.
Why us
This is the one thing we've done thousands of times.
For sixteen years at JPMorgan Chase, founder Rob Neal ran exactly this: release readiness, go/no-go calls, launch-day war rooms, and production validation for platforms serving millions of customers. The numbers that matter — zero major incidents across 15+ integrated applications, and a testing framework that cut post-release defects by 35%. That's not a sales line; it's the job he did, brought down to your scale.
Zero
Major incidents across 15+ integrated apps
35%
Fewer post-release defects
16 yrs
Of enterprise release discipline
What a Go-Live Assurance engagement includes
- Pre-launch testing and UAT against your real-world scenarios — not a vendor's happy path
- A go/no-go readiness review before you commit to a launch date
- A cutover plan and launch-day war-room support
- Production validation once you're live, so you know it actually works
- A rollback plan, so there's always a way back
What you walk away with
- A test plan and results tied to your actual workflows
- A written go/no-go decision document
- A cutover runbook with timing and responsibilities
- A post-launch validation checklist
When to call us
Before you set a launch date.
You're switching a core system
POS, CRM, billing, scheduling, ERP — anything your business runs on day to day.
You're shipping a big change
A new integration or feature that touches customers, payments, or your busiest workflow.
You're migrating data
Moving records between systems where losing or corrupting them isn't an option.
You're cutting over in a busy season
When you can't afford to lose a day of business to a launch that goes sideways.
Pricing
From $6,000 — per system go-live.
Fixed-fee, and deliberately bounded. One engagement covers one system and one go-live within a defined cutover window — so the scope, and the price, stay predictable. Multi-system migrations and extended timelines are scoped separately, never billed open-ended.
The same discipline, for your business
A good go-live is a non-event.
That's the whole point: the switch flips, the business keeps running, and nobody outside the room ever knows how much could have gone wrong. That's what preparation buys you — on the mountain and in production.