03 · Most accountability on us
Managed team: a business outcome, not a set of seats
You have a business goal and a budget, and no engineering leadership. You give us the outcome; we own product management, technical leadership, design, build, QA and operations. You make the call: go or stop.
The facts
- Minimum
- A team of 5
- Commitment
- 6 to 12 months
- Billing
- A monthly team price
- Runs the day
- Folowise, end to end
Who owns what
What you own, and what we own

You own
- The business goal and what success means
- The budget and the go/no-go
- Access to customers and stakeholders
Folowise owns
- Product management, discovery and roadmap
- Architecture and technical leadership
- Design, build, QA and release
- Accountability for hitting the commitment
A typical shape
- Product manager1
- Tech lead1
- Product designer1
- Engineers3
- QA1
- DevOps1
Before the contract
The responsibility matrix
This table is the contract before the contract. If we later disagree about who was supposed to do something, we come back here.
| The question | Staff augmentation | Dedicated team | Managed team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who decides what gets built | You | You | Folowise |
| Who sets sprint priorities | You | Shared | Folowise |
| Who runs the daily standup | You | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who reviews the code | You | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who sets the quality bar | You | Shared | Folowise |
| Who formally employs the engineer | Folowise | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who handles payroll and HR | Folowise | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who does the final interview | You | You | Shared |
| Who replaces someone who leaves | Folowise | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who is accountable for the deadline | You | Shared | Folowise |
| Who owns the code and the IP | You | You | You |
Packages on this model
Ready shapes to start from
Next step
Tell us what you are trying to ship
Not the headcount. Tell us the product, the date, and what team you have today, and we will propose the shape. If we think what you need is not more engineers, we will say so on the first call.
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