Terms of Service
Last updated: January 28, 2026
1. Scope of service
This site provides contract-driven software delivery services. The service is structured around fixed-scope execution units (“Slices”), explicit approvals, and approved deliverables.
Clients do not purchase hours, staffing, or open-ended development. Clients purchase clearly defined execution outcomes with explicit acceptance criteria.
2. Engagement model
Each engagement begins with an evaluation. Based on thdecfactoryis evaluation, a Slice proposal is prepared describing scope boundaries, required deliverables, and acceptance rules.
Execution is performed in internal stages for clarity and control. Payment, however, is per Slice — not per stage.
3. Deliverables and acceptance
Deliverables may include artifacts, specifications, documentation, decision records, and a Done Summary.
A Slice is considered complete only after its Done Summary is approved. After approval, deliverables become read-only evidence of what was delivered.
4. Changes and scope control
This site enforces explicit scope control. If the meaning of the work changes, a new Slice must be created.
Previously approved Slices are not rewritten or retroactively modified.
5. Execution history and continuity
All approved deliverables, decisions, and summaries form a permanent execution history.
This history remains available after project completion, allowing the work to be audited, resumed, or continued by another engineer without reliance on informal communication or personal memory.
6. Access and roles
Access to the system is role-based. Clients receive access to approved outputs and reporting views. Internal execution tooling may remain restricted.
Visibility is intentional and designed to avoid exposing internal operational complexity as a Client burden.
7. Limitations of service
This site is not a task manager, time-tracking tool, or general project management platform.
Features such as real-time chat, informal change requests, or unlimited revisions are explicitly out of scope unless defined in a Slice contract.
8. Liability
This site provides services on a best-effort professional basis. Liability is limited to the scope and value of the approved Slice contract.
9. Termination
Either party may terminate an engagement according to the terms defined in the active Slice agreement.
Approved deliverables created prior to termination remain valid and accessible.