[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-what-done-means-before-go-live":3,"blog-nav-what-done-means-before-go-live":26},{"slug":4,"title":5,"description":6,"body":7,"category":8,"readTime":9,"tags":10,"coverImage":13,"coverImageAlt":14,"heroImage":15,"heroImageAlt":14,"metaTitle":16,"metaDescription":17,"ogImage":18,"noindex":19,"published":20,"publishAt":21,"sortOrder":22,"updatedAt":21,"status":23,"path":24,"bodyHtml":25},"what-done-means-before-go-live","What “Done” Means Before Go-Live","“Looks finished” is not done. Define acceptance criteria, rollback, and ownership so go-live is a decision — not a hope.","\"We are done when it works\" sounds reasonable until three people define \"works\" differently — and launch day becomes an argument in group chat.\n\nFor custom web products serving Philippine SMEs, **done** must be written down before go-live: acceptance criteria, rollback triggers, and who owns what after deployment. Without that, you either never ship or ship something nobody supports.\n\n## Done is not \"no bugs anywhere\"\n\nPerfect software does not exist. Done means **agreed critical paths are solid** for the business risk you are taking — payments, bookings, data integrity, permissions — with known minor issues logged and scheduled.\n\nDefine done in tiers:\n\n- **Launch blockers** — must pass or you do not go live\n- **Launch with workaround** — acceptable if documented and staff trained\n- **Post-launch** — fix in week one or phase two; does not delay cutover\n\nWithout tiers, every cosmetic bug becomes a moral crisis.\n\n## Acceptance criteria: write scenarios, not adjectives\n\nReplace \"booking module works\" with testable scenarios:\n\n- Customer completes booking with GCash; staff sees confirmed record within 60 seconds\n- Staff can cancel booking; customer receives notification; slot becomes available\n- User without finance role cannot export payment report\n- Duplicate form submission does not create duplicate charge\n\nEach scenario should have **expected result** and **who signs off** — usually the operational owner, not only IT.\n\nWe align these during QA phase in our [software development process](\u002Fblog\u002Fsoftware-development-process-for-business-owners); the same discipline applies whether we built it or you are accepting from another vendor.\n\n## Who tests, and with what data\n\nDevelopers test code paths. Your team tests **reality** — the weird customer, the partial payment, the staff member who skips steps.\n\nAssign testers by role:\n\n- Frontline staff run daily workflows\n- Finance verifies totals and exports\n- Owner or manager verifies reports match trust level needed for decisions\n\nUse sanitized production-like data where possible. Testing only on \"John Doe \u002F 123 Main St\" misses the encoding issues in real Filipino names and addresses.\n\n## Environments: know what \"staging\" proves\n\nStaging should mirror production closely — same integrations in test mode at minimum, same permission model, realistic data volume if performance matters.\n\nClarify:\n\n- What was verified on staging vs only on production after deploy\n- What requires a controlled production test (small real payment)\n- When staging diverged and what risk that leaves\n\n\"No time for staging\" is a launch risk acceptance you should make explicitly.\n\n## Rollback: when to pull the plug\n\nDefine rollback **before** launch adrenaline hits:\n\n- Triggers — payment failures above X%, data corruption, auth broken for all staff, security exposure\n- Procedure — revert release, enable maintenance page, restore database snapshot\n- Decision maker — one named person authorized to call rollback\n- Communication — staff script, customer message template\n\nRollback is not failure. Shipping without a rollback plan is negligence.\n\n## Ownership after go-live\n\nSoftware is not furniture. Done includes **who keeps it running**:\n\n- Bug fixes — vendor SLA or internal dev; response times\n- Hosting and domains — who pays, who has credentials\n- Integrations — who updates API keys when providers change\n- Backups and restores — who monitors, who executes restore\n- Security updates — framework patches, dependency updates\n- Feature requests — how they enter backlog; change control\n\nPhilippine SMEs often assume the agency owns everything forever. Clarify retainer, hourly, or handoff to internal staff.\n\n## Sign-off, docs, and the first two weeks\n\nHold a short acceptance meeting: scenarios passed or deferred, rollback acknowledged, ownership documented. Email summary afterward — verbal \"okay na\" does not survive the first production incident.\n\nKeep an admin guide for top ten tasks, a known-issues list, and a credential inventory (secured, not emailed).\n\n## Done includes hypercare\n\nAcceptance does not end at deploy. Agree:\n\n- Hypercare period — faster response, daily check-ins\n- Metrics review at day 7 and day 14\n- Process for promoting deferred items to phase two with scope impact\n\nMany projects are \"done\" on paper and fail in adoption because nobody watched week one friction.\n\n## Define done before you need to argue about it\n\nIf launch is approaching and acceptance still means different things to different people, [reach out](\u002Fcontact). We will help you write scenarios, rollback rules, and ownership lines — or review what a vendor delivered against criteria that protect your business. For projects scoped with clear launch boundaries from the start, see [custom systems & web applications](\u002Fservices\u002Fcustom-systems-web-applications).","Process",6,[11,12,8],"Launch","QA","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhat-done-means-before-go-live-cover.webp?v=20260730u","Defining acceptance criteria and done criteria before software go-live","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhat-done-means-before-go-live-hero.webp?v=20260730u","What Done Means Before Go-Live | PrimeCode","What done means before go-live — acceptance criteria, training, rollback, and ownership for Philippine software launches.","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhat-done-means-before-go-live-og.webp?v=20260730u",false,true,"2026-06-19T01:00:00.000Z",123,"live","\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-done-means-before-go-live","\u003Cp>\"We are done when it works\" sounds reasonable until three people define \"works\" differently — and launch day becomes an argument in group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For custom web products serving Philippine SMEs, \u003Cstrong>done\u003C\u002Fstrong> must be written down before go-live: acceptance criteria, rollback triggers, and who owns what after deployment. Without that, you either never ship or ship something nobody supports.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Done is not \"no bugs anywhere\"\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Perfect software does not exist. Done means \u003Cstrong>agreed critical paths are solid\u003C\u002Fstrong> for the business risk you are taking — payments, bookings, data integrity, permissions — with known minor issues logged and scheduled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Define done in tiers:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Launch blockers\u003C\u002Fstrong> — must pass or you do not go live\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Launch with workaround\u003C\u002Fstrong> — acceptable if documented and staff trained\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Post-launch\u003C\u002Fstrong> — fix in week one or phase two; does not delay cutover\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Without tiers, every cosmetic bug becomes a moral crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Acceptance criteria: write scenarios, not adjectives\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Replace \"booking module works\" with testable scenarios:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Customer completes booking with GCash; staff sees confirmed record within 60 seconds\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Staff can cancel booking; customer receives notification; slot becomes available\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>User without finance role cannot export payment report\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Duplicate form submission does not create duplicate charge\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Each scenario should have \u003Cstrong>expected result\u003C\u002Fstrong> and \u003Cstrong>who signs off\u003C\u002Fstrong> — usually the operational owner, not only IT.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We align these during QA phase in our \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblog\u002Fsoftware-development-process-for-business-owners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">software development process\u003C\u002Fa>; the same discipline applies whether we built it or you are accepting from another vendor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Who tests, and with what data\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Developers test code paths. Your team tests \u003Cstrong>reality\u003C\u002Fstrong> — the weird customer, the partial payment, the staff member who skips steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assign testers by role:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Frontline staff run daily workflows\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Finance verifies totals and exports\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Owner or manager verifies reports match trust level needed for decisions\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Use sanitized production-like data where possible. Testing only on \"John Doe \u002F 123 Main St\" misses the encoding issues in real Filipino names and addresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Environments: know what \"staging\" proves\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Staging should mirror production closely — same integrations in test mode at minimum, same permission model, realistic data volume if performance matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clarify:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>What was verified on staging vs only on production after deploy\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>What requires a controlled production test (small real payment)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>When staging diverged and what risk that leaves\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\"No time for staging\" is a launch risk acceptance you should make explicitly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Rollback: when to pull the plug\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Define rollback \u003Cstrong>before\u003C\u002Fstrong> launch adrenaline hits:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Triggers — payment failures above X%, data corruption, auth broken for all staff, security exposure\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Procedure — revert release, enable maintenance page, restore database snapshot\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Decision maker — one named person authorized to call rollback\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Communication — staff script, customer message template\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Rollback is not failure. Shipping without a rollback plan is negligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Ownership after go-live\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Software is not furniture. Done includes \u003Cstrong>who keeps it running\u003C\u002Fstrong>:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Bug fixes — vendor SLA or internal dev; response times\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Hosting and domains — who pays, who has credentials\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Integrations — who updates API keys when providers change\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Backups and restores — who monitors, who executes restore\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Security updates — framework patches, dependency updates\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Feature requests — how they enter backlog; change control\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Philippine SMEs often assume the agency owns everything forever. Clarify retainer, hourly, or handoff to internal staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Sign-off, docs, and the first two weeks\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Hold a short acceptance meeting: scenarios passed or deferred, rollback acknowledged, ownership documented. Email summary afterward — verbal \"okay na\" does not survive the first production incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep an admin guide for top ten tasks, a known-issues list, and a credential inventory (secured, not emailed).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Done includes hypercare\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Acceptance does not end at deploy. Agree:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Hypercare period — faster response, daily check-ins\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Metrics review at day 7 and day 14\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Process for promoting deferred items to phase two with scope impact\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Many projects are \"done\" on paper and fail in adoption because nobody watched week one friction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Define done before you need to argue about it\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>If launch is approaching and acceptance still means different things to different people, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fcontact\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reach out\u003C\u002Fa>. We will help you write scenarios, rollback rules, and ownership lines — or review what a vendor delivered against criteria that protect your business. For projects scoped with clear launch boundaries from the start, see \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fservices\u002Fcustom-systems-web-applications\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">custom systems & web applications\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"prev":27,"next":43,"related":60},{"slug":28,"title":29,"description":30,"category":8,"readTime":9,"tags":31,"coverImage":34,"coverImageAlt":35,"heroImage":36,"heroImageAlt":35,"metaTitle":37,"metaDescription":38,"ogImage":39,"noindex":19,"published":20,"publishAt":40,"sortOrder":41,"updatedAt":40,"status":23,"path":42},"launch-checklist-ph-web-products","Launch Checklist for Philippine Web Products","Before go-live: auth, backups, mobile performance, payments, and support paths. A practical launch checklist for Philippine web products.",[11,32,33],"Checklist","Web Apps","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Flaunch-checklist-ph-web-products-cover.webp?v=20260730u","Pre-launch checklist for Philippine web products covering auth and payments","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Flaunch-checklist-ph-web-products-hero.webp?v=20260730u","Launch Checklist Philippine Web Products | PrimeCode","Launch checklist for Philippine web products — mobile performance, payments, backups, monitoring, and support before you open the doors.","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Flaunch-checklist-ph-web-products-og.webp?v=20260730u","2026-06-10T01:00:00.000Z",122,"\u002Fblog\u002Flaunch-checklist-ph-web-products",{"slug":44,"title":45,"description":46,"category":47,"readTime":9,"tags":48,"coverImage":51,"coverImageAlt":52,"heroImage":53,"heroImageAlt":52,"metaTitle":54,"metaDescription":55,"ogImage":56,"noindex":19,"published":20,"publishAt":57,"sortOrder":58,"updatedAt":57,"status":23,"path":59},"why-we-model-the-domain-before-writing-controllers","Why we model the domain before writing controllers","Flows, edge cases, and data boundaries should be mapped before Laravel controllers and Vue pages. Here is what that discipline actually looks like in practice.","Engineering",[49,50,8],"Laravel","Architecture","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhy-we-model-the-domain-before-writing-controllers-cover.webp?v=20260730u","System architecture diagram mapping business domain entities and flows","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhy-we-model-the-domain-before-writing-controllers-hero.webp?v=20260730u","Domain Modeling Before Code | PrimeCode Engineering","Why mapping business rules before Laravel controllers saves Philippine teams from expensive rebuilds.","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhy-we-model-the-domain-before-writing-controllers-og.webp?v=20260730u","2026-06-22T01:00:00.000Z",11,"\u002Fblog\u002Fwhy-we-model-the-domain-before-writing-controllers",[61,78,92],{"slug":62,"title":63,"description":64,"category":8,"readTime":65,"tags":66,"coverImage":69,"coverImageAlt":70,"heroImage":71,"heroImageAlt":70,"metaTitle":72,"metaDescription":73,"ogImage":74,"noindex":19,"published":20,"publishAt":75,"sortOrder":76,"updatedAt":75,"status":23,"path":77},"how-to-choose-software-development-partner-philippines","How to Choose a Software Development Partner in the Philippines","Freelancer, agency, or in-house — choosing a software development partner comes down to deliverables, communication, and who owns the code. Questions to ask before you sign.",7,[8,67,68],"Philippines","Partnership","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fhow-to-choose-software-development-partner-philippines-cover.webp?v=20260730u","Business leaders in discovery meeting with software development team","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fhow-to-choose-software-development-partner-philippines-hero.webp?v=20260730u","Choose a Software Development Partner Philippines | PrimeCode","How to choose a software development partner in the Philippines — questions on scope, IP, support, and red flags before you commit.","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fhow-to-choose-software-development-partner-philippines-og.webp?v=20260730u","2026-07-29T01:00:00.000Z",19,"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-software-development-partner-philippines",{"slug":79,"title":80,"description":81,"category":8,"readTime":9,"tags":82,"coverImage":85,"coverImageAlt":86,"heroImage":87,"heroImageAlt":86,"metaTitle":80,"metaDescription":88,"ogImage":89,"noindex":19,"published":20,"publishAt":90,"sortOrder":65,"updatedAt":90,"status":23,"path":91},"what-happens-after-you-contact-primecode","What Happens After You Contact PrimeCode?","No mystery proposals or ghosting. Here is exactly what happens after you reach out—from discovery call to architecture, build, QA, deployment, and support.",[83,8,84],"PrimeCode","Trust","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhat-happens-after-you-contact-primecode-cover.webp?v=20260730u","PrimeCode project workflow from first inquiry through delivery and support","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhat-happens-after-you-contact-primecode-hero.webp?v=20260730u","What happens after you contact PrimeCode—from discovery and planning through development, QA, deployment, and support.","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fwhat-happens-after-you-contact-primecode-og.webp?v=20260730u","2026-07-13T01:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-happens-after-you-contact-primecode",{"slug":93,"title":94,"description":95,"category":8,"readTime":96,"tags":97,"coverImage":100,"coverImageAlt":101,"heroImage":102,"heroImageAlt":101,"metaTitle":103,"metaDescription":104,"ogImage":105,"noindex":19,"published":20,"publishAt":106,"sortOrder":9,"updatedAt":106,"status":23,"path":107},"software-development-process-for-business-owners","The Software Development Process Explained for Business Owners","Discovery, scope, build, launch—without the jargon. A plain-language walkthrough of how custom software gets built when you are the decision-maker, not the developer.",8,[8,98,99],"Leadership","Planning","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fsoftware-development-process-for-business-owners-cover.webp?v=20260730u","Software project timeline from discovery through launch for a business team","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fsoftware-development-process-for-business-owners-hero.webp?v=20260730u","Software Development Process for Business Owners | PrimeCode","The custom software development process explained for CEOs and business owners—no technical jargon required.","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fsoftware-development-process-for-business-owners-og.webp?v=20260730u","2026-07-10T01:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002Fsoftware-development-process-for-business-owners"]