Operations
Know where work stands
Updates live in spreadsheets, messages and individual inboxes.
Internal applications and operational dashboards with clear owners, priorities and next actions.
Strata for businesses
Your business.Your way of working.
Custom business software, designed around your teams and accelerated by AI. Turn the way you work into tools that people can actually use, manage and improve.
Business understanding → product decisions → working software
Project workspace
Keep work moving.
A shared view of priorities, owners and decisions.
To prepare
Site visit brief
Operations · next action assigned
To review
Supplier proposal
Project lead · decision needed
Approved
Deployment checklist
Team · ready to use
Approval request
Human reviewThe project lead reviews the proposal before it moves forward.
- 1Request
- 2Prepare
- 3Review
- 4Follow up
01 / The starting point
Good software starts with understanding your business.
Your business model, customers and market shape the product. Your teams, constraints and existing tools shape how it should work. We connect both before deciding what to build.
AI accelerates the work. Judgment gives it direction.
AI can help us prototype, write code, test and iterate. We use it to aim for shorter cycles and a more efficient delivery cost, depending on the project. Product decisions, technical review and acceptance stay accountable to people.
AI may be part of how we build, without becoming a feature your users ever see.
02 / What we can build
Start with the friction. Design the right tool.
A focused application or a connected system that grows with your organisation. Each project begins with a specific need and the people who have it.
Illustrative concept · fictional content
From an enquiry to a clear next step.
An example of a connected journey: capture the context, organise it, then let the team decide.
Your website
Project enquiry
- Company
- North Studio
- Project need
- A partner workspace
Request received
Connected workflow
- 1Structure the information
- 2Create the project record
- 3Assign the next action
Human decision
Team workspace
To qualify
Partner workspace
Project lead
Source enquiry attached
Coordination
Move decisions forward
Projects stall because the next step or approver is unclear.
Project tracking, team coordination and approval workflows that reflect how decisions are actually made.
Portals
Give everyone the right access
Clients and partners chase documents or see too much information.
Client, partner and employee portals with relevant views, shared documents and role-based permissions.
Knowledge
Make knowledge easier to use
Onboarding depends on repeated explanations and scattered documents.
Training spaces, onboarding paths and maintained documentation, organised around each role.
Connected websites
Connect the website to the work
An enquiry arrives, then the team has to reconstruct the context.
Websites connected to qualification, commercial follow-up and operational processes.
Integrations
Reduce repetitive handling
People copy the same information between tools and versions drift.
Relevant integrations, workflow automation and shared access to information, with clear sources of truth.
Digital products
Build a product for your customers
A useful service needs a digital experience of its own.
Customer-facing digital products, including SaaS where a subscription product is the right business model.
Client portal
Review in progress
Workspace redesign
Project briefShared
Design proposalTo review
Decision logUp to date
Your feedback stays with the right version.
A clearer client relationship
Documents, feedback and decisions in one project space.
Team learning space
Example learning path
Your first project
- Understand the workflow
- Use the project workspace
- Find the approved resources
Practical guidePrepare a project handover
Knowledge that becomes practice
A role-specific starting point, with resources people can find again.
03 / From need to adoption
Start useful. Build progressively.
We begin with one priority, connect what already works and expand when the first use is validated. Scope, dependencies and acceptance criteria are agreed before delivery commitments.
- 01
Understand & prioritise
Map the business goal, users, current workflow and constraints. Agree what improvement would be useful and how to assess it.
What makes the next step concrete: Priority use case & success criteria - 02
Scope & prototype
Make the journey tangible. Test the interface with the people who will use it and choose an architecture suited to the existing environment.
What makes the next step concrete: Reviewed prototype & delivery scope - 03
Build & connect
Develop in reviewable increments. Integrate appropriate tools, define data ownership and handle failures as well as the happy path.
What makes the next step concrete: Working increments & integration documentation - 04
Test & deploy
Check functional behaviour, permissions and the key user journeys. Prepare deployment, backups and a recovery approach appropriate to the project.
What makes the next step concrete: Acceptance checks & deployment plan - 05
Equip the team
Provide a usable administration area, role-specific guidance and practical training. Hand over the agreed access and documentation.
What makes the next step concrete: Team onboarding & operating guide - 06
Maintain & improve
Review use and feedback. Prioritise improvements against business needs, with corrective maintenance, support and new development clearly distinguished.
What makes the next step concrete: Agreed support scope & evolving roadmap
04 / Built for everyday use
An interface your team can own.
A working system includes the people and practices around the software. Adoption is part of the delivery.
The same system. A relevant view.
Across the organisation
- Project documents
- View
- Internal decisions
- Approve
- Workspace settings
- Manage
Example access rules, to define with your organisation.
Useful administration
Let authorised users manage the content, records and settings they need, without a developer for every routine change.
The right view for each role
Agree roles, permissions and validation steps. Where useful, organise spaces by team, business unit or country.
A clear handover
Document the daily workflows and technical setup. Train the relevant people and identify who maintains the system and its content.
05 / A foundation you understand
Clear ownership. Visible dependencies.
These points are defined in the project agreement, so you know what you control and what running the system involves.
Code & evolution
Repository access, delivery of project-specific code and usage or ownership rights are agreed explicitly. Existing components and third-party licences are identified. The technical documentation supports future maintenance and handover.
Data & accounts
Define who owns and administers the accounts, where data is hosted, who may access it and how it can be exported. Prefer client-controlled accounts where appropriate; document backups, restoration and transition arrangements.
Security & maintainability
Match access controls, data handling, dependency updates and checks to the project's risks. Sensitive uses require the appropriate specialist review. AI-generated code is reviewed and tested as part of delivery.
Costs & ongoing support
Separate development from hosting, licences, AI usage and other recurring services. Specify maintenance coverage, support arrangements and change requests for the project, with no implied unlimited service.
A clear record of the work
Scope, technical choices, deliverables, acceptance checks and recurring costs can be documented for management and external advisers. Any funding eligibility or formal compliance requirement needs its own assessment; it is not assumed.
06 / Experience, with the scope made clear
Built on real operating work.
Strata creates and operates its own ventures. Evan also works directly with businesses on their digital tools, combining business context with hands-on delivery.
Explore the projects behind StrataME Green
Current work
Management of websites, domains, analytics and selected automations for the renewable energy business.
Being explored
Broader internal tools and a progressively connected environment. These are directions under discussion, not a delivered business system or measured result.
A founder-led relationship
Evan Laulom leads the work, from understanding the need to product and technical decisions. Specialist involvement is scoped when a project calls for it.
Practical questions
Do we need to replace our existing software?
Usually the first step is to understand it. We decide what to keep, configure, connect or build around. Any replacement or migration is a separate decision based on the actual constraints.
Will the finished software include AI?
Only where it serves a clear need. AI may simply help us develop the product. If it becomes a feature, we scope the data access, human review, provider dependency and usage costs.
How are budget and timing set?
After clarifying the priority workflow, integrations, data and expected level of service. We propose a scoped first step and make ongoing costs and responsibilities visible. No fixed package or delivery time is assumed.
Can another team maintain the software later?
We plan for handover through agreed repository access, documentation and account arrangements. Portability depends on the chosen services and licences; those dependencies are explained before the architecture is agreed.
Let's start with one useful change
What should work better in your business?
Tell us what your team is trying to do, where the friction is and which tools you already use. That is enough to start a useful conversation.
Describe your needNo technical specification needed to start.
Could we simplify the approval step?
Client feedback · example