# Project rescue

> Stuck with software that’s unfinished or failing? We take it over, stabilise it and bring it back on course while your business keeps running.

Some projects arrive half built: the original team has gone, deadlines have passed, releases break things, or nobody can say what state the code is in. The business still depends on it, so starting over is rarely an option. We take the project over from wherever it stands. First we find out what is really there, then we stop the damage, and then we bring the software back to a state where it can be released and changed safely. Your business keeps running throughout, and you get a straight account of what we found.

Bitmason: https://bitmason.dev/en/services/rescue/

## What you get

- **An honest assessment**: A written account of the code, infrastructure and open problems, and what each will take to fix.
- **Access back under your control**: Repositories, servers, domains and accounts recovered and moved into your company’s name.
- **The worst problems fixed first**: Crashes, data loss and security holes dealt with before anything new is built.
- **Safe releases again**: Automated builds, tests and deploys, so a change no longer risks breaking what works.
- **Knowledge written down**: Documentation of how the system works, so it no longer lives in one person’s head.
- **A plan to finish**: A realistic route to the features that were promised, in an order the business can live with.

## How it works

1. **Take stock**: We collect access, read the code, run the system and list what works, what is broken and what is missing.
2. **Stabilise**: We fix what threatens the business now and set up monitoring and backups.
3. **Make change safe**: We add tests and a proper release process, so changes stop causing new failures.
4. **Bring it back on course**: We finish the outstanding work in priority order, or hand a stable system to your team.

[Tell us what is failing](https://bitmason.dev/en/contact/?service=rescue)