No proprietary methodology, no in-house vocabulary. A simple progression, proven across
some twenty engagements, whose end goal is your autonomy.
Skills handover is not a closing phase: it starts during design and runs throughout delivery.
Framing
Understand the existing estate before proposing anything: review of the
infrastructure, of automation and observability practices, interviews with the teams.
The deliverable is a note setting out the diagnosis, the stakes and the options —
including doing nothing.
Design
Technical design document, high level then detailed, costing, delivery
roadmap. Every choice is argued against the alternatives that were set aside, so it can
be revisited later with full knowledge of the trade-offs.
Delivery — in iterations
Infrastructure code, automation, tests, gradual production rollout. Each
iteration ships something usable. Documentation is written as you go, never retrofitted.
Handover — continuous
Upskilling the teams, shared code reviews, training. At Thales, at the
police prefecture, at the Ministry of Defence, handover was explicitly in scope.
Engagement formats
Long engagement
Three to twenty-four months, time and materials or fixed price, on site or
remote. The usual format for a full industrialisation programme.
Focused expertise
A few days to a few weeks: audit, design document, comparative study,
second opinion on a structural decision.
Training and handover
Kubernetes, DevOps, containerisation or microservices sessions, built on
your own context rather than on generic examples.
A word on independence. PI-GROUPE works as a supplier, keeping control of its
organisation, methods and tooling. That autonomy is not a posture: it is what makes an outside
perspective possible rather than reinforcing existing habits.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work remotely?
Yes, with on-site presence for design workshops, steering committees and
handover phases. The rhythm follows the project, not a fixed rule.
Do you work outside France?
Yes. The track record includes several programmes in French-speaking Africa,
among them the Gabon Digital 2025 plan and a European project run between Paris and Dakar.
Do you work through intermediaries?
Both are possible: directly with the end client, or through a services firm
when the context calls for it.
What happens after the engagement?
Your team owns the code, the documentation and the skills. Occasional support
remains available, but the aim is for it to become unnecessary.
Ready to frame your subject?
Half an hour is usually enough to know whether the approach makes sense.
