Back to design partner program

Reviewed July 23, 2026

Make the commercial decision with fewer unknowns.

This public, non-binding summary consolidates the fit review, optional diagnostic, design-partner economics, and the decisions a buyer should resolve before signature. It is not an offer, contract, legal advice, or commitment. Only a proposal accepted in a signed agreement controls an engagement.

First discussion
25 minutes, no fee
Optional diagnostic
10 business days, $15K-$25K
Design partnership
90 days, $100K-$150K
Diagnostic credit
100% default within 30 days
Restricted evidence
After an agreed security boundary
Renewal
No automatic renewal

Terms already stated publicly

  • A no-fee 25-minute fit review requiring no project files.
  • An optional 10-business-day Power-Critical Gate Diagnostic focused on one gate and one change class.
  • A typical diagnostic fee of $15K-$25K.
  • A default credit of 100% of the accepted diagnostic fee toward a design partnership signed within 30 days.
  • A paid 90-day program focused on one bounded live-project workflow.
  • A typical program fee of $100K-$150K.
  • Up to $50K credited toward a first-year production conversion.
  • Travel, taxes, specialized licenses, and deep integrations scoped separately.
  • Shadow mode preferred until evidence access and operating boundaries are approved.
  • No automatic renewal. Production requires a separate proposal and signed agreement.

Terms to resolve before signature

  1. 01

    Identify each contracting party, authorized signatory, buyer, and accountable executive sponsor.

  2. 02

    Choose the diagnostic, the 90-day design partnership, or no paid next step.

  3. 03

    Define the exact gate, workflow, deliverables, participation, exclusions, schedule, and acceptance evidence.

  4. 04

    Set the final fee, payment schedule, taxes, travel, change control, and approved expenses.

  5. 05

    Agree confidentiality, data use, security architecture, access, retention, export, and deletion terms.

  6. 06

    Allocate preexisting intellectual property, customer data, configured workflows, and generated deliverables.

  7. 07

    Document support, termination, exit assistance, liability, insurance, governing law, and dispute terms.

This summary is not a contract.

The public fee range, scope description, and production credit are planning information. They do not create an offer, clickwrap agreement, service commitment, outcome guarantee, or obligation for either party.

The final proposal must identify the contracting entity and state the customer-specific scope, price, acceptance, data, security, intellectual-property, risk, support, and exit terms. A signed agreement is the only controlling commitment.

Public clarity starts the review. The signed agreement finishes it.

ActivityDoku baselineCustomer and signed control
Entry pointStarts with a fit review and offers an optional diagnostic before the 90-day program.Chooses whether to stop, buy the diagnostic, or review a design-partner proposal.
Diagnostic scopeProposes one gate, one change class, five acceptance deliverables, and a 10-business-day decision path.Approves inputs, participation, evidence, acceptance, fee, credit, and the stop or proceed decision.
Program scopeProposes one bounded workflow and a 90-day delivery path.Approves inclusions, exclusions, participants, evidence, and acceptance.
FeesPublishes typical diagnostic and design-partner fee ranges and conversion credits.Accepts the final price, payment, expenses, taxes, and credit terms.
Data and securityRequests no restricted evidence before an approved boundary.Approves data, access, architecture, retention, and required controls.
Production conversionProvides a decision point after the bounded program.Chooses whether to stop, extend, or accept a separate production agreement.

Give every required buyer one explicit decision.

  1. 01
    Executive sponsor

    Confirms the live gate, consequence, budget owner, decision deadline, and final stop or proceed decision.

  2. 02
    Operational champion

    Validates the current workflow, coordinates the minimum evidence, and owns the working cadence.

  3. 03
    Technical authority

    Confirms source authority and technical consequence while retaining every professional approval.

  4. 04
    Security and data owner

    Approves the transfer path, access model, processing boundary, retention, export, and deletion requirements.

  5. 05
    Legal and procurement

    Reviews the entity, confidentiality, scope, price, payment, intellectual property, liability, insurance, and exit terms.

  6. 06
    Authorized signatory

    Executes only the customer-specific proposal and agreement that control the selected engagement.

Convert interest into dated, owner-specific decisions.

DecisionRequired ownersCompletion evidence
Fit decisionExecutive sponsor and DokuStop, diagnostic, or design-partner proposal
Evidence boundaryTechnical, security, data, and legal ownersApproved minimum evidence schedule and transfer path
Commercial boundaryBuyer, procurement, legal, and DokuAgreed scope, acceptance, fee, payment, risk, and exit terms
Outcome decisionExecutive sponsor and accountable project teamStop, wait, proceed, or request a larger deployment proposal
SignatureAuthorized customer and Doku signatoriesExecuted customer-specific agreement and approved kickoff

Eight questions to resolve before detailed proposal review.

  1. 01
    Buyer

    Who owns the budget, signs the agreement, and accepts the program result?

  2. 02
    Entry point

    Does the buyer need the optional diagnostic, the 90-day program, or no paid next step?

  3. 03
    Scope

    Which project gate, workflow, participants, sources, and exclusions are inside the selected boundary?

  4. 04
    Acceptance

    Which delivered artifacts and observed outcomes establish completion?

  5. 05
    Participation

    Which customer and third-party experts must provide evidence, review impacts, and approve closure?

  6. 06
    Data

    Which information may be exchanged, where may it be processed, and which controls must apply first?

  7. 07
    Economics

    What final fee, payment schedule, expenses, taxes, and production credit will control?

  8. 08
    Conversion and exit

    What happens to data, access, artifacts, and support after the program ends?

Bring the project boundary and procurement questions.

Start with the contracting parties, selected workflow, timeline, participation model, diligence requirements, and approval path.

Request customer-specific commercial materials