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Black Flag Design · Pre-discovery hypothesis

Scale the whole stac model

A working map of where Black Flag can add product, design, data, AI, and delivery capacity across stac's services. This is a partnership hypothesis to test, not a pitch for one predetermined product.

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Recommended relationship

A product and delivery partner for the full service model.

stac already has the domain expertise, trusted state relationships, products, data programs, training, and vendor network. Black Flag can sit beside that team and turn recurring needs into reliable systems, without asking stac to hand over the relationships or choose a giant platform first.

Start with one real backlog and one shipped slice

Map the work across one state or service line, choose the highest-leverage repeatable problem, and take it from discovery through production. The first engagement proves how we work together and reveals the right longer-term roadmap.

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Embedded product and delivery pod

Pair product strategy, service design, engineering, and delivery with stac's Product and Client Solutions team. Own complete slices of the backlog while stac keeps client judgment and relationships.

Black Flag role: discovery to production
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Existing-product acceleration

Improve DemLaunch, Progress Wiki, and internal tools through focused UX, feature, integration, and release work. Strengthen what stac already owns instead of forcing a replacement.

Black Flag role: product, UX, full-stack build
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Reusable data systems

Turn repeated integration, warehouse, reporting, data-quality, and visualization work into reusable components and state-ready templates that Data Technologists can adapt.

Black Flag role: data products and integrations
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AI-enabled service delivery

Use human-reviewed AI for intake, issue triage, documentation, knowledge retrieval, training support, and routine analysis. Automate the preparation around expert judgment, not the judgment itself.

Black Flag role: applied AI with human control
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Service operations and workflow

Connect the campaign, state party, vendor, DemLaunch, Jira, wiki, and data handoffs that already exist. Give each service request an owner, next action, and measurable outcome.

Black Flag role: workflow design and automation
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Production confidence

Add the testing, observability, accessibility, security, release, and documentation practices that let a small team ship faster through campaign-cycle pressure and hand work back cleanly.

Black Flag role: reliability and durable handoff

Why this map is grounded

Public evidence shows a small, growing team delivering data programs, tools built in-house, training, pooled purchasing, campaign support, and relationship-heavy client work. It also shows active surfaces in DemLaunch, Progress Wiki, and Jira. The specific backlog, bottlenecks, architecture, and priorities still need discovery.

stac services Progress Wiki 2026 Data Technologist role Software Engineer role Public service workflows DemLaunch in use

Stakeholders

Who are the people or groups affected by this situation?

Jobs to accomplish

What are the stakeholders trying to accomplish?

Desired outcomes

What would success look like?

Current reality

Gaps

What are the pains, frictions, failures, or gaps?

Bright spots

What is currently working well?

Success metrics

How will we know we've succeeded?

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