PWA Development Kickoff — 2026-03-27
Overview
Development on the Advanced Health & Safety Progressive Web App (PWA) is set to begin the week of 2026-03-31. The project has a dual mandate: deliver a useful field tool to Advanced Health & Safety, and build something marketable to other environmental service companies nationwide.
This was discussed during the [1].
Key Decisions
- PWA over native app: The app will be built as a Progressive Web App — users navigate to a URL and it behaves like a native app, without requiring an App Store download. This avoids app store friction for the initial release.
- Mobile-first field use: The app needs to support field workers taking photos and logging data on-site. Responsiveness across phones and tablets is a core requirement.
- Dual-purpose strategy: Mark will simultaneously build a prospect list of environmental service companies to market the app to once it's stable. AHS is effectively the anchor client for a broader SaaS offering.
- Gina's templates as foundation: Gina provided process/layout templates during a Tuesday call; Mark will use these to lay out the initial app structure before testing begins.
Development Plan
Phase 1 — Layout & Structure (Week of 2026-03-31)
- Mark lays out the app using Gina's provided templates
- Initial build scoped to be simpler than Aiden — less granular detail, fewer edge cases
Phase 2 — Testing Sprint (Week of 2026-03-31)
- Team testing session to be scheduled with Sebastian and Melissa (not just Karly)
- Same feedback loop used for Aiden: testers flag issues → Mark fixes → retest
- Gina has also expressed urgency; timeline pressure is real
Parallel Marketing Initiative
Mark has begun building a prospect list of environmental service companies across the US. The intent is to position the AHS PWA as a licensable SaaS product once it's proven with the anchor client.
"I want to also market it to every other environmental service company in the country. And so I've already started building that list, but we need to build the app." — Mark Hope
Action Items
| Owner | Task |
|---|---|
| Mark | Lay out Advanced H&S PWA using Gina's templates |
| Karly | Schedule PWA testing session with Sebastian & Melissa for week of 2026-03-31 |
| Karly | Coordinate with Gina on timeline expectations |
| Team (Mark, Karly, Sebastian, Melissa) | Execute testing sprint — week of 2026-03-31 |
Related
- [2]
- [1]
- [3]