Saliant Spine
A delivery backbone that turns business needs into traceable software
Requirements to outcomes — with clarity and proof.
Saliant Spine is the backbone that connects business intent to working software. It replaces vague requirements and feature-led delivery with a clear, outcome-driven structure that ensures everything built has a purpose, behaves as expected, and can be proven to work.
Methodology
Requirements → Product → Behaviour → Acceptance → Evidence
This sequence stays front and centre across every delivery, keeping outcomes visible and traceability automatic.
Why software delivery so often goes wrong
Most software projects don’t fail because of technology. They fail because business needs are never translated clearly into software — and there’s no reliable way to prove the result does what was intended.
- Requirements are vague or incomplete
- Features are built without clear outcomes
- Scope grows without visibility
- “Done” is subjective
- Testing proves little beyond basic functionality
The Saliant Spine
Saliant Spine provides a simple but disciplined backbone for delivery. Every piece of software must pass through each step — no shortcuts.
What each step means
Requirements
- What must improve in the business.
- Focused on decisions, actions, or visibility
- Defined in business language
- Stable over time
Product
- What must exist to support the outcome.
- Dashboards, alerts, workflows, integrations
- Clearly named and purpose-defined
- Not screens or features
Behaviour
- What the product does, and when.
- Observable and testable
- Defined as event → response
- Independent of UI design
Acceptance
- What “correct” means.
- Binary and measurable
- Defined before development starts
- No ambiguity or opinion
Evidence
- How correctness is proven.
- Automated tests and logs
- Calculations and audit history
- Objective proof, not explanation
Traceability, built in
Saliant Spine replaces heavy traceability matrices with clear lineage.
Requirements → Product → Behaviour → Test → EvidenceThis makes scope, impact, and coverage visible without administrative overhead.
What “done” really means
Software is only considered complete when it:
- Behaves as agreed
- Meets defined acceptance criteria
- Has evidence to support it
- No black boxes. No assumptions.
A different starting point
Most vendors start with solutions and fill in the requirements later. Saliant Spine does the opposite.
By locking down clarity early and enforcing structure throughout delivery, we reduce rework, shorten timelines, and produce software that stands up in real operations.
Embedded in Project OS
Saliant Spine is embedded directly into Project OS — our platform for managing complex projects using disciplined, product-based control.
Project OS doesn’t just document delivery.