Join a Group. A customer-focused redesign.
Helping more people find their place in a BSF group.
Every path into a BSF group, from a first search or a friend’s invite to the first week in a group, evaluated and made dramatically easier. Proven with real people.
Join a Group is the step between someone’s interest in BSF and their first week in a group. It needs to work for everyone who arrives: someone exploring on their own, a friend who was invited, a parent with kids, or someone coming back after time away, of any age.
Your RFP asks for a different way of working: get real prototypes in front of real people early, learn from them, and keep improving. That’s how we work. We’d start with a four-to-six week Innovation Sprint to learn your platform and your people, build a working Join a Group prototype, and test it with the people you’re trying to reach. What we learn then shapes the full build on your converged platform, ready for release in July 2027.
Platforms used by millions, built for ministries and beyond.
Cappital is a 15-year-old custom software and AI development company. Our team covers product strategy, UX design, engineering, AI development, QA, and ongoing platform operations.
23+ years building software. 120+ solutions for startups, Fortune 500 companies, and nonprofits. Speaks to Christian leaders on AI.
10+ years leading product, design, and engineering teams. Helped scale subscription platforms to nine-figure annual revenue. Works where business strategy, product, design, and engineering meet.
Co-founded Cappital. 20+ years building software companies. Builds open-source tools for AI-driven development.
We’ll assign the project lead, technical lead, and team based on timing and scope.
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BSF gets a working prototype of Join a Group, tested with the people it’s for.
We look at the whole journey, end to end: from a first search or a friend’s invite to someone’s first week in a group. Our Innovation Sprint is a focused four-to-six week engagement. We learn how things work today, build a working prototype, put it in front of real people, and leave you with a clear plan for what to build. You see working prototypes early, before committing to a full build. It’s the same way of working your RFP asks for.
What BSF walks away with after the sprint.
By the end of the sprint, we’ll have worked out together what to build, what to leave out, and what it will take on your platform. These are the eight things you keep.
How we use AI in delivery, and the standards we’ll hold to on BSF’s work.
AI coding agents are part of our engineers’ daily workflow. Engineers direct the agents, inspect every change, and review the work before it goes to the client for approval. Design decisions, quality, and acceptance stay with people.
We reviewed BSF’s AI SDLC guidance. Using separate agents to write, audit, implement, and review each work item is a strong model, and the guided request process gives non-technical teams a clear way to define needs and acceptance criteria before development begins. We would welcome the chance to see these workflows in action.
The guidance leaves tool selection open while setting shared expectations for quality and oversight. We are glad to adopt the standards below. They reflect how our teams already operate, so we can work within them from the first day of the sprint.
How we’d get up to speed in BSF’s systems.
We’d focus on what the sprint needs, and learn it alongside early design and prototyping.
We’ll agree on any extra permissions with BSF before we use them.
How Join a Group fits together, and hands off to MyBSF.
Join a Group should help someone understand whether BSF is right for them, find a group that fits their life, and take a clear next step.
During the sprint, we’d work out the handoff to MyBSF: when sign-in is needed, what carries over, and how to keep the person’s chosen group and family details. Our recommendation would fit both what people need and what the platform can support.
See it in action. Walk each journey yourself.
From kickoff before Thanksgiving to launch-ready by spring.
We can be ready well before July. Final timing depends on the converged platform and when BSF wants to launch.
Start with the sprint. Build on what it proves.
After the sprint, we’d scope the work to complete the agreed experience, integrate it with BSF’s production platform and MyBSF, and prepare it for launch.
Where it lands depends on the available interfaces, supporting data, and the join-request handoff. Building on established interfaces puts it toward the lower end. More extensive integration work raises it.
The sprint clarifies these and leads to a separate implementation proposal with defined scope, responsibilities, pricing, and timeline. This range is for budgeting. It isn’t a fixed price or a guaranteed ceiling.
Changes to BSF’s account and registration infrastructure remain outside scope.
Every person who reaches out to BSF should find their way into a group. We’ll make every path there dramatically easier, and prove it.
From a first search or a friend’s invite to the first week in a group, we’ll test each path with the people you’re trying to reach, fix what gets in the way, and show you the difference.
“So many people come to BSF trying to figure out how to join a group. That’s who this work is for.”