The contractors your business manages
Software Development
Make the software contribution and its acceptance clear.
Independent developers deliver features, websites, integrations, fixes, and maintenance. IT businesses, marketing agencies, and consulting firms engage them for different outcomes: a product feature, a campaign website, or a client solution. Mezline connects the agreed scope, deliverable references, review, and payment to each contractor’s contribution.
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Define the work your business will accept.
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Different jobs need
different proof.
Give the contractor a brief that explains the work, then ask for the records your team needs to review the result.
Make the assignment useful
Keep the business handoff alongside the technical work.
Your team can keep code and technical review in its development tools while using Mezline for the contractor assignment, deliverable references, acceptance record, time, and expenses. Specify what your reviewer needs before the contribution can be accepted.
01Feature development
What the brief should specify
The requested behavior, scope, delivery date, acceptance criteria, and handoff requirements.
What to collect for review
The agreed delivery references, demonstration or test record, and handoff notes.
02Integration work
What the brief should specify
Systems involved, defined behavior, technical contacts, boundaries, and validation requirements.
What to collect for review
The requested integration handoff and evidence of the agreed checks.
03Bug fixes
What the brief should specify
Reported behavior, reproduction context, expected result, and review criteria.
What to collect for review
The change reference, required test results, and any unresolved issue.
04Testing and maintenance
What the brief should specify
Scope, environment instructions, reporting format, schedule, and expected output.
What to collect for review
The agreed findings, maintenance report, or validation record.
Managing the contribution in Mezline
A clear brief.
A result you can verify.
Review recorded skills, qualifications, availability, and previous assignments. Collect agreements, tax documents, and confidentiality or other required records. Keep credentials in your approved access system.
Illustrative assignment brief
Deliver an agreed application feature
- Scope and acceptance
- Requested behavior, exclusions, acceptance criteria, review date, and technical contact.
- Terms and handoff
- Agreed fee or rate, delivery references, documentation, and required validation record.
- Completion requirements
- The agreed handoff notes, test evidence, unresolved issues, time, and expenses.
The contractor's record
Keep the work visible.
The developer reviews the brief in the portal and submits the agreed delivery references and supporting record. Your reviewer can compare the business handoff with the acceptance requirements.
When something changes
If a dependency blocks the work or the requested behavior changes, record the issue and revised instructions with the assignment before reviewing the final contribution.
Review the result
Accept the contribution.
Check the agreed acceptance evidence and handoff. Request missing information, record unresolved issues, and review time and expenses before approving the work and charge.
Connect acceptance to payment
Explain the charge.
Generate contractor invoices from agreed terms and approved time and expenses, review them with the accepted contribution, and pay through Mezline. The developer can follow payment status in the portal.
Professional and Enterprise include Assignment Management and AI Compliance Review. Enterprise adds reusable Client Sites and Assets records. Add the contractor to your subscription before onboarding or providing portal access. Tessa flags document issues against your requirements for staff review. Compare plans →
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