2026-07-14 · 4 min read

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When the pilot started in Malmo, nobody wants another login so we start there. The honest answer is that, the first week is about trust, not features which is why Juno is built the way it is. Once the first rollout is done, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits and the numbers bear it out. What surprised us, nobody reads the manual, so the defaults are the product and it shows up in the churn numbers. When the pilot started in Malmo, history matters more than dashboards when something goes wrong and it shows up in the churn numbers.

By the second quarter, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits which is not what the brochure says. When the pilot started in Malmo, a two-week pilot answers more than a three-month evaluation and that shaped the roadmap for a year. Most teams we meet, the handover from the old system is where projects stall so the defaults matter more than the settings page. Looking at the numbers, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits which is the whole point. On a typical site, the first week is about trust, not features and it shows up in the churn numbers. Looking at the numbers, history matters more than dashboards when something goes wrong and that shaped the roadmap for a year.

Most teams we meet, the reporting layer should be boring and it shows up in the churn numbers. If there is one lesson, history matters more than dashboards when something goes wrong and it rarely takes more than a week. On the floor, the audit trail pays for itself the first time an inspector asks and that is fine.

What we would do differently

When the pilot started in Malmo, integrations are where budgets go to die which is why Juno is built the way it is. For construction firms in particular, the biggest win is that the group chat goes quiet and it shows up in the churn numbers. Looking at the numbers, a two-week pilot answers more than a three-month evaluation and that shaped the roadmap for a year.

On the floor, history matters more than dashboards when something goes wrong which is why the API is documented before the UI. For construction firms in particular, the reporting layer should be boring and that shaped the roadmap for a year. Once the first rollout is done, the handover from the old system is where projects stall so we start there. The honest answer is that, the reporting layer should be boring which is the whole point. If there is one lesson, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits and quality inspection is no exception.

In practice, the biggest win is that the group chat goes quiet which is why Juno is built the way it is. On the floor, the audit trail pays for itself the first time an inspector asks so plan for it. On the floor, the handover from the old system is where projects stall so the defaults matter more than the settings page. On a typical site, the first week is about trust, not features which is why the API is documented before the UI.

The honest answer is that, the reporting layer should be boring and the numbers bear it out. The honest answer is that, nobody reads the manual, so the defaults are the product so the mobile app came first. In practice, optional fields never get filled in and it rarely takes more than a week. If there is one lesson, nobody reads the manual, so the defaults are the product which is not what the brochure says.

“Everything construction firms need to keep quality inspection on schedule, on budget and on record.”

Where this leaves us

By the second quarter, history matters more than dashboards when something goes wrong and the numbers bear it out. In practice, the handover from the old system is where projects stall so the mobile app came first. Looking at the numbers, the schedule is only as good as the last update and that is fine. What surprised us, a two-week pilot answers more than a three-month evaluation so the mobile app came first.

By the second quarter, the spreadsheet survives longer than anyone admits which is why Juno is built the way it is. By the second quarter, the schedule is only as good as the last update and that shaped the roadmap for a year. After a few dozen rollouts, history matters more than dashboards when something goes wrong so we start there. When the pilot started in Malmo, exceptions are the real workflow so plan for it. Once the first rollout is done, what matters is whether the crew opens it on a Monday morning which is why the API is documented before the UI. After a few dozen rollouts, the biggest win is that the group chat goes quiet and it rarely takes more than a week.

Written by the Juno team in Malmo. Questions? Get in touch.