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A well-scoped MVP for a single-function application typically takes three to six months from signed contract to production deployment. A full enterprise platform with compliance architecture, multiple integrations, and AI components takes nine to eighteen months. The primary variables are requirements completeness at project start, compliance validation complexity, integration count, third-party API quality and team size. 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