Discovery Phase
Launch your software successfully from start to finish with Lionwood.software’s in-depth discovery phase project management. We’ll help you decrease risks and expenses by analyzing the market and project requirements and defining the most cost-efficient and impactful solution.
Share your business goals and needs. Define the product scope. Mitigate the costs. Identify and prevent possible risks. Create a profitable product. This is what Lionwood.software is here for.
Get a detailed project roadmap to jump into further product development by defining clear tech requirements, goals, and the scope of the tasks. We focus on understanding your project’s concept, market specifics, and the user problems you want to address to deliver the most efficient solution for your business.
Discovery phase benefits
- Find better solutions
The discovery phase helps determine the best strategies to achieve the project’s objectives from both a technical and a business standpoint.
- Set a roadmap
Successful product development is possible only when a company prepares a concise step-by-step plan for boosting the startup’s viability and building a product that will bring profit.
- Reduce risks
Early in the development process, the discovery phase will help you decrease risks and eliminate much of the ambiguity.
- Get a clear understanding of product value
Knowing what your target consumers genuinely need can help you develop a convincing value proposition and a final product that meets clients’ expectations and resolves their pain points.
- Minimize costs
By evaluating a potential product value, the team will be able to prioritize the vital features while postponing the less critical ones, accelerating the time to market and significantly reducing development costs.
- Speed up development
Using the latest technology and following software development best practices, our team will help you get your product to the market quickly with no missed deadlines.
1 plan. Marketing research & structure plan/project strategy
*Startup full discovery Determine the actionable strategy to implement your business idea
- Studying technical specifications
- Defining a killer set of features
- Forming architecture and technical requirements (technologies and server environment recommendations)
- Planning a scope of tasks and setting priorities
- Defining timelines (will be presented as planned iterations)
- Defining timelines (will be presented as planned iterations)
- Creating a user flow (3–4 main user flows)
- Creating a user description flow (3–4 schemas of relations between pages/screens)
- Creating 2 mockups (designed) or 5–6 wireframes (monochrome)
* This type of discovery phase of a software project is relevant at the stage of ideation when you need assistance with in-depth market analysis and defining the most suitable development approaches.
2 plan. Project plan + mockups
*Startup full discovery transforms your business idea into an actionable and profitable software solution
- Defining a killer set of features
- Forming architecture and technical requirements (technologies and server environment recommendations)
- Planning a scope of tasks and setting priorities
- Creating a user description flow (3–4 schemas of relations between pages/screens)
- Creating 2 mockups (designed) or 5–6 wireframes (monochrome)
*This type of product discovery process is relevant at the stage when you’re looking for workable solutions for your future project design based on the precise technical requirements
3 plan. Mockups + Project plan + Technical Documentation
*Discovery Phase. Plan your future product’s architecture and UX design to meet your business requirements, estimate development costs, and get one step closer to product launch.
- Collecting business requirements
- Analyzing technical stack
- Defining the most suitable options for implementation
- Detailed estimate
- Design mockup
- User flows
- Communication and regular discussions
- Acceptance criteria
- Delivery plan
- Industry standards setup
*This type of discovery is relevant when you want Lionwood.software to take full control of your product discovery process and get a clear plan and actionable steps for further software development.
When do you need to cover a discovery phase?
- Your project is complicated
The project discovery phase aims to reduce any possible risks by setting strict milestones and defining necessary resources to meet your key objective.
- You have a limited budget
Minimize budget overruns with the discovery phase in case your capital is limited or if you want to avoid extra work during product development.
- Your requirements are insufficient
If your project lacks clear, well-documented requirements, the discovery phase guarantees that the development team has all the necessary materials to understand a product concept at a deep level and knows how to build it efficiently.
Our discovery phase team
- Project manager (optional)
Discovery phase project management is vital to provide efficient communication between you and the team, ensure proper planning, and track project progress.
- Business analyst
Collects insightful data about your competitors and market, analyzes your business needs and goals, and documents requirements.
- Tech lead
Analyzes your project from a technical perspective, manages project implementation, and helps with product estimation.
- UX/UI designer
Creates well-thought-out wireframes, prototypes, and mockups, turning your vision into a user-friendly, captivating, and stylish visual design.
Process
Initiation
You contact us to share your project requirements and goals.
Planning
We schedule a call to discuss a project roadmap and walk you through the future process.
Execution
Our team delivers a high-performing software solution according to your requirements.
Control
We ensure that the final product meets your expectations and works flawlessly.
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