Software Product Discovery

Transform your vision into a tangible plan with our strategic approach. We lead you from concept to a well-defined plan, with a technical solution centred on optimal ROI and designed for maximum value.

  • Transform ideas into actionable plans
  • Reduce development risks
  • Align stakeholders from day one
  • Maximize ROI on your investment

Why starting with Product Discovery is essential for your project

For every bespoke software development project, Product Discovery is an indispensable exercise. It involves a series of interactive sessions, nurturing a strategic dialogue between the client and our project teams.

Visualise your idea

Product Discovery helps you visualise the design of your software. Get a realistic idea of the final product from the start, spotting any logical imperfections that might lead to revamps down the line.

Streamline development

Engaging in Product Discovery ensures efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Clarity about project requirements and challenges upfront streamlines development, avoids costly re-works and saves you time and money.

Choose the right tech stack

With well-defined requirements and understanding of the project scope, it becomes possible to identify a tech stack that's not only robust but also sustainable for the long haul.

Prioritise features for the MVP

With Product Discovery, you're able to prioritise features for the MVP. By focusing on the essentials first, you can minimise initial costs, streamline development, and ensure a quicker path to profitability.

Understand time and resources

Product Discovery outlines the exact resources - in terms of time, money, and skills - that your project will need. By understanding these requirements, you can budget accurately and set realistic timelines.

Align all stakeholders

Product Discovery aligns all stakeholders under a unified direction for the project. It minimises miscommunication, reduces costly mid-course corrections, and ensures that the final product meets everyone's expectations.

Project discovery team: who are the people involved?

As the client, you play a pivotal role in the software discovery process. We rely on your insights and industry knowledge to gain a comprehensive project understanding.

Runtym Team

  • Business analyst
  • Technical architect
  • Project manager
  • UI/UX Designer

Client Team

  • Product owner
  • Functional area expert

What We Need From You

  • Preliminary feature list
  • Competitor references
  • Wireframes/Rough sketches (if any)
  • Technical specifications (if any)

Our 6-stage discovery approach

The Product Discovery is a collaborative journey. Here's how we engage with you through a series of stages.

1

Assessing your current situation

In the initial phase, we collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand your product vision and the challenges it aims to address. This includes a deep-dive into your business operations, existing technology infrastructure, or market research results.

2

Identifying risks and constraints

Our approach includes risk identification, probability assessment, and impact evaluation. We then create strategies tailored to prevent or manage risks and have a contingency plan in place throughout the process.

3

Analysing and documenting your requirements

We take a deeper dive into your vision, capturing both functional and non-functional requirements to create a concrete product. This involves talking to key stakeholders and analysing their requirements aided by visual tools.

4

Visualising your idea

We transform your idea into a visual form for easier review and feedback, then walk you through the user's journey via wireframes and interactive prototypes that help you get a feel of the end product.

5

Defining scope and budgeting

Having consolidated the requirements gathered during analysis, we then conduct budgeting and planning. This involves prioritising features, determining future enhancements, and estimating resources necessary to actualise your product.

6

Technical solution blueprint

Armed with these insights, we present you with options for the technical solution. This includes software architecture, technology stack, 3rd party integrations, data flow and storage design, and other non-functional requirement considerations.

Start with clarity.

Avoid surprises, and build a product in line with your vision - on time and on budget.

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What's the duration of the Product Discovery?

The duration of the discovery workshop isn't one-size-fits-all. It's tailored to your project and its unique needs.

Project complexity

Complex projects often require extra time for in-depth understanding and detailed specifications, especially with a wide scope involving multiple features and integrations.

Level of client preparedness

If you provide comprehensive initial documentation, it speeds things up. On the other hand, starting from a basic idea requires more time for additional analysis and planning.

Stakeholder availability

The project timeline is influenced by how readily key stakeholders are available for meetings, discussions, and feedback sessions. Your prompt involvement is key to staying on schedule.

Your decision-making process

Delayed internal decisions and approvals on your end can further prolong the discovery phase, impacting the overall project schedule.

The Product Discovery deliverables

The deliverables you get at the end of our discovery workshops depend on your product needs, expectations and the nature of your business.

Business analysis

  • Business requirements document
  • Functional requirements
  • Non-functional requirements
  • Epics and user stories
  • Process flow diagrams

UX/UI design

  • Moodboard + UI concept
  • Wireframes (low/high fidelity)
  • Clickable prototypes
  • Finalised UI kit

Solution architecture

  • Technical stack
  • High-level architecture diagram
  • Architecture decisions report
  • Entity relationship diagram (ERD)
  • 3rd-party APIs analysis

Project management

  • Work breakdown structure
  • Team composition
  • Cost estimate
  • Development plan
  • Future product roadmap

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about our Product Discovery services

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