Project Discovery Services
We provide a comprehensive assessment of the scope, requirements, and feasibility of your software development project, before the initiation phase, team recruitment, and investment raising.
What is project discovery?
If you are considering developing a new product or feature or looking to improve your existing products or services, we provide you with instructions on how to reduce the risks, increase efficiency, and improve the quality of your products or services.
Cost and time savings
Due to the well-defined scope and clear goals, time and cost estimates are more accurate.
Return on investment
The product is better tailored to the end user's needs, which leads to a higher return on investment.
Reduced risk
You can eliminate the need for additional modifications, avoiding costly reworks and saving time and resources.
Discover and unleash your project's potential
Our project management discovery phase is designed to benefit companies across various industries and sectors. Our services can help both startups and enterprises gain a comprehensive understanding of your project's scope, objectives, and potential challenges.
Without project discovery, you may encounter several challenges related to project scope and goal clarity, such as confusion and misalignment among team members, difficulty in identifying potential risks, and inadequate planning.
We provide you with:
Expertise in conducting thorough market research and analysis during project discovery.- Experienced professionals who can facilitate workshops and interviews.
- List of artifacts and documents that you can use in the future.
Trusted by hundreds of customers worldwide
Our NDAs and confidentiality requirements prevent us from disclosing details to all of our customers. Here are a few of the companies we work with.
What our
customers say
We continuously stay updated with industry trends in development, prioritizing strategies that offer the utmost advantages to our customers.
"This project was interesting to Mad Devs, not only because we could provide proper expertise in blockchain. But also to build processes that initially improve development and increase the final product quality."
"Their gentle approach helped us develop a more positive attitude toward development. Even though there were disagreements. But I am very happy that it has happened."
Our process for
starting your project
During the discovery stage, our team conducts sessions to thoroughly explore your business idea and the problems users face. The complexity of a project determines the number of sessions. Here's what we do during and after the project discovery sessions:
Minimize risks through research and analysis.
Bring the clarity for better decision-making.
Craft project strategy with research insights.
Validate and improve project concepts through testing.
Fuel project differentiation through user needs and market trends.
Create a software development team.
Estimate the preliminary budget for the project.
Gain the ability to test hypotheses.
Define the suitable technology stack.
Discovery phase project management
Our tech expertise supports the efficient discovery phase of a project. Embracing agility, we deliver tailored solutions meeting unique customer needs.
The project journey starts with a thorough understanding of its foundational components and vital aspects, such as identifying opportunities, specific customer needs, and critical project challenges. We define the project's scope, objectives, and anticipated deliverables, establishing a resilient framework that guides us toward achieving desired outcomes.
This comprehensive strategy ensures project clarity and paves the way for a well-defined roadmap to success.
Meet our expert team
With our specialists' expertise and experience, you will be guided through the initial phase, ensuring that all necessary information is gathered and analyzed to set you up for success.
A better understanding
of your project
You can rest assured that our efforts are driven to help you succeed in a project. Our collaborations are open, honest and encourage greater partnership and trust.
Commitment to deadline
Rapid project start
Commitment to quality
Profound cooperation
Case studies
Explore our case studies to discover how we have helped various companies achieve their goals. These success stories highlight our expertise, methodology, and effectiveness in project research, making us the perfect partner for your project.
Insights
How to Optimize Development Costs: Strategies and Best Practices
A few years ago, the market was in a much more favorable position, allowing you to make money much easier and make much larger investments in market research, testing new hypotheses, etc. Any unoptimized costs were not so noticeable against the background of the rapid growth of the market, which provided equally rapid growth for many companies.Now, however, the market is in a position where all budgets are being greatly reduced, and investment in research and development is becoming riskier. Many companies now find themselves needing to better manage their costs rather than trying to enter new markets or provide groundbreaking solutions.It looks like this will continue in 2023 at best and maybe even to 2025. And to survive in these conditions for such a long time, it is not enough for companies to simply reduce costs. They need to optimize all of them. And that's why we're here.
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Software Development Duration: How Long Does It Take to Build a Product?
The IT industry is growing and changing rapidly, but the market is packed with similar products. If a product is regular, users turn away from it and look for more progressive alternatives. That’s why it’s a matter of survival for product owners to find the balance between launching a new product as fast as possible and not missing the relevance of the new idea during all stages of its implementation. So here I am going to talk about software development time.How to estimate the right software development timing? As a Delivery Manager at Mad Devs, I often work on eliciting project requirements and preparing estimates before a project starts. This article reflects on my humble experience and aims to provide straightforward answers. The answers can help clients looking for a reliable contractor understand how development timing is shaped. So timing is an incredibly important indicator because it affects the final cost of development, the feasibility of research results, and the actuality of the future product in the market. To calculate the time for development, there is the Time-to-market metric, which shows the time from concept to the final launch. And I will tell which key elements it implies for developing a whole new product.
Project Management
How Intelligent Document Processing Is Driving Digital Transformation
Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) is indeed gaining significant traction in the business world as organizations recognize its potential to improve efficiency and reduce errors in document management.Traditionally, businesses relied on manual data entry for document processing, which was time-consuming and prone to errors. This approach often resulted in data loss, frustration, and inefficiencies. However, with the development of automated and intelligent document-processing technologies, businesses now have access to more streamlined and reliable methods of handling document-related tasks.In this article, we will delve into the advantages of intelligent document processing and examine how it empowers businesses to gain a competitive edge in their respective industries.
Project Management
Software Product Discovery Process in Agile Team
Most of the time, 9 out of 10 new products fail the first encounter with real users. Why is it? On the courage of the “brilliant idea”, after a quick study of competitors and a couple of focus groups with the target audience, the creators proceed to design the prototype. With sufficient funds, companies launch a product on the market, and it soon becomes apparent that something has gone wrong. All because they did not pay due attention to one important stage even before the development of the product. Product Discovery – the process of validating an idea about the market and future users and Product Discovery process in the Agile team – the most popular method for the software product team.
Project Management
Top IT Asset Discovery Tools in 2024 to Protect your Business
Any business that relies on technology to run its operations needs to have some form of asset discovery in place. Asset discovery refers to identifying and cataloging an organization's hardware and software assets. This information helps to generate an inventory that can be used for various purposes, such as compliance with regulations, managing assets, and troubleshooting technical issues—the larger the assets, the more pain points associated with putting them in order. For example, many businesses are required to comply with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and others. Failing to comply with these regulations can result in heavy fines or criminal charges. Asset discovery tools can help businesses inventory their assets and ensure compliance by providing detailed reports on what is installed on each device on the network.This article will overview what IT asset discovery tools are and how they can help your organization.
DevOps
What Is the Customer’s Role in a Software Project?
In outsourced software development, you as a customer probably don’t understand the expected degree of your direct involvement in the project. Some may imagine that the customer’s role is simply to hand a list of requirements over and then pay for the results.Although, in the waterfall development methodology, the expected contribution applies. In reality, almost all IT teams have taken an agile approach and thus expect customers to cooperate with the development team almost daily to ensure that the end result not only meets customer expectations but also finds the market fit. Developing software in a black box in 99.9% of cases is a recipe for a disaster and an overblown IT budget. This article aims to outline the optimal problem-solving process between you and an IT contractor. After delivering 50+ high-loaded advanced solutions, we have come up with explicit recommendations to collaboratively deliver viable products with a smooth development process.
Project Management