We were referred to a local start-up that was in need of guidance of how to bring a mobile app to market. They secured our consultancy services to advise on the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and to design, cost, plan and prototype their idea.
We were initially asked to provide an advice only service, which drove the start-up's direction and decision making process. Initial budgets were discussed and a number of avenues were explored. This lead to extending our engagement to include many of our other services including requirement gathering, technical architecture and prototyping.
It was quickly agreed that financing would be required in order to complete the project; the entrepreneurs set out to explore their investment options whilst we focussed on delivering stakeholder focussed documentation and designs.
A number of consultations were completed which allowed us to compile a comprehensive list of functional requirements. These requirements were collated into a document and signed off by the entrepreneurs, followed by us providing some high level project costing figures estimated at just over £2 million.
As the entrepreneurs navigated the finance route we provided a number of reports and technical documents for investors, healthcare bodies and suppliers, whilst also compiling a high level Software Design Specification detailing the various software components that would be involved.
We sourced an award winning graphic designer to complete all branding, typographical and iconography work. We agreed deliverables, gathered feedback and presented mocks and finals to the client for sign-off.
A requirement grew for Minimal Viable Product to be delivered, and a substantial amount of time was put into developing a prototype using the latest front-end frameworks. This involved a number of verbose healthcare forms that were designed to query and interact with multiple 3rd party systems. A complex relational database was also designed, implemented and filled with data for testing purposes.