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Kick Off Your Project Right, Discover the Inception Phase

Set the right foundation for your projects an insightful inception phase. Uncover opportunities, mitigate risks, and align your team towards a shared vision.

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Why Do We Need an Inception Phase

It’s the essential springboard for your project's journey. It identifies and addresses potential project challenges like misaligned expectations, overlooked risks, and dependencies. With this, we create a comprehensive project view, optimize development costs, create a clear vision, find competitive edges, estimate resources, and assign priorities.

This phase paves the way for a smoother and more strategic project execution.

Our Process - The Inception Phase

We believe that the inception phase is a crucial step towards successful project outcomes. Our process is designed to bring clarity, reduce risks, and provide a solid foundation for your projects.

Set-Up 2 days

We kick off by establishing communication channels, setting expectations, and gathering all essential information. Our team ensures we have all we need to make the project a success, from API keys to access to beta apps.

Research 2 days

We dive deep into the necessary components and modules, conducting extensive research to understand every aspect of the project. Throughout this phase, we ensure no time is wasted on areas you've already explored.

Check-In 2-5 days

Consistent communication is key. We make regular check-ins with you to ensure all requirements are considered and nothing is overlooked.

Design 4-10 days

Our experts put all the learned knowledge into a coherent design, identifying and addressing any 'black boxes'. Our focus is on de-risking the most complex modules, ensuring overall project risk remains limited.

Estimate 2-4 days

We provide a transparent, peer-reviewed estimate of time and resources needed for the system design. Our estimate includes a detailed list of deliverables and the expected time for each.

Wrap-Up 2-3 days

Upon conclusion, we provide a comprehensive document outlining our research, technological decisions, potential issues, and solutions, along with comparisons of various technologies.

Tailored to Your Project

Best for:
  • Short development time (up to 3 months).
  • Clear and defined scope.
Includes:
  • Assessing requirements for implementation.
  • Designing of systems architecture.
  • Estimating time and efforts.
  • Final report.
Best for:
  • Complex projects, time constraints.
  • MVP in the short term, but sophisticated solutions roadmap.
  • System logics not fully defined yet.
Includes:
  • All from 2 weeks inception.
  • Scalability considerations.
  • One intermediate report.
Best for:
  • Ambitious and complex projects.
  • MVP in the short term, but highly complex solutions roadmap.
  • Ground-breaking idea that needs to be technically validated and designed.
Includes:
  • All from 2 weeks inception.
  • Viability analysis of the idea and corrections needed.
  • Two intermediate report.
  • Optional: UX/UI for initial wireframes.

So, What Exactly Are We Uncovering in the Inception Phase?

The discovery phase answers the following questions:

What must we achieve, and why?
Do we agree that this is a good thing to do?
How will we achieve this?
How long will it take, and how much will it cost?
What could go wrong?
What will we do next (and then in the mid/long term)?
What do we need in place to start?

Why Choose Us

We understand the value of having a clear vision, accurate planning, and robust strategy. The Inception Phase is at the heart of every project we undertake. Here's why we stand out.

Expertise and Experience

Expertise and Experience

Our team comprises seasoned professionals with broad industry experience. Our knowledge allows us to navigate complex projects effectively, foreseeing potential challenges and ensuring smooth project progression.

Risk Mitigation

Risk Mitigation

We strive to minimize uncertainties through the Inception Phase, identifying and addressing potential risks. Our approach ensures the project stays on course and within budget, delivering the best value for your investment.

Clear Communication

Clear Communication

Transparency and open dialogue are vital in our process. We ensure regular updates and thorough explanations of our actions, keeping you in the loop every step of the way.

Client Satisfaction

Client Satisfaction

Our clients' success is our success. With numerous successful project inceptions under our belt, we have a proven track record of delivering satisfaction and value.

Our Work in Action

Making Room for Innovation with Membrane

Membrane struggled to balance innovation amid daily operations. The introduction of our inception phase brought a shift in the tide. It identified key strategic insights into the product, uncovered new business opportunities, and made informed resource decisions possible. Two significant milestones achieved by our dedicated team within two weeks marked a notable transformation for Membrane.
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Vaultbet: Racing Against Time with Success

Vaultbet, a p2p betting site, faced significant challenges - a small team, tight funding, and an even tighter deadline. Our inception phase kicked in, introducing creative strategies for rapid development without compromising quality. Running two-week sprints and prioritizing de-risking, we integrated new technology within a short timeline. Our commitment to innovation and fast-paced delivery is what sets us apart from the rest.
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Sowing Seeds of Innovation with Ecoterra

Ecoterra had big plans for their sustainable food platform to grow and take advantage of the latest latest technological innovations. Our intense 3-week inception phase focused on user experience, presenting five unique design options. Regular discussions with Ecoterra's team fueled our collaboration, culminating in weekly deliveries. The discovery phase was invaluable, immersing us in Ecoterra's mission and vision.
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Paving the Way of Sthorm's Fast-Track to Success

Sthorm needed to accelerate project progress while managing stakeholder expectations. Our 4-week inception filled their technical gaps, offering efficient solutions to reduce time and costs. Frequent communication and bi-weekly deliveries ensured alignment, while our discovery phase uncovered valuable insights. We laid the groundwork for the project, setting the course for successful execution.
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FAQs

This sounds expensive. Is it worth it?
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The upfront cost of inception is outweighed multiple times by the cost of potentially building the wrong thing. What’s the impact if we find out in 6 months that we need to start again? What if we could have identified and mitigated this risk during inception? We have ambitious deadlines – is it worth spending time just talking about what we want to do? You’re right: this is why we will only focus on the core questions we need answers to get the team started on delivery. The time needed will vary depending on the size of the challenge and can be broken into smaller workshops.

I like the idea of this ‘Inception’. Just remind me, how do I explain it to my colleagues?
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Inception is a lightweight set of activities to align on what we will achieve and how we will get there. It’s the minimum amount of work needed to set up the foundations for a proper delivery. We’ll look at people, processes, scope, technology, risks, dependencies, constraints etc.

Isn’t that like a waterfall? Why don’t we start delivering in Sprints right away?
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Not entirely: inceptions aren’t a project phase but a set of activities we run before (and during) delivery. We only go so far with the detail because identifying everything upfront is risky, will affect our agility and likely result in rework. Is this needed? Our stakeholders are very busy. Inceptions help us protect your time in the long run. By spending this time upfront, we can reduce specific questions that will come your way throughout delivery. We’ll also need to understand the context around the requirements (what assumptions do we need to validate?) and agree on how we’ll work together: both core components of inception.

How can we protect our idea and IP?
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We are open to signing an NDA for you to feel safe in our pre-work conversations. However, once we start work, we will sign a binding mutual NDA along with our Statement of Work that will protect your idea and IP at all points. What happens if we don’t continue working with you on the project? At the end of each phase, we will handle you with a set of deliverables. Whether we continue the journey together or not, you will get documents that will help others pick up the work where we left. At all points, your idea and IP are secret to us, and by a binding agreement, it belongs to you.