Ensure your product’s success by planning ahead

In the Scoping Session you will work together with our team of project managers and developers to do a thorough assessment of your project idea, key requirements, time planning and cost estimate.

Create a clear guideline

You will get a solid project scope to ensure your product reaches bigger milestones.

Plan your costs ahead

By having an estimate from the start you can identify the main focus areas.

Tighter business plan

With a comprehensive roadmap, your business estimates will be more reliable.

Focus on what matters

Identify from the start the key features linked to your business to know where to focus your effort.

Plan ahead to build a flawless product

The Scoping Session combines the planning skills from a Project Manager and the know how from developers.

How we do it

Analysis

In the scoping session, we discuss your idea and clarify all necessary business requirements. We also proceed with:

Identification of the project timeline;

Listing of the main competitors;

High-level exploration of personas;

Asking and answering questions relative to the nature of the project business case;

Define the main objectives.

Stage 1

Business Case

Discovery

We will collaborate with your team to build user personas to better understand how they will interact with your product and what sort of requirements you should consider by:

Listing and prioritising of user stories taking into consideration the current stage of the product life cycle;

Prioritising features by taking into account the user goals or product goals;

Providing an indispensable basis for the project development plan.

Stage 2

User Stories

product backlog

planning

Based on the last stages, we will be able to identify the main features the product or app should have and prioritize them. We follow:

Development of the technical design, with the ideal balance between complexity and reach;

Identification of external dependencies from third party providers (Stripe, Facebook, Amazon, etc…);

Definition of the major milestones, providing a general understanding of the project’s structure, phases, intersections and interdependencies;

Define the team size and composition that matches the project needs.

Stage 3

high-level ARCHITECTURE

Project plan

How we do it

Stage 1

Analysis

Stage 2

discovery

Stage 3

planing

stage1

Analysis

In the scoping session, we discuss your idea and clarify all necessary business requirements. We also proceed with:

Identification of the project timeline;

Listing of the main competitors;

Asking and answering questions relative to the nature of the project business case;

Define the main objectives.

stage2

discovery

We will collaborate with your team to build user personas to better understand how they will interact with your product and what sort of requirements you should consider by:

Listing and prioritising of user stories taking into consideration the current stage of the product life cycle;

Prioritising features by taking into account the user goals or product goals;

Providing an indispensable basis for the project development plan.

stage3

planning

Based on the last stages, we will be able to identify the main features the product or app should have and prioritize them. We follow:

Development of the technical design, with the ideal balance between complexity and reach;

Identification of external dependencies from third party providers (Stripe, Facebook, Amazon, etc…);

Definition of the major milestones, providing a general understanding of the project’s structure, phases, intersections and interdependencies;

Define the team size and composition that matches the project needs.

Working Models

At Imaginary Cloud, we provide you with flexible solutions to work with our team, depending on your business requirements. In the scoping session we can discuss the working model best fit for you:

TEAM EXTENSION

We provide you with the exact resources that you need and will integrate your technical team to expand your capabilities, whether that's Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Data Engineers or others.

SPECIALIZED SQUADS

We provide you with a complete set of resources to deliver an end-to-end solution, removing the need to have a technical team or a project management process from your end as we will take care of everything.

MIXED APPROACh

You can define Staff Augmentation resources to help you on one side of the business and a specialized squad to help you on another.

Our answers to your
Scoping Session questions

Here’s what you need to know about our Scoping Session to bring extra value to your business:

What is a Scoping Session?

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How much does a Scoping Session service cost?

Our answers to your
Scoping Session questions

Here’s what you need to know to bring extra value to your business:

What is a scoping session?

A Scoping session is an initial session ran with our team of experts from developers to project managers that intends to help you clarify some of your ideas and transform them into a business concept, to ensure a solid start as you build your product.

What are its main benefits?

Because you have planned ahead, it will ensure you a clear roadmap of what to do, helps you identify the resources needed from the start, avoiding extra costs and delays, as well as better business forecasts.

How much will it cost?

Depending on your project needs, consider the average hourly cost of a software developer working on your product for 1 week. If you need more detailed information, you can reach out to us, and we will help you with estimations. Our software developers will support you on your journey to success by helping you achieve your business goals.

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Invisible Homes aims to make it easier for buyers to buy off-market properties via a web application, answering to the growing demand of this service in the UK. Putting it simply, it’s a direct link from people to real state opportunities without unnecessary steps in between.

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