Discovery Workshops

Let’s collaborate to define your project, goals and timelines

De-risk your project and accelerate time to value

The discovery phase of project is critical to ensure development stays on track and meets expectations. At the start, our project team meets with your stakeholders, who may include your project sponsors, senior executives, end users and sometimes business partners or customers. We’ll get into the key details, fast.

Get the right people aligned, answer the critical questions early and give your project a stronger start

Creating a roadmap for everyone to follow

We’ll explore, define and agree on your project’s requirements and desired outcomes. We’ll envision the final product and then create a realistic roadmap for software development and how we’ll work together successfully. This can cover everything from functional specifications to budget and timelines.

Turn your vision into a clear, practical plan for successful delivery

Discovery workshops – how the One Beyond process works, at a glance

Typically 2 weeks

A focused discovery phase that gives us time to understand your business, explore requirements and turn what we learn into a clear, practical direction for the project.

3-4 workshops

Structured sessions covering your objectives, users, processes, technical requirements and priorities — working through the key decisions needed to shape the right solution.

Our team, your stakeholders

We bring together One Beyond’s product and technical expertise with the people who understand your business best, ensuring the roadmap reflects both what you need and what’s achievable.

A clear roadmap forward

We turn the outcomes of discovery into an agreed plan for delivery, giving everyone clarity on the solution, priorities, scope, timelines and next steps.

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Step 1Goals

Our project manager meets with you to establish

  • What success looks like for you?
  • What metrics we can use to track this
  • Our workshop schedule
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Step 2Processes and people

Process mapping — We’ll map all the business processes and entities that your product will incorporate

High-level business domain model

  • We’ll build a picture of user roles (and the main goal-directed personas if applicable)
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Step 3UX and user flows defined →

We’ll ideate on the product, starting with application user flows.

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Step 4UX wireframes created →

We’ll build UX wireframes and create initial designs

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Step 5We’ll discuss non-functional requirements

These may include expectations for things like speed, storage and data

  • We’ll explain the pros and cons of each choice for your product.
  • We’ll document what’s agreed. This will impact design, cost and delivery.
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Step 6Product architecture

  • We’ll start to architect the context and containers. Engineering’s tech lead provides validation
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Step 7Product iteration features

  • We’ll create and prioritise the features required for the initial product design
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Step 8Risks and assumptions

  • We’ll review the discovery process with you and outline any risks and assumptions

Step 9: We’ll produce the delivery plan for you.

Agreed features

A clearly defined and prioritised set of features, aligned to your business goals and user needs.

Team shape

The recommended mix of skills and expertise needed to deliver your project successfully.

Cost estimations

Transparent estimates based on the agreed scope, technical approach and resources required.

Timelines

A realistic delivery schedule with key phases, milestones and expectations clearly mapped out.

Now you’re in the perfect position to move ahead with your project

With the key decisions made, requirements defined and a clear delivery plan in place, you can move into development with confidence. Everyone understands what’s being built, how we’ll deliver it, what it will cost and what success looks like.

Tell us what you need

Our approach sets us apart

Our Approach

A collaborative, considered approach that turns great ideas into successful software

We build long-term partnerships with clients because we’re refreshingly different. Our thoughtful methodology gets to the heart of every issue, we craft exceptional solutions in the right way and we value your involvement at all times. We’ll make a great team.

 

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Get clarity on scope, cost, timelines and value before development begins

How much value will your software project create, how quickly can it be delivered – and at what cost? With our expert-led Discovery Workshops, you can de-risk development and maximise ROI. We’d love to discuss your challenges and opportunities.