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Development Process

FromIdeatoLaunch.

You always know which stage the project is in, what exists at the end of it, and what happens next.

06Development Process

FromIdeatoLaunch.

Seven stages, in order. You see working software from stage four onward, and you know exactly what exists at the end of each one.
  1. 01

    Discovery

    Understand the business, the users, the constraints and the objective.

    • Requirements summary
    • User and stakeholder map
    • Success criteria
    • Constraints and risks
  2. 02

    Strategy

    Define scope, architecture, feature priority, timeline and technical direction.

    • Feature scope and priority
    • System architecture
    • Technology decisions
    • Delivery timeline
  3. 03

    Design

    Wireframes, user journeys, prototypes and the visual interface.

    • Wireframes
    • Interactive prototype
    • Interface design
    • Design system foundations
  4. 04

    Development

    Frontend, backend, database, APIs and every required integration.

    • Working staging environment
    • Iteration demos
    • Source code and documentation
    • Integrations wired up
  5. 05

    Testing

    Usability, functionality, responsiveness, performance, accessibility and security.

    • Cross-device test pass
    • Performance report
    • Accessibility review
    • Security review
  6. 06

    Launch

    Production infrastructure configured, product deployed, release verified.

    • Production infrastructure
    • Deployment pipeline
    • Monitoring and backups
    • Verified release
  7. 07

    Growth and Support

    Monitor, fix, improve performance and build what comes next.

    • Monitoring and alerting
    • Issue resolution
    • Ongoing improvements
    • Feature roadmap

Each stage, in full.

01

Discovery

Understand the business, the users, the constraints and the objective.

Before anything is designed we work out what the product has to achieve and for whom. That means understanding how the business currently operates, where the friction is, who the users are, and what success will actually be measured against. Most bad software is the result of skipping this.

You end this stage with

  • Requirements summary
  • User and stakeholder map
  • Success criteria
  • Constraints and risks
02

Strategy

Define scope, architecture, feature priority, timeline and technical direction.

We turn the discovery findings into a plan: what ships first, what waits, how the system is structured, and which technologies fit. You get a scope you can hold us to and a technical direction that will not need reversing in six months.

You end this stage with

  • Feature scope and priority
  • System architecture
  • Technology decisions
  • Delivery timeline
03

Design

Wireframes, user journeys, prototypes and the visual interface.

Structure comes before styling. We map the journeys, wireframe the screens, then design the interface and build a clickable prototype so you can use the product before it is built. Changes at this stage cost hours; the same changes after development cost weeks.

You end this stage with

  • Wireframes
  • Interactive prototype
  • Interface design
  • Design system foundations
04

Development

Frontend, backend, database, APIs and every required integration.

We build in short iterations against the agreed scope, with working software you can see rather than status reports. Frontend, backend, data layer and third-party integrations come together on a staging environment you have access to throughout.

You end this stage with

  • Working staging environment
  • Iteration demos
  • Source code and documentation
  • Integrations wired up
05

Testing

Usability, functionality, responsiveness, performance, accessibility and security.

Everything gets tested across real devices and browsers, not just a resized window. We check performance under realistic conditions, verify accessible interaction, review the security surface of the application, and fix what the testing surfaces before launch rather than after.

You end this stage with

  • Cross-device test pass
  • Performance report
  • Accessibility review
  • Security review
06

Launch

Production infrastructure configured, product deployed, release verified.

We configure the production environment, set up domains, certificates, environment protection, backups and monitoring, then deploy and verify the release end to end. Launch day should be uneventful, and with the previous five stages done properly, it is.

You end this stage with

  • Production infrastructure
  • Deployment pipeline
  • Monitoring and backups
  • Verified release
07

Growth and Support

Monitor, fix, improve performance and build what comes next.

After launch we monitor the product in production, resolve issues, keep dependencies and security patches current, and develop the next set of features as your business learns what its users actually need.

You end this stage with

  • Monitoring and alerting
  • Issue resolution
  • Ongoing improvements
  • Feature roadmap

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