We believe the key to high-quality software delivery is deep and thorough planning, so we’ve come up with a robust approach to meet your expectations — the project discovery phase.
Service
Our Software Product Discovery Services
Market Research and Competitor Analysis
We analyze current market trends, size, and growth potential. The team conducts in-depth competitor analysis to examine their product features, pricing strategies, market positioning, etc. With potential opportunities and barriers in mind, we help you shape your unique value proposition and address genuine market needs during the discovery phase.
User Research and Journey Mapping
Product discovery solutions include observational studies, surveys, etc., to understand the behaviors, preferences, and pain points. We use these to create user personas that represent your key customer segments. These help identify pains, touchpoints, and opportunities for innovation to build a product that truly resonates with your target users.
Feature Prioritization and MVP Planning
The team will help you distinguish between the essential and nice-to-have features when creating a strategy for your minimum viable product. This software discovery phase service considers basic user needs, technical complexity, development costs, and potential business impact. We’ll ensure your MVP brings maximum value with minimum development time.
Technical Feasibility Assessment
Product discovery consulting emphasizes software feasibility. Before developing, we analyze scalability requirements, integration needs, performance expectations, and maintenance. You receive a proof-of-concept development for critical features, detailed technical risk analysis, and tech stack recommendations.
Budget and Timeline Planning
The task of product discovery services is to create realistic schedules and expense plans. We consider various factors, including team ramp-up time, integration complexities, and testing requirements. With detailed project phases, milestones, and responsibilities, you prevent budget overruns and ensure appropriate resource allocation throughout the project.
Security and Compliance Planning
Discovery services for software development involve identifying all relevant data protection regulations, industry standards, and security certifications for your product and target markets. The team then starts developing detailed security frameworks and compliance roadmaps that address user data protection, system security, and regulatory requirements.
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Success stories
Hyposwiss
A Swiss Private Bank located in Geneva.
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Sygnum
A global digital asset banking group, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage.
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Amina Bank
Crypto bank with a headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
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Maverix Securities AG
One of the leading Swiss Securities Houses in the Structured Products market.
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Hastings Deering
Sells, services, rents and supports new and used Caterpillar machinery, equipment and power solutions.
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JobDone
The app for shifting planning, time tracking and communication
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Clear Street
A diversified financial services firm which modernizing the brokerage ecosystem.
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Muuvr
Proprietary active-data-for-crypto platform
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CHWhy Choose S-PRO for Software Product Discovery Services?
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Four years of dedicated experience
During these years, we have delivered over 300 projects across various industries. Our software product discovery services are built and perfected on real business cases and solutions.
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Project delivery on time and within budget
The main goal of our discovery services for software development is to determine realistic project timelines and budgets while addressing all critical points and managing resources competently.
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Transparent project progress
You’ll have 24/7 access to the development services and our product discovery consultants. Using Jira for task management allows for transparent progress tracking and swift adaptation to changes.
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Security compliance
Accounting for security and compliance during the product discovery cycle allows us to implement the proper protection mechanisms and prepare response plans to reduce the risk of data breaches and leaks.
How We Guarantee Success Through the Discovery Phase
- Collaborative Approach
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation Planning
- Detailed Documentation and Roadmap
- Prototype Testing and Validation
- Change Management Strategy
- Data Strategy and Analytics Planning
We bring together key stakeholders, domain experts, and potential users for discovery services for software development. This collaboration allows for exploring product vision, user needs, and business objectives, ensuring all perspectives are considered. The findings are summarized in detailed reports that serve as foundational documents for your product development.
A comprehensive risk analysis across business, technical, and operational dimensions is also a part of the discovery phase. It helps identify a full range of potential obstacles, from market risks to technical challenges and resource constraints. We develop specific mitigation strategies for each identified risk so that you can anticipate the possible challenges and respond effectively.
As part of our product discovery services, we break down the project into manageable phases, with milestones and deliverables for each step. Comprehensive documentation summarizes requirements, dependencies, timelines, and other essential aspects. It serves as a commitment and ensures all team members have a clear understanding of what needs to be built and how.
Prototyping in our product discovery company starts with low-fidelity wireframes and concludes with interactive prototypes that simulate core user flows. We gather insights for immediate product enhancements via multiple rounds of user testing. We determine usability issues, validate assumptions, and refine the user experience to eliminate the risk of building unneeded features.
The product discovery solutions feature comprehensive change management plans. We help you identify potential resistance points and create strategies to address them. Through stakeholder analysis, communication planning, and training program development, we develop software documentation for all groups and actionable plans to facilitate product adoption.
Our software product discovery services support informed decision-making. This includes, among other things, defining key metrics, setting up tracking systems, and creating analysis frameworks. We help you identify tools and technologies for efficient data collection and analysis, as well as create plans for using these insights to drive product improvements through its lifecycle.
Contact our experts for a free evaluation of your project
One of our experts will reach out to you within 24 hours to further discuss your project and answer any questions you may have.
Olha Bondarenko
Delivery Manager
Expertise: project and delivery management, specializing in managing cross-functional teams to ensure timely and successful outcomes. Skilled in discovery phase services for product development, design thinking, innovation, and strategic problem-solving.
Dustin Schulze
Senior Business Analyst
Expertise: finance strategy and transformation, specializing in driving financial growth through strategic planning and operational improvements. Proficient in business analysis, controlling, reporting, and providing product discovery services.
Kamel Boubakri
Program Manager
Expertise: fintech innovation, digital banking solutions, and real-time risk management platforms. Skilled in blockchain technology, IT consulting, product development, and product discovery services for companies and startups spanning from Switzerland to Silicon Valley.
Olha Bondarenko
Delivery Manager
Expertise: project and delivery management, specializing in managing cross-functional teams to ensure timely and successful outcomes. Skilled in discovery phase services for product development, design thinking, innovation, and strategic problem-solving.
Dustin Schulze
Senior Business Analyst
Expertise: finance strategy and transformation, specializing in driving financial growth through strategic planning and operational improvements. Proficient in business analysis, controlling, reporting, and providing product discovery services.
Kamel Boubakri
Program Manager
Expertise: fintech innovation, digital banking solutions, and real-time risk management platforms. Skilled in blockchain technology, IT consulting, product development, and product discovery services for companies and startups spanning from Switzerland to Silicon Valley.
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One of our experts will reach out to you within 24 hours to further discuss your project and answer any questions you may have.
Process
Our product discovery process consists of seven main stages
Product discovery in action – Your project’s roadmap step-by-step
Our product discovery process consists of seven main stages
Results
Product discovery results
We carefully select the right architecture, whether monolithic, microservices, SOA or serverless, to achieve scalability and adaptability in your product.
Architecture
We put end users at the heart of everything we do, crafting user-centric designs and best user flows that solve day-to-day UX challenges.
Design
We provide detailed project documentation so you can easily onboard not only new specialists but entire teams, maintaining smooth project continuity.
Specification
We set clear expectations for stakeholders and demonstrate our commitment with an executive summary of project scope, costs, and timelines.
Estimate
A strategic plan outlining the product development timeline, milestones, and required resources.
Resource plan
We assess total long-term costs, including development, maintenance, and operational expenses, to inform strategic decisions.
Cost of ownership
We identify and mitigate potential risks to ensure the product’s stability and reliability in various use cases.
Risk assessment
Achieve project success through iterative development, with clear milestones and regular demos to track progress.
Development roadmap
Testimonials
Lucky Bassi
CEO & Founder at JobDone
Zurich, Switzerland
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Lucky Bassi
CEO & Founder at JobDone
Zurich, Switzerland
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Leo Kozhushnik
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics at Expert Skills
2/4
Working on the Software Discovery Phase with S-PRO enabled for CryptoTap project to have a clear plan to organize resources and activities to efficiently and effectively deliver a working prototype and a set of business ... requirements together with accurate pricing estimates. Working with Margaret has been an absolute pleasure. She is very professional and always polite. What stands out most is her attention to detail in all aspects of process discovery services. Margaret goes the extra mile to make sure that the job is completed precisely to the request. She also speaks flawless English and is a fantastic communicator. It all makes collaboration seamless, proving we can communicate across the globe without getting lost in translation. Qudos to Margaret and team at S-PRO.
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Leo Kozhushnik
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics at Expert Skills
Working on the Software Discovery Phase with S-PRO enabled for CryptoTap project to have a clear plan to organize resources and activities to efficiently and effectively deliver a working prototype and a set of business ... requirements together with accurate pricing estimates. Working with Margaret has been an absolute pleasure. She is very professional and always polite. What stands out most is her attention to detail in all aspects of process discovery services. Margaret goes the extra mile to make sure that the job is completed precisely to the request. She also speaks flawless English and is a fantastic communicator. It all makes collaboration seamless, proving we can communicate across the globe without getting lost in translation. Qudos to Margaret and team at S-PRO.
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Conor Davis
CTO at Bold Brains Capital AG
3/4
S-PRO were instrumental in delivering both the project management, architecture and developmental resources needed to overcome problems and navigate product development when using a remote ... development team. What I consider one of the most important aspects in developing something successfully either on or offshore is having a thorough specification. This we did together rigorously together, making the execution of the plan timely and the budget quantifiable.
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Testimonials
Conor Davis
CTO at Bold Brains Capital AG
S-PRO were instrumental in delivering both the project management, architecture and developmental resources needed to overcome problems and navigate product development when using a remote ... development team. What I consider one of the most important aspects in developing something successfully either on or offshore is having a thorough specification. This we did together rigorously together, making the execution of the plan timely and the budget quantifiable.
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Dante Zubov
Lead Developer at thisislanguage.com
4/4
It’s important to have a project discovery services at the beginning of a large fixed scope software project in order to make correct architectural decisions and to have a realistic time estimate. S-PRO worked ... closely with us in order to create a comprehensive requirements specification. They were proactive in seeking detailed knowledge and understanding of our current system which will be essential for producing excellent results.
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Dante Zubov
Lead Developer at thisislanguage.com
It’s important to have a project discovery services at the beginning of a large fixed scope software project in order to make correct architectural decisions and to have a realistic time estimate. S-PRO worked ... closely with us in order to create a comprehensive requirements specification. They were proactive in seeking detailed knowledge and understanding of our current system which will be essential for producing excellent results.
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