What Happens in a Discovery Phase
Discovery is the short, focused phase at the start of a project where we learn enough about your goals, users and constraints to plan the build with confidence. It is where we replace assumptions with evidence.
Investing here saves money later: the cheapest time to change your mind is before a single line of code is written, and discovery is designed to surface those decisions early.
What We Explore Together
We spend this time understanding the problem properly rather than jumping to solutions, and we do it with you in the room as much as possible.
- Your business goals and how success will be measured.
- Who your users are and what they are trying to achieve.
- Existing systems, data and any technical constraints.
- Risks, unknowns and the things that worry you most.
What You Receive at the End
Discovery produces tangible outputs you can act on, not just conversations, so you always have something concrete to approve before we proceed.
- A prioritised list of features and a recommended scope.
- Wireframes or a clickable prototype of the key journeys.
- A realistic estimate, timeline and delivery plan.
If you need a hand with any of this, your Progressive Robot delivery team is ready to help. Raise a ticket from the Support area of your client portal or speak to your account manager and we will guide you through the next steps.