Our process
How a project runs.
Four phases, from a first workshop to ongoing support. Start at the one that matches where you are now.
Phase 1
Discovery Workshop
$950 fixed fee
Start here if you have a concept or a problem and do not yet know what it needs.
Credited in full against a Technical Discovery booked within 30 days.
Intro call
Is this something we can help with?
A 30 to 60 minute call. You tell us what you are trying to do, and we tell you whether a workshop is the right next step.
A clear yes or no on whether a workshop is worth doing
Workshop
What are we actually dealing with?
A two to three hour working session. We go through your concept or system with you: what it has to do, what already exists, and what is still unknown.
Written summary of the concept or system as we worked through it
The open questions a Technical Discovery would need to answer
A recommended next step
Phase 2
Technical Discovery
From $5,000 one-off
Start here if you have an idea to test, a system that is not working, or a risk that has not been assessed.
Assess
Can it be done, and what is the right way to do it?
We review what you need and what you already have, then set out the options with their risks and trade-offs.
Requirements and current-system review
Feasibility and architecture options
Written recommendation, walked through with you
Plan
What exactly gets built, and what will it cost?
The recommendation becomes a delivery plan: the scope, the criteria the finished work has to meet, and a quote for the build.
Scoped delivery plan and a quote for the build
Phase 3
Engineering Delivery
Quoted per project, minimum $8,000
Start here if you have one defined project to build. We quote it from a Technical Discovery, or from a short call where the scope is already defined.
Build
Who designs and builds it?
We do the design and implementation ourselves, across software, electronics and mechanical work, and report progress every week.
Agreed scope, price and deliverables
Hands-on design and implementation
Weekly progress updates
Test
Does it do what we agreed?
The work is tested against the criteria set in the plan, so finished is something we agreed up front.
Testing against agreed criteria
Hand over
Can our own team take it from here?
You receive the work with its documentation, so your team or another supplier can run it and change it.
Documentation and handover
Phase 4
Engineering Partnership
From $6,000 / month
Start here if you have a product already built or in service. Each month we agree what gets delivered; new builds are quoted as projects.
Keep it moving
What happens after the first build?
For products that keep changing, we work to a monthly plan that covers new development, design reviews and support for the systems we agree on.
Monthly priorities and delivery plan
Architecture and design reviews
Support for agreed systems
Prices ex GST. Hardware and fabrication costs are quoted separately and approved before purchase.
Discovery workshop
Not sure where you fit?
Start with an intro call. If a workshop makes sense, we spend two to three hours on your concept or system and send you a written summary with a recommended next step. The workshop is $950, credited against a Technical Discovery.