Mastered Product Scoping: Bring Your Project to Life
Definition of needs, technological choices, UX/UI mockups, and budget: we structure your idea to guarantee its technical success and profitability even before writing the first line of code.
Why conduct a product scoping before developing ?
Scoping is the foundational step of any successful digital project. It allows you to transform a raw idea or a complex business need into a clear, quantified, and technically feasible action plan.
By aligning all stakeholders from the start (business, tech, design), you de-risk your project, avoid cost overruns linked to direction changes during development, and ensure you create a tool that truly meets your users’ needs.
Signs that indicate you need scoping :
You have a vision, but you don't know where to start technically.
You need a precise budget and schedule to unlock funding.
Your company's stakeholders are not aligned on priorities.
Your idea requires a complex architecture or extensive IS integrations.
What you get at the end of the scoping
Backlog & User Stories
The exhaustive list of your product's features, prioritized by business value and translated into specifications understandable by developers.
UX/UI Mockups (Wireframes)
Clickable prototypes to visualize user journeys, test ergonomics, and align business teams before the final design phase.
Technical Architecture
A documented recommendation on the technologies to use (stack), database architecture, and API flows for a robust IS.
Detailed Costing & Planning
A transparent budget estimate, either macro or detailed, paired with a phased delivery roadmap (MVP, V1, V2) to control your investments.
How does our scoping phase work ?
Ideation & Business Workshops
We host collaborative workshops with your experts to understand your challenges, analyze existing processes, and define the success KPIs for your product.
UX Design & Journeys
Our developers translate your needs into seamless user journeys. We create wireframes to visualize the interface of the future application.
Tech Audit & Architecture
Our architects analyze your technical and security constraints to design a sustainable, scalable architecture interconnected with your current tools.
Restitution & Roadmap
We provide you with the complete scoping document. Together, we validate the MVP scope and establish the development schedule.
Support tailored to the scale of your project
From a rapid MVP to the complete redesign of your digital ecosystem.
From a vague idea to a clear roadmap in 4 weeks
The initial challenge
A mid-cap industrial company wanted to digitize its maintenance process. The need was vast, teams were misaligned, and the estimated budget varied up to fivefold depending on the service provider.
TheCodingMachine approach
A one-month scoping with 4 business workshops gathering technicians and management. Process mapping, creation of custom wireframes for tablets, and selection of a stack (React Native / Node.js).
The trade-off (MVP)
Technical expertise demonstrated that 20% of the initially requested features represented 60% of the technical complexity without bringing an immediate ROI. They were postponed to V2.
The result
A precise set of specifications, interface validation by end-users upfront, and a development budget secured and reduced by 30% thanks to the trade-offs.
Résults
Frequently Asked Questions about scoping
Do I own the deliverables at the end of the scoping ?
Absolutely. All deliverables produced (backlog, Figma mockups, technical architecture document) belong to you. You are free to continue development with TheCodingMachine, internally, or with another partner.
Am I obligated to develop the project with TheCodingMachine afterward ?
No, there is no development commitment at the end of the scoping phase. However, our clients usually choose to continue with us because our technical teams grasp the business challenges of your project from this very first phase.
Who participates in the scoping from TheCodingMachine's side ?
We set up a “Dream Team” tailored to your needs, generally composed of a Product Owner / Project Manager (for methodology and functional aspects) and a Technical Architect (for technological and security choices).
My specifications are already written, do I still need a scoping phase ?
It depends on the level of detail. Very often, a set of specifications expresses a business need but lacks precise technical specifications (APIs, database models) and UX mockups. A technical mini-scoping is often recommended to make the costing reliable.
Our other expertise in support and consulting
Functional and technical audit
Process analysis and improvement recommendations.
Project management
Monitoring, coordination, agile management of your initiatives.
Product roadmap
Strategic planning of evolutions and priorities.
Product scoping
Definition of needs and priorities to structure your project.
