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Typical Software Solution Development Phases
Product Discovery Phase Services
Turn your idea into a scalable product by aligning user needs, business goals, and technical architecture — all through expert discovery.
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What is
a discovery phase
During discovery our team closely collaborates with you to conduct research, analyze user needs and behaviors, define the project scope, and establish project goals and objectives. We also identify project requirements, build architecture and identify potential risks & challenges that may impact the project's success.
1. Reduced time-to-market and costs
2. Aligned vision and stakeholder expectations
3. Comprehensive product and delivery roadmap
4. Clear architecture and tech stack direction
5. Efficient resouce allocation and budgeting
6. Reduced risks through early validation
7. Defined success metrics and goals
1. Reduced time-to-market and costs
2. Aligned vision and stakeholder expectations
3. Comprehensive product and delivery roadmap
4. Clear architecture and tech stack direction
5. Efficient resouce allocation and budgeting
6. Reduced risks through early validation
7. Defined success metrics and goals
What’s your
challenge?
Option 1
- You can start with a ballpark cost estimate only
Option 2
- You want incremental Agile development without precise estimate for entire solution
Discovery phase deliverables you will receive
Product vision, goals, target users, and a high-level functional decomposition of features/modules.
Solution’s technical vision, architecture and tech stack
List of potential risks & challenges that may impact the project’s success
Roadmap with WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
Team composition and estimates
UI/UX design concepts for key screens
Discovery phase areas
Business
Align on purpose and outcomes. We define your product vision, success criteria, and stakeholder goals to ensure business value drives every decision. Strategic objectives are translated into clear, role-specific user requirements that guide scope, prioritization, and product focus.
Architecture
De-risk technical delivery from day one. We define scalable, secure, and efficient solution architecture aligned with product vision. This includes evaluating suitable tech stacks, integration points, and non-functional needs to ensure long-term maintainability and performance.
Design
Validate the experience before building. We define information architecture, user flows, key interactions, and expected behaviors based on real user needs. Through personas, journey mapping, and prototyping, we shape intuitive, value-driven experiences — reducing ambiguity and costly redesigns.
Plan
Create a clear path from concept to execution.
We break down product scope into achievable milestones, define team roles, and align timelines. This ensures transparency, shared expectations, and a confident transition from Discovery to development.
Business
Align on purpose and outcomes. We define your product vision, success criteria, and stakeholder goals to ensure business value drives every decision. Strategic objectives are translated into clear, role-specific user requirements that guide scope, prioritization, and product focus.
Architecture
De-risk technical delivery from day one. We define scalable, secure, and efficient solution architecture aligned with product vision. This includes evaluating suitable tech stacks, integration points, and non-functional needs to ensure long-term maintainability and performance.
Design
Validate the experience before building. We define information architecture, user flows, key interactions, and expected behaviors based on real user needs. Through personas, journey mapping, and prototyping, we shape intuitive, value-driven experiences — reducing ambiguity and costly redesigns.
Plan
Create a clear path from concept to execution.
We break down product scope into achievable milestones, define team roles, and align timelines. This ensures transparency, shared expectations, and a confident transition from Discovery to development.
One size doesn't fit all Choose a discovery model
Typical Software Solution Development Phases
Involvement intensity:
25%
50%
100%
discovery
Request Elaboration
Requirements
UI/UX Design
Architecture
Development & Testing
Maintenance
1-2 weeks
2-8 weeks
6+ months
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Client
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Software Architect
UX/UI designer
Dev & QA team
DevOps
Why Do Discovery Phase With Leobit?
Well, to name a few:
Advisory from top experts
Get accomplished professionals with 20+ years in the software industry & smartest top universities graduates to be on your side. You can involve an expertise of CTOs team, solution architects, top .NET, web, AI, cloud and mobile experts.
Fast problem identification
Our experts dive deep into your product specifics, predicting potential issues and making high-quality research within a smart timeline.
Actionable roadmap
By following it, you will have a detailed understanding of what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and how it should be done within your budget.
Tanguble discovery outcomes
You get a documented comprehensive roadmap with WBS, UI/UX design concepts, and a clear vision of your goals, requirements, and potential risks.
Cross-domain expertise
We have 170+ seasoned specialists in development, testing, business analysis, and product management who have worked with different project complexity and industry specifics such as Real Estate, FinTech, EdTech, SportsTech, Healthcare and others.
Review our case studies
on discovery phase
Discovery Phase for an Externship Coordination Platform
A platform that aims to revolutionize the externship coordination process. Acting as a central hub, it seamlessly connects educational institutions and clinics, fostering collaboration and streamlining the externship experience for all stakeholders involved.
With a solid discovery phase, we came up with a roadmap guiding us throughout the entire project. We delivered a certain knowledge of the upcoming tasks and challenges, allowing the customer to minimize their involvement and avoid unexpected time and budget overruns.
FAQ
It is a structured process where our expert team analyzes business goals, user needs, and technical feasibility to define a strong foundation for your product. The Discovery Phase includes market research, technology evaluation, UX strategy, and risk assessment to set a clear direction for development.
You will receive a detailed product vision, prioritized features, user personas, and key UI/UX concepts that reflect real user needs. Our expert team will deliver a proposed architecture, recommended tech stack, risk log, and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) roadmap. We also provide estimates for team composition, effort, and timeline to ensure you are fully prepared for development.
At Leobit, we recommend and provide the Discovery Phase to our clients because it is essential when starting work on a product. It helps reduce development risks, align expectations, and optimize both cost and time to bring your product to life. The Discovery Phase ensures your solution is technically solid, meets real user needs, and aligns with business goals from the start, preventing costly changes and misaligned efforts during development.
The Discovery Phase can take from one to six weeks. A quick Scoping Workshop lasts up to a week, while Idea Validation typically takes two to three weeks. More detailed MVP Planning & Readiness may take four to six weeks to finalize architecture, design, and implementation plans. So, the exact timeline depends on your project, and we determine it together with recommendations from our expert team.
The next step after the Discovery Phase is moving into development, using the validated plan as your foundation. With design prototypes, architecture, timelines, and team setup already in place, we can begin implementing your MVP or full product with aligned priorities, reduced risks, and clear delivery milestones.
