We test the one risk that is holding up your decision, on your own matters.
A Proof of Concept is not a product, and you will not show it to a client. It answers one question on your own matters, and the answer goes to whoever signs the budget.
Why test one thing before you build anything.
Every new idea carries four risks: can it be built, will people want it, can they use it, and does the business case hold. Usually one of them is holding up the decision. Two teams disagree about it, or leadership wants proof before it signs a bigger budget.
Building the whole thing is an expensive way to find out. We shape the test to the risk. A feasibility risk gets a stripped-down build on real data. A usability risk gets a clickable prototype in front of associates.
How it works
We name the risk
We write down the one question and name who the answer has to convince.
We shape the smallest test that answers it
We leave out everything else: no error handling, no plan to keep it running.
We run it on your own matters
Real documents and the associates who would use it, so nobody can say it only worked on a demo set.
We write the answer
The reason and the next step go in writing you can forward.
What you get
A test result
On your documents, in the shape the risk called for.
A written note
What worked, what did not, and why.
A go or a no-go, and the next stage
Which size of build, if any, the answer justifies.
Frequently asked questions
Isn't this paying for something we throw away?
You keep the answer, and the answer is what you paid for. The build was never meant to survive the decision. A focused test costs less than a build that fails for the same reason.
What if the answer is no?
We write the reason clearly enough that you can close the topic or ask a better question. A clear no before the build starts is a good outcome.
Our vendor offers a pilot. Why pay for a test?
Take it, if the question is whether that product fits. A pilot of their product will not answer a question about your own workflow or your business case. A test will.
Couldn't our own team run this test?
They can, if they have the time free. We bring the legal read and the model experience. And we are outside the argument, so the result carries the same weight with whichever side it disappoints.
How long does a Proof of Concept take?
Usually under a month. It depends on the risk: a clickable prototype takes less time than a build on real data. We agree the length once the test is shaped.
How is this different from a Prototype?
A Prototype is software your team uses while we iterate on it. A Proof of Concept answers one question, then stops, and a go often leads to a Prototype.
Tell us which risk it is.
Send us the idea, the risk behind it and who needs the answer. Not sharp enough to test yet? A Discovery sharpens it first. Too small a risk, and we tell you to skip the test.