Design & Dev Process

How it starts

  • We want to work with you to understand your product, your goals, and get a full understanding of the scope of your project.

STEP 1

  • You think we’re a good fit. Great! Now we’ll put together a proposal that gives an estimate of project timeline and budget.

    Our proposal will outline things like:

    • Our understanding of your project

    • Project Timeline

    • Project Budget

STEP 2

  • You like our proposal, now let’s make it official.



    We’ll sign a statement of work and send an initial invoice to begin. 



    Before we start, we ask for 50% of the design cost up front. The remaining balance is billed upon your project acceptance. We also ask for a retainer against development estimates, which are billed hourly and invoiced every 30 days.

STEP 3

Client Spotlight

Getting to work

Phase 1

Discovery

There’s no user experience without the user

Before we start drawing anything, we get to know you, your teams, your product realm, and your user. We emphasize quality user research because we want to solve the right problem the right way.

Client Spotlight

Mayo Clinic

Research Protocol Catalog

Alongside Mayo Clinic, we reimagined an existing app to address known deficiencies and develop an intuitive user experience for clinicians seeking clinical trial options for their patients.

Workshop Sessions
Heuristic Review
User Interviews

Phase 1 steps:
Phase 2

Define

The “how it actually works” part.

A correct, prioritized feature set and simplified workflow is paramount to designing a winning customer experience. Choosing the right tech stack - what software frameworks and cloud services will be the right fit.

Client Spotlight

Gemini

A digital transformation that rearchitected the sales and delivery process for the top custom, made-to-order signage company in the U.S.

Prioritized Task List
Feature Set
Workflow
Summary & Recommendations

Phase 2 steps:
Phase 3

Design & Prototype

Watch your app visually come to life.

We start with sketch-style wireframes to implement established features and workflow, then iterate concepts until we have a workable design model.

Client Spotlight

Sensata

Owlcam Dash Cam Mobile App

With an emphasis on usability, KRUTSCH and Sensata restructured the design model for Owlcam for longterm customer satisfaction and company growth.

Wireframes
Hi-Fidelity Storyboards
Prototyping

Phase 1 steps:
Phase 4

Develop & Deploy

We’re finished strategizing, and the “how” is done. Now it’s time for the “what”. And to make sure your customers love it.

We provide front- and back-end development services, product testing, bug fixes, cloud services, app store deployment, as well as ongoing maintenance.

Client Spotlight

dont

Informed by their own experience as parents, our client, Amplify Development, saw an opportunity to help instill safer driving habits for drivers of all ages, later bridging into use cases for commercial fleet operators.

Native App Development for iOS & Android
Amazon Web Services Backend
APIs for Commercial Integration
User Testing
App Store Deployment
Ongoing Support & Maintenance

Phase 4 steps:

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