Dream, Discover, Deliver: The Discovery Workshop Method

You've got big dreams — visions of groundbreaking ideas and revolutionary online products. But how do you bring those dreams to life? Enter the Discovery Workshop — our tried and tested method to turn your vision into a working technical plan.

First, let's demystify the process: what exactly are Discovery Workshops, and what makes them worthwhile?

What is a Discovery Workshop? 🧑‍🏫

A Discovery Workshop is a full day of collaboration between your team and mmtm to collect, create and analyse all the information required to begin your project.

They're like a funnel where we all move from large abstract concepts ("everything is possible!") to a more realistic, concrete view of what's most relevant and achievable for your business.

These sessions are more than a brainstorm about pricing. We use processes and exercises pioneered by Google to drill down into your long-term goals, user personas, feature ideas, budget and more!

“When we came to mmtm, we just had a bunch of ideas on paper. The Discovery Workshop helped us hone our ideas into a concrete delivery plan. It was fun too!”

Austin Milne, Managing Director at AXM Studios Ltd.

What Does a Discovery Workshop Involve? 🗓️

Here's a snapshot of what our typical Discovery Workshop looks like:

Before the Workshop — Preparation: To ensure a productive session, mmtm will thoroughly study and review your business and app idea before the workshop begins.
Morning Session—Defining the Project: To begin, we'll ask you to pitch your idea to our team. We'll then examine your proposition together, diving into the target market, features, monetisation model, metrics, and growth plans.
Afternoon Session — Crafting Solutions: As a group, we'll conduct competitor analysis, discuss feature inspiration, sketch wireframes of how your new platform could look and feel, and finish with a storyboard of your app's key web pages.

Our Technical Director Rupert pointing at a mockup sketch on a whiteboard during a Discovery Workshop

What Makes a Discovery Workshop Worthwhile? 📈

When innovating, the risk of building the wrong thing looms large. That's where Discovery Workshops shine brightest. Here are some of their key benefits:

A Clear Vision for the Future: After the workshop, you'll have a clear idea of when your app will be ready to launch, exactly how much it'll cost, and what features it'll have.
Alignment Between Your Team: The exercises we'll facilitate during the workshop will align you and your team on the highest-priority features to build and how they need to work.
Technical Delivery Plan: Our project leads, Martin and Rupert, will write a technical delivery plan document describing the app's features, how they'll be developed, the investment required, and more.
High-Fidelity Mockups: Using our storyboard from the workshop's Afternoon Session, mmtm will produce high-fidelity mockups of the proposed platform using your brand guidelines — suitable for use in pre-sales outreach or an investor pitch deck.
Fixed-Cost Quotation and Timelines: mmtm will also quote the cost of the development work to build the MVP version of the app — we'll even estimate a timeframe for launch!

“Pragmatic, results-focused, technically excellent, and most importantly lovely people. mmtm are the ideal software partner for any growing business looking to digitise their processes.”

Liza Berresford, CEO at Thresholds Ltd.

Let’s Set Sail! ⛵

Ready to see what lies on the horizon for your idea? With a Discovery Workshop, the sky's the limit. They're also a cost-effective and low-risk way to start working with us without any obligation — even if we're not a good fit, you can take our Technical Delivery Plan and present it to another agency.

So reach out, roll up your sleeves, and let's embark — together!