Rough Roadmap of My Process:

Initial Meeting and Discovery:

We will begin with an up to 30 minute meeting where we will meet each other and identify your needs, objectives, and initial ideas for the product. This will be your time to ask any initial questions.

Project Proposal and Scope Definition:

Following the initial meeting, once I have specifics of your needs, I will prepare a project proposal. This proposal outlines the project scope, objectives, deliverables, timeline, and estimated costs. This is where I will tell you rough estimates of each part of the timeline. First stopgate. If this doesn’t meet your needs, we do not move forward until it does. Another meeting would be scheduled to accommodate until you are on board with each part. 

Project Agreement:

Once the client and the development team agree on the project proposal, a formal project agreement or contract is signed. This agreement includes all the terms and conditions, including payment terms, intellectual property rights, and confidentiality agreements. This will also include a detailed payment schedule and any payment information you will need. 

Kickoff Meeting:

After the agreement is signed, a kickoff meeting is scheduled. During this meeting, the project team, including the client, comes together to discuss project specifics. This includes roles and responsibilities, project milestones, and communication protocols.

Detailed Requirements Gathering:

The next step involves detailed requirements gathering. The client and development team work together to define the product's specifications, features, and functionality. This often involves iterative discussions and documentation to ensure a shared understanding.

Planning and Scheduling:

With clear requirements in place, the development team creates a project plan and schedule. This plan outlines the tasks, timelines, and dependencies necessary to bring the project to fruition.

Design and Prototyping:

Once planning is complete, the design phase begins. Your team will complete design files based on our agreed upon timeline.

Estimations:

Once you have the necessary design files, I take them to my team and the possible manufacturers and they provide me timelines, estimates for cost, estimates of shipping times etc and any issues they foresee with the product. 

Meeting to Begin Sampling:

Your team and I meet to discuss estimations and get final approval before sampling. If we are in agreement and no changes to the design need to be made, we move forward to sampling. Any fees for samples would be discussed here.

Sampling:

Manufacturers create samples and send them to whoever the company has designated as their sample testers and one to myself. 

Quality Assurance and Feedback:

Your team and  I meet to go over feedback from the sample testing. Confer on changes that need to be made. Plan for when the new round of design files can be provided, if changes are needed. This is where any changes to the timeline would happen based on how many more times we think sampling needs to happen. If the timeline won’t fit client needs, we would stop or pause the project here. 

If everything is approved and no changes needed in new sample form, we would move forward to bulk ordering. 

Manufacturing:

Manufacturing phase. Once Deposit is paid and manufacturing is started, cancellation can no longer happen. 

Delivery and Client Training:

Once manufacturing is underway, we will meet to set up shipping logistics and last leg of the timeline. This will include determining shipping fees and payment needs. 

Post-Launch Support:

The project doesn't end with delivery. Post-launch support and maintenance are often provided to address any issues or updates that may be needed.

*** Please note that I will adapt this roadmap to fit your company and needs