Some engagements begin with known requirements and go straight to engineering. Others need technical research first, so the production build rests on evidence rather than assumption.
- 01
Define
Agree the objective, constraints and what success looks like.
Research - 02
Investigate
Review what exists and where the real difficulty lies.
Research - 03
Experiment
Test candidate approaches where the answer is not known.
Research - 04
Evaluate
Measure results against the criteria agreed up front.
- 05
Engineer
Build the chosen approach into production-quality systems.
- 06
Operate
Deploy, monitor and support it as part of normal operations.
Steps 01-04 apply where the technical answer is not known in advance.