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Structured technical discovery and product scoping for founders, CTOs, and product owners in Nottingham. De-risk your software build with architecture clarity, scope definition, and roadmap planning before committing budget.
Trusted by enterprises, scaleups and startups
Many founders and CTOs start building without a shared understanding of scope, architecture, or dependencies. Discovery workshops surface those gaps before they become expensive rework. You'll leave with a clear technical brief, a realistic timeline, and confidence that the proposed approach fits your business constraints. This is especially important if you're seeking investment, planning to hand off to another team, or scaling an existing product.
A structured session (or series of sessions) maps your product vision, user flows, data requirements, integration points, and scaling assumptions to a concrete technical roadmap. You receive architecture sketches, technology recommendations, effort estimates, and dependency flagging. The output becomes your brief for development, your funding pitch deck appendix, or your brief to select a nearshore development partner. You own all outputs.
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Evolved Ideas is based in Leicester, a short drive from Nottingham's strong SME and manufacturing hub. We know the region's business culture, regulatory environment (especially for regulated sectors), and the dynamics of growing companies in the East Midlands. We can meet in person for workshops or run them remotely with UK timezone overlap. Most importantly, we treat discovery as a genuine consulting service, not a sales gate for a development contract.
WHAT YOU GET
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Working with Evolved Ideas has been the best experience I've ever had with a technology company. Everything that's done is done carefully. I like how my project team treats my product. We have people using our platform and getting value from it now, which wouldn't be possible without Evolved Ideas.
Jamie Beaumont
CASE STUDIES
conveybuddyLearn how conveybuddy launched in just six months with the right technology partner, revolutionising the conveyancing process with efficiency and transparency.View case study
Supply PilotSupply Pilot bridges the gap in the client feedback loop, giving retailers insight into what their customers really think. Our dedicated team built their Modio platform.View case study
NOCNWith a growing backlog of IT needs, the NOCN Group needed a full-time team to improve their operational efficiency using web based and mobile solutions.View case studyABOUT US
Founded in 2007 as a dedicated IT consultancy, Evolved Ideas has grown into a team of over 100 professionals, with a head office in Leicester and development hubs in Eastern Europe and Spain.
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OUR EXPERTISE
Over 17 years building custom software and mobile applications, and leveraging AI and ML to build the software you'll need next.
LOCAL INSIGHT
Nottingham's manufacturing and SME base means many founders and CTOs are running established businesses moving into software or digitalising existing operations. Discovery workshops are especially valuable here because they bridge business domain knowledge with technical strategy. Being local to Leicester, Evolved Ideas can work face-to-face for workshops or blend remote sessions, and understands the practical constraints of growing companies in the East Midlands.
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OUR PROVEN PROCESS
Our process has guided startups, scaleups and enterprises from concept to reality, and continues after launch.
A free 30-minute consultation followed by a stakeholder workshop, where we listen to your challenges, validate assumptions and build an outside-in view of your situation.
We scope the project, define milestones and deliverables, then research your market, wireframe the UX and prototype the UI so the direction is agreed before a line of code.
We assemble your dedicated team, establish reporting and work in iterative Scrum sprints, delivering a working MVP or proof of concept you can test with real users.
We ship, sign off, and keep your product current through our support service or a permanent extended team as your business evolves.
OUR SOLUTIONS
Technology is more than just code — it's a tool for solving real business challenges. Whichever route fits your stage, the same team delivers it.
With your long-term goals in mind, we help you choose the technology you need and develop a tech roadmap based on industry trends, emerging tech and your business requirements.
We have years of experience building proof of concepts and MVPs. We will take you from testing viability to building an MVP to validate your hypotheses.
Tier 1 customer support, Tier 2 technical support and Tier 3 development support for applications and legacy software, delivered by our engineering teams.
If you need to build an IT team from zero or need staff augmentation, we can build the team you need — developers, designers, analysts and even fractional CTOs.
Founders preparing to build an MVP, CTOs planning a platform rebuild, product owners scoping a new feature set, or business leaders evaluating whether a software solution is feasible. If you have a business problem and uncertain how to translate it into a technical roadmap, a workshop is the right first step.
Depends on project scope. A simple MVP might need one intensive 2-3 day workshop. A complex platform redesign or enterprise system migration typically spans 2-3 weeks of structured sessions (half-days or full days, based on your availability). We schedule around your calendar and stakeholders' availability.
Yes. Discovery works best when someone external challenges assumptions and asks questions your internal team might skip. Even if you have developers on staff, a structured discovery phase with fresh eyes often saves weeks of wasted effort and clarifies priorities your team wasn't aligned on.
Absolutely. The discovery outputs (architecture, scope definition, effort estimates, roadmap) are yours. You can use them to brief another developer, share with investors, or hand to your in-house team. We don't tie discovery to a development contract,you choose what comes next.
We price discovery based on scope and duration. A startup MVP discovery might run GBP 5-8k. A complex platform redesign could be GBP 15-25k. We always quote before starting work. Think of it as insurance against building the wrong thing or picking the wrong technical path.
You have a clear technical roadmap and scope. Some clients use it to pitch investors or secure internal budget. Others brief their own development team or a nearshore partner. Some ask us to build based on the discovery (we can do that), but many clients move forward independently. The decision is yours.
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Book a free 30-minute discovery call with our team — we'll understand your objectives and advise how bespoke software, MVP development, or an extended team can help your business.
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