Strategy

The App Roadmap: How does an idea become an app?

A one-day workshop, after which we create a click dummy as a tangible preview of your app and a roadmap with stages and an effort range. You see your app before the first line of code is written, and you know what the way there costs.

Request the App Roadmap · 4,999.00 €How the Roadmap works
Who is the Roadmap for?

For decision-makers who want to get from idea to plan.

The decision for an app has been made, but between the idea and the first line of code lies the actual work: what should it do, for whom first, and what does that cost? The App Roadmap is for you if you recognize at least one of these sentences:

  • “We know we need an app, but not where to start.”
  • “I want to be able to show my team something before we put money into development.”
  • “What will the app cost us in the end? I need a reliable range.”
  • “Everyone in the company has a different idea of what the app should do.”
What you get

Four things you will have in hand afterwards.

Workshop day

A day with André Krämer or one of our senior architects: use cases for field service, drivers or technicians, offline strategy, architecture and store strategy. In the end, everyone in the company talks about the same app.

Click dummy

A clickable preview of your app: real screens, real workflows, experienced on the smartphone. With it you convince your team and shareholders before the first line of code is written.

Roadmap with effort range

Your app, broken down into stages: what comes first, what builds on what, and what effort range does each stage have? Your basis for budgeting and deciding.

Debrief

We go through the click dummy and roadmap together, answer your questions and clarify the sensible first step. Afterwards you decide whether and with whom you travel.

How the Roadmap works

Four steps from idea to plan.

1 · Preparation

We coordinate participants, goals and material. You bring the people who know the workflows: from dispatch, field service or workshop.

2 · Workshop day

One day, remote or in Bad Breisig: prioritize use cases, clarify the offline strategy, define architecture and store strategy. Moderated, structured, without jargon.

3 · Click dummy & roadmap

Afterwards we create the click dummy and the roadmap with stages and an effort range. Your effort in this phase: none.

4 · Debrief

A joint appointment: experience the click dummy, go through the roadmap, clarify questions. With that the Roadmap ends, with no obligation to implementation.

Price & crediting

Fixed price. Double crediting.

User story mapping on the sticky-note wall
Strategy

The App Roadmap

Preparation, a one-day workshop, click dummy, roadmap with stages and an effort range, debrief. Conducted by André Krämer or one of our senior architects. All prices net plus VAT.

If you did the App Compass beforehand, its 749.00 € are fully credited. And if you decide on implementation with us, 25 % of the Roadmap goes toward Stage 1. Whoever goes the whole way pays almost nothing extra for the strategy.

4,999.00 €Fixed price · 1 day + click dummy App Compass (749.00 €) fully credited25 % (1,250.00 €) credited toward Stage 1

And if you go the whole way?

App Compass 749.00 €→App Roadmap 4,999.00 € 4,250.00 €→Stage 1 − 1,250.00 €

The Compass is fully credited toward the Roadmap, the Roadmap at 25 % toward your first stage. You will find the whole ladder at a glance on the Mobile Apps page.

Which means: whoever goes further gets the App Compass effectively for free and bears no risk, because at the start there is the results guarantee.

Honestly

The roadmap is yours. Even without us.

The click dummy and roadmap are made so that your own team or another service provider can work with them. We sell you a plan, not an obligation. That most customers travel with us afterwards is down to the plan, not the fine print.

The approach is proven: the ODYSYS D3 driver app runs daily with over 1,000 drivers, we have been reliably developing Deltaplan’s FIS app since 2019, we migrated the iLOG app of the Bünting Group to .NET MAUI, and at KMS/HERMLE the automated store deployment came along with it. Every one of these apps started as a plan.

Request the App Roadmap · 4,999.00 €
Frequently asked questions

Answered clearly.

Do we have to have done the App Compass beforehand?

No. If it is already settled for you that an app is coming, start directly with the Roadmap. If the fundamental question is still open, whether app, web application or nothing at all, the Compass is the better first step. It costs 749.00 € and is fully credited toward the Roadmap, so you lose nothing.

What exactly is the click dummy?

A clickable preview of your app: real screens, real workflows, experienced on the smartphone, but without programmed logic behind it. With it you can navigate through the most important workflows and show it to your team or your shareholders. That way the idea becomes something tangible before the first line of code is written.

How reliable is the effort range?

Reliable enough for deciding and budgeting: the roadmap breaks your app down into stages and gives an effort range per stage, no wishful thinking and no landing on the exact euro. Stage 1 is deliberately cut small, so that you see real results early and can test the range against reality.

Can we also take the roadmap to another service provider?

Yes. Roadmap and click dummy belong to you and are documented so that your own team or another service provider can work with them too. We are convinced that we are the right partner for the implementation, but you are obligated to nothing.

What does the implementation cost afterwards?

Each stage is calculated individually, and the effort range for it is provided by the roadmap. Stage 1 is your MVP with the most important workflow, and 25 % of the Roadmap (1,250.00 €) is credited toward it. If you come with an existing app, the App Inspection brings a further 1,000.00 € credit. After every stage you decide anew.

Still unsure?

Is the app question not yet decided at your place?

Then the App Compass is the better first step: 90 minutes of strategy conversation with a results guarantee. App yes or no, .NET MAUI, native or web/PWA. The 749.00 € are fully credited toward the Roadmap.

To the App Compass
The next step

Request the App Roadmap.

Write us briefly what it is about. We get back to you within one business day with date proposals for the preparation. You talk to someone who understands apps and your .NET world.

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+49 2633 4899 430 · info@qualitybytes.de

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