The product is not clearly defined.
Requirements, users, priorities, constraints, and the first practical version may still need to be established.
Product & Technology Development
Product development across software, hardware, and connected systems.
ballastIQ helps companies evaluate concepts, define requirements, develop prototypes, design technical architecture, integrate systems, and prepare products for launch.
- Feasibility
- Architecture
- Prototyping
- Development
Common Challenges
Technical products can become complicated quickly.
Requirements may still be changing. Feasibility may not be established. Software and hardware decisions may be developing separately, and early technical choices can create unnecessary cost or limitations later.
We help bring those decisions together before they become harder to change.
Feasibility is still uncertain.
Important technical assumptions may need to be tested before committing to a larger development effort.
The architecture has developed piecemeal.
Software, hardware, data, cloud services, and integrations may not have been designed as one system.
The product is approaching a new stage.
A prototype may need to become production-ready, or an existing product may need substantial technical improvement.
Product Development
Early technical decisions affect the entire product.
Architecture, component choices, cloud services, data, integrations, vendors, and deployment requirements can influence cost, schedule, reliability, and future development.
- Concept evaluation and feasibility
- Requirements and product definition
- Technical and product architecture
- Prototype development
- Software, hardware, and cloud integration
- Testing, deployment, and launch preparation
Areas of Work
Development may involve several technical disciplines.
The work can begin with a concept, an existing prototype, a product already in development, or a technical problem within an established product.
Product Definition & Feasibility
Requirements, use cases, constraints, technical risks, and practical options for moving forward.
Architecture & Prototyping
Technical architecture and focused prototypes used to test important assumptions before a larger build.
Software, Cloud & Integrations
Applications, portals, dashboards, APIs, cloud services, authentication, data, and system integrations.
Hardware & Connected Products
Devices, sensors, controls, edge systems, communications, and the software required to support them.
Beyond the Prototype
Technical viability is only one requirement.
A product also has to be practical to manufacture or deploy, maintain, support, update, and operate over time.
Product architecture should account for operating cost, deployment, security, serviceability, vendors, user experience, and future development—not simply whether the first version can be made to work.
Engagements
Support can begin at any stage of product development.
Engagements may begin with feasibility, an architecture review, a prototype, an active development program, or a product that needs technical improvement.