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We have years of project management and engineering experience to help bring your product to market.

Technical Project Management for Small Teams

Bridging the gap between a prototype and a fully realized product can be a significant challenge, particularly for smaller teams. Tight budgets, limited in-house resources, and accelerated timelines often create barriers to progress. In these situations, a project manager with strong technical expertise can be essential for driving a concept through to commercialization. We are capable of speaking the language of engineers, vendors, and designers alike, ensuring clear communication, informed decision-making, and smooth execution across all phases of the project.

Project Management Services

Roadmap and Milestone Definition

Starting with your existing prototype design and your customer requirements, we lay out key milestones tailored to your project, including:

  • Design Review and Refinement: Work collaboratively with designers to ensure the prototype is achievable with current resources, technologies, and budgets.
  • Vendor Selection and Engagement: Identify the right suppliers and ensure all parties are aligned on project needs.
  • Testing & Verification: Establish benchmarks and procedures to validate that chosen components fit the overall design.
  • Requirement Validation: Confirm precisely what the product needs to accomplish.
  • Integration & Launch: Coordinate final assembly, documentation, and QA processes leading up to production or market release.
Bridging Design and Reality

Our team will help review designs, help introduce your team to specialists or manufacturing partners.  

  • Refine & Validate: Work closely with your design team to verify that the prototype truly meets the requirements.
  • Manage Technical Specifications: Create or review documentation that outlines tolerances, material constraints, and performance benchmarks.
  • Collaborate with third parties: Work with vetted vendors or other third parties to help take your design to market. We are happy to coordinate work with third parties, or recommend our vendors directly.
Selecting the Right Components

A suboptimal choice in component selection can cause performance bottlenecks, inflate costs, or lead to missed deadlines. We help by:

  • Leaning on Technical Expertise: We have a strong background in instrumentation, assay and consumable design.
  • Vendor Relationships: We maintain connections with suppliers who can offer custom or semi-custom parts, competitive pricing, and reliable lead times.
  • Performance vs. Budget Trade-Offs: We help you choose components that fulfill the necessary specs and are cost effective.
Vendor Management

We have strong relationships with instrumentation and consumable vendors which we can coordinate:

  • Contract Negotiation & Scheduling: We handle interfacing with vendors, ensuring that contracts, timelines, and deliverables are clearly laid out and agreed upon.
  • Communication Hub: We act as the single point of contact for component suppliers, contract manufacturers, and testing facilities, preventing miscommunications that can lead to delays.
  • Quality Assurance & Issue Resolution: If a vendor’s prototype or part doesn’t meet expectations, we streamline the feedback loop, negotiate fixes, or source alternatives quickly.
Ensuring System-Level Success

We specialize in system-level oversight. We make sure all the pieces form a cohesive whole and are documented accordingly:

  • Integration Planning: Every subsystem, whether it’s an optical assembly, fluidics, circuit, or software interface must align seamlessly with adjacent modules.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination: We liaise between mechanical designers, software developers, assay scientists and consumable designers, ensuring all stakeholders remain in sync.
  • Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Hardware development is fraught with unknowns. We identify potential risks, like supply chain disruptions or tight design tolerances, and plan contingencies from the start.
  • Project Documentation: We implement project management processes (such as Agile, JIRA, etc.), or use your existing process to ensure roadmaps are documented.  We will also document requirements and test documentation.
  • Technical Files: Detailed specifications, change logs, and component datasheets ensure traceability and compliance with industry standards.
Tailored Solutions for Small Teams

Smaller organizations often don’t need a large project management apparatus. Our approach is agile, scaling to fit your needs:

  • Flexible Engagement: We will manage the entire process or step in for specific phases like vendor selection, testing coordination, or final documentation.
  • Resource Efficiency: We leverage existing staff and external partners effectively, preventing overhead and ensuring you pay only for the expertise you need.
  • Outcome Focused: Our ultimate goal is to see your concept turned into a reliable, customer-ready product, without derailing your budget or timeline.

Bringing Your Vision to Life

Bridging the gap between a promising prototype design and a commercially viable product doesn’t have to be daunting. With a project manager who understands both the technical intricacies and the practicalities of managing people, vendors, and milestones, you can focus on innovation while we take care of the details.

Ready to take your prototype from concept to completion?

Get in touch to explore how our technical project management services can streamline your development process and ensure your final product is on-time, on-budget, and on-point with your customers’ needs.

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