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# Canary & Delta
Canary & Delta is a digital venture builder that partners with leading corporations to build new products that leverage cutting-edge technology. Our team of product strategists, data scientists, and software engineers find new opportunities and deliver technology that aims to disrupt existing products and delight users.
Our team has experienced co-founding tech companies and delivered value for large enterprises such as Dyson, Starbucks, Apple, and Bank of America.
## Our Services
**Digital Strategy** - We'll create or evolve your digital strategy to align with long term business objectives, working collaboratively with your executive team to execute the roadmap.
**Software Design** - We'll create or evolve your software architecture using best practices & industry standards to optimise for secure, high-performant, resilient, and efficient infrastructure.
**Software Development** - We'll create or evolve your software, from native applications & cloud infrastructure to augmented reality & bespoke IoT hardware.
**Data Science** - We'll apply modern machine learning, or statistical techniques, to static problems and package solutions in software.
**Technology Research** - We'll critically evaluate new digital technology, showcase how it can be leveraged within your business, and outline advantages, limitations and create an implementation strategy.
## Why Us
**Solve Hard Problems** - We hire only the best and the brightest. It allows us to solve really hard technology problems, work on great products and provide a competitive advantage to our clients.
**Strategic Delivery** - We aren't the partner who will simply implement requirements without question. Our data-driven approach helps position projects strategically within our client's organisation, and we take a hands-on role if technology roadmaps become disconnected from business objectives.
**Agile-on-demand** - We provide access to lean product development teams who can take ideas and translate them into revenue-generating, scalable products FAST.
## Our Team
Our team of technologists is based in Paddington, London. We have world-class academic and commercial experience, with degrees in computer science, engineering, and design from top British universities ranging from University College London to the University of Bristol.
- Mike Cooper - Technical Lead & Data Specialist
- Ben Allen - Technical Lead & Engineering Specialist
- Martin van der Heijden - Software Developer & Full-stack Specialist
- Gareth Matson - Software Developer & Front-end Specialist
- Matthew Eisner - Senior Product Marketing Strategist
- Alicia Burke - Product Marketing Analyst
- Jose Vanterpool - QA
You'll have access to our team in the UK and can visit our offices at any time.
### Design
We also provide UI & UX capabilities through our trusted partner, LoneUX, based in San Francisco.
- Andy Gilliland - Visual Design Specialist
- Kevin Gillard - Interaction Design Specialist
- Spencer Bailey - Motion Design Specialist
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## How we work
### Our Building Process
**1. Discovery**
We strive to understand your organisation's mission and priorities; the aim is to reflect these values in the designs and final product. From there, we examine the minimum viable product, pinpointing key differentiators that will be leveraged throughout the project.
- Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, etc.
- A clear understanding of values and mission
- Roles and responsibilities assignment
**2. Plan**
With a prioritised feature set in hand, we can now plan how to approach the work. Each week, we'll spend two hours clarifying the detail of each feature with you and then estimating the complexity of this work. This means that both you and the team have excellent visibility on what's coming up next, and how long it will take to build.
**3. Design, Develop & Release**
We work in two-week sprints, focusing on the features you have prioritised. A successful sprint is one where every item identified in this week's backlog is completed. Once we've built the minimum set of features, we transition into the iterative deployment phase, where each new feature is released as soon as it's built.
**4. Follow Progress**
We check ourselves against burn-down charts which map time against the amount of work we anticipated completing. This means no tunnel vision - if there's a problem, we'll solve it before the end of the day or find an alternative solution. We'll also send a concise and regular email/slack message to update the work done.
**5 Continuous Improvement**
At the end of each sprint, the team celebrates the successes and analyses the problems we encountered. We look to take at least one action each week to make us faster for the next, increasing velocity week on week to deliver value to you, and your users, in lightning time.
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# Property X
Property X aims to create a platform that helps property developers aggregate and obtain insights from planning decisions registered by local councils.
## Phase 1: Technical Feasibility
### Aim
To create a technical feasibility document outlining end-user functionality, core technologies, costs & timelines associated with the project.
### Deliverables
- To produce a technical document, suitable for technical and non-technical readers, which can be used to develop the minimum viable product.
- To provide a timeline and cost associated with the project.
### Approach
1. Meeting with the client to discuss high-level MVP requirements.
2. Engage in 2-4 meetings with relevant domain experts to identify pain points.
3. Meeting with the client to outline approach recommendations.
4. Approach outlined formally in the requirements document.
### Team
Mike Cooper, Technical Lead & Data Specialist, will work with Property X to scope the project. He has over five years of software engineering & data science experience with an MEng in Computer Science. Having already scoped and delivered software and machine learning-based projects, he is well equipped to identify the technical challenges, scope, and associated timelines.
## Financials
### Costs
We estimate that our approach to phase 1 will take a total of 5 days.
The total project cost will be £4,250 (excl. VAT).
| Role | Price | Days Required | Total |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |-------- |
| Technical Lead | £850 | 5 | £4,250 |
| **Total** | | 5 | £4,250 |
### Timeline
We've scoped the project under the premise that we have 4 weeks to complete the work, where the assumed start date is Mon 19th Oct.
### T&Cs
- Consultant's Working Day - 8 hours exclusive of travel and lunch
- Working Week - Monday to Friday excluding national holidays
- Office Hours - 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday
- Travel, mileage Subsistence - Included in day rate within M25. Payable at T&S rates outside M25 Mileage.
- As above, Professional Indemnity Insurance - included in the day rate
Pricing, Processes, and Legals
- We use a proven onboarding process that allows us to engage and deploy rapidly
- Invoicing is a standard 30-day term.