Engineering Project Discovery Guide

When a project spans several technologies, the useful first step is describing the problem rather than the products. This guide covers what Primionics needs to know before proposing an approach.

Selection Requirements to Establish

Work through what you can. Anything still undecided is exactly what a conversation with our engineers is for.

01The problem

  • What has to be measured, tested, controlled or built
  • Why the current approach is not sufficient
  • What a successful outcome looks like in measurable terms
  • Who uses the result, and how often

02The existing environment

  • Equipment, platforms and software already in place
  • Interfaces the new work has to fit alongside
  • Data that already exists, and where it lives
  • Skills and support available in the team

03Constraints and stage

  • Technical constraints: space, power, environment, cycle time
  • Standards, regulatory or customer compliance context
  • Project stage: concept, feasibility, tender, build or upgrade
  • Timescale, milestones and any fixed dates
  • Budget stage and the approval process to be followed