BUILD YOUR PLAN
Define and de-risk your opportunity with an Implementation Plan
Building software products in the energy industry is risky.
So many seemingly obvious ideas struggle to get past the Pilot stage due to technical, regulatory, or organizational surprises.
Common energy software building risks
Lack of problem & solution clarity means building the wrong thing for the wrong people.
Misaligned goals & expectations across stakeholders means messy products and missed targets.
Committing to building something without derisking major potential technical hurdles means budgets and timelines slip.
Our Plan Process Ensures Smooth Delivery
We run a three step process to create clarity and confidence before building
Step One
Stakeholder Interviews
What We Do
We conduct up to 10 structured in-depth interviews with business stakeholders and potential users.
Why We Do It
Align key stakeholder priorities to ensure product vision buy in and support, uncover unique customer needs & motivations, and identify implementation risk areas.
What You Get
A Stakeholder Insights Document with a validated list of priorities, deal-breaker risks, and must-have success criteria informed by the voices of project staff, leadership, customers.
Step Two
Outline Product Requirements
What We Do
A product requirements document informed by stakeholder insights and industry research outlining a product vision, prioritized problems-to-solve, key features, and success criteria.
Why We Do It
To efficiently convert needs into a clear product vision and key feature requirements to inform build planning.
What You Get
Product Requirements Document (PRD): A clear, strategic guide for product development.
Step Three
Risk Assessment
What We Do
We identify and outline both known and emerging risks to achieving key outcomes, focusing on areas such as technical feasibility, data availability, user interest, financial viability, and potential internal priority conflicts.
Why We Do It
To proactively address challenges, align the team, and safeguard investments by anticipating potential obstacles.
What You Get
Risk Assessment Report: A document highlighting key risks and challenges, guiding strategic planning and decision-making.
Scope & Timeline
Clarity in Scope and Deadlines
6 to 8 weeks
TIME TO COMPLETION
Detailed Project Plan
FINAL OUTPUT
Ready for Design & Build
TEAM AGNOSTIC
F.A.Q.
Frequently asked questions from past clients
Bellawatt's experience in the energy industry spans the entire sector, from investor-owned utilities, munis and co-ops, to private energy companies across a range of focus areas including EVs, distributed generation, DR/DER/VPP technologies, and electrification.
For projects that carry complex technical requirements, Bellawatt's team of skilled frontend and backend engineers will conduct code design exercises to investigate feasibility, inform roadmap timelines, and provide implementation guidance.
- Stakeholder Insight Document
- Detailed findings from up to 10 in-depth interviews that capture the priorities of project staff, leadership, external partners, and customers.
- Product Requirements Document (PRD)
- Outlines top focus areas, defines product vision, and key features
- Estimated timelines, milestones, and costs
- Project Goals & KPIs
- Risk Assessment Report
- Project challenges will be defined and scored factoring in Severity, Likelihood, the overall Risk Level, the impacted Departments, and recommended Mitigations.
Example focus areas include, but are not limited to:
- Data integrity and availability
- Third-party integrations
- API and Single Sign On capabilities
- Product-Market Fit
- Internal Stakeholder Alignment
- Financial Viability and ROI
Trusted by energy industry leaders
"Bellawatt has been an excellent energy software partner- they took our need to connect devices all over our service territory and boiled it down into easy-to-use, efficient, and streamlined software that helped make our project a reality."
VP Power Resources & Access, NHEC
