Services

Implementation Planning

Our 3-Phase approach minimizes risks and adapts to extensive project requirements while maintaining focused progress.

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 surprise

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 mean budget and timelines slips.

Streamlined Delivery Process

We run a three step process to create clarity and confidence before building

Phase One

Stakeholder Interviews & Surveys

What We Do

We conduct up to 10 structured in-depth interviews with business stakeholders and potential users. We optionally run surveys too.

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

Stakeholder Insights Document: a validated & reconciled priorities list that includes the voices of project staff, leadership, & customers with risk & success highlights.

Phase Two

Outline Product Requirements

What We Do

We translate our findings to create a product requirements document that includes prioritized problems-to-solve, key feature requirements, and success criteria.

Why We Do It

To efficiently convert needs into a clear product vision and key feature requirements to inform build planning and budgeting.

What You Get

Product Requirements Document (PRD): A clear, strategic guide for product development.

Phase Three

Risk Assessment

What We Do

Identify and outline both known and emerging risks related to achieving the desired outcomes, focusing on aspects like technical feasibility, data availability, user interest, financial viability, and internal 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 to guide strategic planning and decision-making.

How Long Does This Initiative Typically Take?

Clarity in Scope and Timeline

Ensure your projects are viable and stay on track with clear timelines and defined scopes. We prioritize transparency from start to finish - here's what to expect:

6 to 8 weeks

Time To Completion

Implementation Plan

Final Output

Design & Build Ready

Team Agnostic

F.A.Q.

Frequently asked questions from past clients

Organizations looking to prove out an idea quickly while accounting for technical, regulatory, or organizational constraints would be a perfect fit for an Implementation Plan.

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.

Implementation Plan development is led by a Bellawatt Product Manager with multiple years of experience in the energy industry. Concepts such as kWh vs kW and electric rates won't be new, and they'll just need a single counterpart from the partner company to help identify key stakeholders and coordinate internal feedback. They'll work under the guidance of our Chief Product Officer (CPO) to ensure proper research methodologies, product prioritization and strategic decisions, and a high-quality user experience when applicable.

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.

Deliverables for an Implementation Plan include the following (at minimum):

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.

Risks will differ from project to project, but often look to address focus areas that can negatively impact the development timeline or threaten the overall feasibility of a product.

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

The goal of a Risk Assessment Report is to identify critical project risks, but more importantly, outline mitigations to guide implementation and ensure launch success.

“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.”

— Brian Callnan

VP Power Resources & Access, NHEC