Long specifications, and a system nobody wanted by the time it arrived.
The traditional route asks you to describe everything up front and wait months to see it. By then the business has moved on.
We spent months on a specification and still didn't get what we needed.
We can't picture it until we can click through it.
Our people need to try it before we commit.
We need something in use this quarter.
How a Lovable MVP runs, from the workshop to live
Your team sees and uses the idea early, and every decision is made on something they've clicked through.
- 01Together
The workshop
What today looks like, what good looks like, and the one or two jobs the first release must do.
then - 02Lovable
A clickable prototype
Built in Lovable so your team can try it before anything is committed.
then - 03Your team
Feedback rounds
People who'll use it click through and say what's missing.
then - 04Our engineers
The production build
The first release on the production stack, secure and connected.
then - 05Live
In use, and growing
Supported from go-live, with the next features chosen a month at a time.
In Lovable
Your team shapes it before it's built
Your team clicks through a working version of the new system and tells us what's missing. We change it, often while they're still in the room, and they try it again. By the time we build it, the people who'll use it have already shaped it.
Feedback from the first session
- 1Office manager: “Can I approve these from the list?”Next: approve buttons on the list
- 2Site team: “We need this on our phones.”Next: the same job on a phone
- 3Accounts: “Show me what's ready to invoice.”Next: a filter for what's ready to invoice
The whole idea, and the first release that proves it
The prototype shows everything you'd like the system to do. The first release does the part that matters most, properly, so people use it from day one and the rest follows in the order the business needs it.
The prototype
- Enquiries
- Quotes
- Customers
- Jobs
- Scheduling
- Invoicing
- Documents
- Portal
- Reports
- Mobile
First release
- Enquiries
- Quotes
- Customers
- Jobs
- Scheduling
- Invoicing
- Documents
- Portal
- Reports
- Mobile
What clients say about working with us
Neptune is highly creative, diligent in research, and provides excellent suggestions. We have accomplished much and thoroughly enjoyed our real-time suggest-and-edit sessions. Neptunes' flexibility and adaptability have resulted in impressive productivity within tight time frames and with exceptional quality.
Craig CameronHead of R&DWorking with Neptune has been an exceptional experience from start to finish. Their dedication, expertise, and swift execution in developing our system left me thoroughly impressed. The seamless communication and willingness to go the extra mile demonstrated their commitment to delivering excellence. Overall, my experience with Neptune has been nothing short of outstanding.
Jacquie FreearPurchasing Manager
Questions about Lovable MVP development
No. The prototype is how your team sees and shapes the idea quickly. The first release is built on the production stack, with the security and data rules a live system needs.
How much gets built before something is learned, not how well it's built. The first release is held to the same standard as every release after it.
Yes. Priorities are agreed a month at a time, so the system follows what you learn from people using it.
Yes. The code and the data are yours, wherever the app runs.
We give you a range before anything starts, and priorities are agreed a month at a time.
Yes. We prototype in Lovable, and take Lovable-built apps through to production on the same stack as every web app we build.