Will Coatney founded Silicon Prairie Consulting in 2015 to provide digital project management and product development services. As a collective agency of technology experts, Silicon Prairie Consulting works with Creative Capsule, a larger development partner, to build websites, mobile apps, and software by handling project management and design work while Creative Capsule provides development resources. Silicon Prairie Consulting uses a three-phase process of discovery, wireframing, and development to plan and execute projects.

1. SILICON PRAIRIE CONSULTING
PROJECT NAME

2. BACKGROUND
WILL COATNEY, FOUNDER
▸ Computer Science, MidAmerica Nazarene
▸ Vancoa - web development (2 years)
▸ Fannect - Founded a sports app (3 years)
▸ Silicon Prairie Consulting (Since 2015)
▸ End result:
▸ Passionate digital project manager that is also product
focused
▸ Obtained a large amount of high power development
resources

4. SILICON PRAIRIE CONSULTING
DESCRIPTION
▸ SPC is a collective agency of technology
experts that work together to build websites,
mobile apps and software.
▸ I am a Wordpress developer that specializes in
leading software projects, and taking an
original idea from nothing to initial web
presence.
▸ I have partners that specialize in design, web
development, mobile app development and IT
services.

5. SILICON PRAIRIE CONSULTING
PARTNER
▸ My main technology partner is Creative Capsule.
▸ They are a resource augmentation company that
has over 100 developers, designers and IT
experts on staff.
▸ They have been in business since 2003.
▸ SPC and Creative Capsule collaborate on projects.
▸ I provide project management and product
design, and Creative Capsule provides the
development power.

6. SILICON PRAIRIE CONSULTING
STRUCTURE
LOW LEVEL
WEB DEV
WEBSITE WIRE-
FRAMING
MOBILE APP
WIRE-FRAMING
LOGO DESIGN
EMAIL MARKETING
SETUP
Silicon Prairie Consulting
HIGH LEVEL
WEB DEV
MOBILE APP
DEVELOPMENT
FRONT-END
DESIGN
IT SERVICES HOSTING
Creative Capsule

7. PROCESS
OVERVIEW
Discovery Wireframing Development
Three Phase Approach

8. PROCESS
DISCOVERY
▸ Business objectives - what are we trying to
accomplish, and how will we measure these
goals
▸ Personas - understand who we are building for
▸ User stories - walk through of how the app/
website will work
▸ Press release - worksheet that helps frame what
the end result will be

9. PROCESS
WIREFRAME
▸ The wireframe brings your site, or app, to life
▸ Allows you to mimic functionality by linking
screens together
▸ Lo-fi wireframe - clickable wireframe with no
color so that design doesn’t distract from
workflow and usability
▸ Hi-fi wireframe - clickable wireframe with
designed screens to combine look and feel
with the workflow

10. PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT
▸ The wireframe is used to estimate the cost of
development
▸ After approval of estimate and statement of
work development begins
▸ Development and payments are broken up into
milestones
▸ Project management software (Basecamp) is
used to keep both teams aware of the status of
the project, and provide documentation
throughout the development process

11. NEXT STEPS
LETS GET STARTED
1. Answer any questions
2. Sign Discovery & Wireframe agreement
3. Set a date for kick-off meeting

12. siliconprairie.tech | will@siliconprairie.tech