Update - October 2024

We are now in the alpha phase.

During this phase we will use prototypes to test how we might solve the problems we identified in discovery. These prototypes are designed to have enough content to test and confirm whether the idea will succeed, and if that isn’t the case then we can change approach and try something else without having lost significant investment.

We have started to scope and gather requirements for a prototype benchmarking process that we can test and develop further based on feedback.

There is a huge amount of exciting work to do in the alpha phase of the project, we want to focus on the areas we think will be most challenging and test our riskiest assumptions first - alpha is a chance to explore new approaches.

Whilst we don’t yet know how many prototypes we’ll need or how long it’ll take us to agree the best idea to take forward into the beta phase, where we’ll start building the benchmarking solution for real, we do know we’re going to need wider help to do it over the anticipated 24 months to project completion.