Breathe life into your digital solution.
At Yalla Cooperative, we help you design and build your first Minimum Viable Product in a transparent and genuinely cost-effective way.
Whether you are a non-profit, entrepreneurial endeavor, or impact-driven business, we know that you have challenges to address.
There is often a way that digital can help. It might be to provide a new service, improve your analog services, or make it easier for you to do your work as an organisation.
However, digital can be a confusing and overwhelming space:
What if we build something that no one uses?
What if we spend all our money and there’s still no actual product at the end?
What if it becomes a nightmare to maintain?
What if it introduces security issues?
What if the tech we use becomes obsolete?
Designing any new digital product involves stepping into the unknown.
So it is essential to team up with someone you trust.
We understand impact-driven organisations because we are one. Owned and run by members across Palestine, the UK and the EU, we set up Yalla Cooperative to create a fairer world through technology. It is these values that we take into any product we build.
We work with our partners in an open, transparent way using human-centred design practices to ensure you build what is tested and validated, ultimately saving time and money.
We see working with you as a 50 - 50 partnership. You bring the expertise in your field, we bring the expertise in design and tech. In the end, we create technology you fully understand, own, and can continue to develop.
Join us for a free workshop on how to use human-centered design to drive your digital solution!
Human-centered design is an approach where you put the individual you are looking to solve a problem for at the heart of all decision-making. By creating a process where you engage with these people throughout, you can validate assumptions, test designs and ensure what you build is genuinely useful!
At 10 am on the first Thursday of every month, we run a free 1-hour introduction workshop introducing you to human-centred design principles. In the session, you can also bring your ideas and problems for initial advice on how to start your journey.
“Working with Yalla has been absolutely brilliant – they are insightful, creative, energetic and very hard working, always going the extra mile to ensure success. They have helped us build in-house skills and capacity and worked in partnership with us – we’ve really felt like one team. I wholeheartedly recommend working with them!”
— Jude Luckett, Product Manager, Tempo
How it works
With this process, you can take your problem to a launched MVP product in as little as 13 weeks.
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Time: 2 to 6 weeks
First, we work with you to break down the problems you are looking to solve and help you understand the users you are solving these problems for. Curated design thinking workshops alongside research and technical audits lead to a defined solution we can take into the design.
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Time: 3 to 6 weeks
In this phase we will transform the insights from Discovery work into full visual designs of your new digital product, including an interactive prototype that will be used for your review and validated with users.
This work helps ensure you have confidence in a product that will be used and tackles your defined problems, before even a single line of code has been paid for and written. It also helps you build a proper backlog -
We will break down the product roadmap into a series of tasks that we plan and prioritise with you. Our technical team then work on these in a series of 2-week ‘sprints’ where we iteratively build and test the product.
As part of this work we will agree a launch schedule, working out the best time for you to start giving this product to real users. By prioritising the features for a minimum viable version of your product, we can get the product into real hands within a matter of weeks. -
We do not ever lock in our partners beyond the initial project delivery. Our aim is to ensure you have a tool you fully own and can manage so you are best placed to decide how you wish to continue developing it.
However! As you people start using your product, there will no doubt be great ideas on how you can continue to evolve the product to meet their needs. That is why a lot of our partners choose to use us as their technical partner to provide ongoing support and development of the product.
Step 1. Discovery
First and foremost, our collaborative process begins by delving deep into the challenges you aim to overcome and the users you are solving these problems for.
Our 2 to 6 week Discovery phase integrates a series of meticulously curated design thinking workshops, research initiatives, and technical audits, forming a comprehensive framework that guides us towards a robust solution that we can take directly into design.
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Conducting user research to deeply understand your audience
Crafting detailed user personas to represent your key user segments
Mapping out the problems to be addressed and ideation on solutions
Performing technical and accessibility audits to ensure the product's functionality and inclusivity
Creating user journeys to map out ideal interaction flow
Conducting landscape analysis to identify market opportunities and challenges
A focused discovery phase isn't just a precursor to design and development—it's a valuable tool on its own. It allows testing ideas, identifying challenges, and refining vision before committing extensive resources. By investing in targeted research organizations can mitigate risks and secure internal buy-in early on. In short, a discovery phase on its own is a cost-effective way to validate ideas and pave the way for successful innovation.
Use the contact button below to find out more!
Step 2. Design
During these 3 to 6 weeks, we'll translate the insights gathered during the Discovery phase into comprehensive visual designs for your new digital product. This includes crafting an interactive prototype that undergoes thorough review and validation with users.
This process instills confidence in the product's usability and effectiveness, addressing your specified challenges before any code is written. Additionally, it aids in formulating a well-structured development roadmap.
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The creation of wireframes and design prototypes
Usability testing to ensure optimal user experience
Technical design and information architecture
Establishing a design system to maintain consistency and efficiency across the project
Crafting a detailed product roadmap, guiding the project toward its successful realization
Design sprints are essential to define the product you are about to build and give you clarity, direction, and a solid foundation for moving forward with confidence. Whether integrated within a development sprint or offered as standalone services, our team ensures that the design work aligns seamlessly with your project's goals and timeline.
Step 3. Build + Test
We will break down the product roadmap into a series of tasks that we plan and prioritise with you. Our technical team then work on these in a series of 2-week ‘sprints’ where we iteratively build and test the product.
As part of this work we will agree a launch schedule, working out the best time for you to start giving this product to real users. By prioritising the features for a minimum viable version of your product, we can get the product into real hands within a matter of weeks.
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Development ‘sprints’
Automated Testing
Quality assurance
Deployment
Post-launch testing
Perhaps you had a product already designed or an existing tool that needs further updates. We can hop on to give you technical support you need.
Step 4. Adjust + Improve
We do not ever lock in our partners beyond the initial project delivery. Our aim is to ensure you have a tool you fully own and can manage so you are best placed to decide how you wish to continue developing it.
However! As you people start using your product, there will no doubt be great ideas on how you can continue to evolve the product to meet their needs. That is why a lot of our partners choose to use us as their technical partner to provide ongoing support and development of the product.
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System and security updates ensure resilience against emerging threats and vulnerabilities
User testing becomes our compass, guiding us towards more intuitive interfaces and seamless interactions, all tailored to meet the ever-evolving needs of your audience.
In the realm of support, both reactive and proactive measures are employed. Reactive support addresses any unforeseen challenges swiftly and efficiently, while proactive development anticipates and preemptively addresses potential issues, keeping your digital ecosystem robust and reliable.
But our commitment doesn't end with mere functionality. Customer support stands at the forefront, offering guidance, assistance, and solutions to empower your journey towards digital success.
Products we’ve built this way
Volunteer Management Platform
Guiding the digital transformation of a charity with a new product for people to earn and use Time Credits to support volunteering.
Universal Credit Helper
Building an award-winning companion app to help people in the UK claim Universal Credit, made white-label for any organisation in the benefits sector to use for free.
Coaching + Reporting Portal
Building a custom portal with assessments and data visualisation to digitally transform their services.
Building a minimum viable product doesn’t have to cost you 6-figure sums!
We are specialists in getting products live in the most time and cost efficient way so you can get it out there and start learning from your users.
If you’re interested in seeing indicative prices based on the sort of product you wish to build, submit your email here. We promise to respond within 2 working days.
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