Step 01: Assess

What happensWe learn the sites and the problem
What you getA written assessment and brief
What you prepareThe site address and 30 minutes of your time
What happens

The questions that decide everything else.

“The Wi-Fi is bad” can mean too few access points, the wrong channels, an overloaded internet line or a device that roams poorly. Each has a different fix.

An assessment sorts that out. We talk with the people who use the space, look at your floor plans and any existing network information, and write down what has to work, where, and how we'll know it does. When plans aren't enough, or the building is unusual, we add a site visit.

  • Who and what connects
  • Where it has to work
  • What's failing today
  • How we'll measure success
Assessment floor plan markupA floor plan marked up during an assessment: 1, no signal in the stairwell; 2, handheld scanners drop along the route to the workroom; 3, the conference room seats 40 and slows down in meetings.01ASSESS · FLOOR PLAN MARKUPNTSOFFICESWORKROOMOPEN AREACONFERENCESTAIRIDF123FIELD NOTES1NO SIGNAL · STAIRWELLCALLS DROP ON EVERY FLOOR2SCANNERS DROPROUTE: DOCK → WORKROOM3CONFERENCE · 40 SEATSSLOWS DOWN IN MEETINGSSUCCESS = CALLS HOLD IN STAIR,SCANNERS STAY CONNECTEDMARKUP · NOT TO SCALE
A marked-up floor plan from an assessment: the problem areas, what happens there, and what the design has to handle.
One step or all five

A wireless assessment, on its own or as step one.

Some customers only want to know what's wrong and what it would take to fix. That's a complete piece of work.

Just the assessment

We review your plans, talk to the people who use the space and, when the building calls for it, walk the site. You get a written brief with the problem areas, what has to work and a realistic budget range.

Yours to keepTake the brief to your own team or any installer.

As the first of five

The brief becomes the starting point for design, so nothing has to be explained twice and the tests at the end match what was agreed at the start.

Carries intoDesign →

Where it goes wrong

Where projects go wrong when this is skipped.

The product is picked first

A technology gets chosen before anyone agrees on the problem, and the real issue is still there after install.

What we do insteadWe agree on the problem before talking about equipment.

Only one group is asked

IT describes the network. The warehouse crew, clinicians or tenants describe how it actually fails.

What we do insteadWe talk to the people who use the space, not just the people who manage it.

Success is never written down

At the end, nobody can say whether the project worked, because nobody agreed what “working” meant.

What we do insteadWe write down how we'll measure success before design starts.

Our approach

How an assessment works.

  1. Listen

    A short call about the sites, the people, the devices and what isn't working.

  2. Review plans

    Floor plans, site plans and any existing network information you can share.

  3. Walk it if needed

    A site visit when plans aren't enough or the building is unusual.

  4. Write it down

    A requirements brief: what has to work, where, and how we'll measure it.

Getting ready

What we prepare, and what you do.

01

Your plans, reviewed first

We read your floor plans before the first call, so the call is about your site.

02

The right questions

For the people who use the space, not just the people who manage the network.

03

A site visit when it's needed

When plans aren't enough or the building is unusual.

04

A written brief

With problem areas, priorities and a realistic budget range.

What you get

What you walk away with.

Yours to keep, whether we do the next step or someone else does.

You keepWhat it is
Requirements briefSites, users, devices, problem areas and priorities in plain language.
Success measuresWhat we'll test at the end, agreed up front.
Recommended pathWhich technologies fit, which don't, and why.
Budget rangeA realistic range before detailed design, so there are no surprises.
Practical next step

Tell us which step you need.

One step or all five. Share the sites, the problem and the timing, and we pick up from there.

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