Research Focus

One of the greatest 'truisms' about software development, is that the research and development process never stops. The art is to make a call at each point of the cycle so that a milestone is acknowledged.

Think Version 1.0, Version 1.1, Version 1.2, etc, etc.

One of the challenges that Pingar has faced is that not only are we working to milestones: we are also spreading the R & D process between different geographically located teams. Time differences present a whole set of new challenges.

So as we close our current funding round, the focus is now firmly moving back to longer term research and development. It is a case of looking beyond the core platform and determining how that can be enhanced with the user in mind. There are no shortage of options.

In many of my previous posts, I have referred to the challenges New Zealand poses in terms of market size, access to markets, and so on. In the R&D space however, NZ competes with the best. Over the past couple of weeks, I have become aware of research in our space being undertaken in New Zealand which is genuinely ground-breaking. With the new focus in mind, I will be working with partners here to determine how Pingar might leverage some of the great IP that is being created.