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Prototyping


The PIFMAS Center helps you bring your entrepreneurial projects to life through a dedicated prototyping space.

From sketch to product, benefit from technical, logistical, and educational support to transform your ideas into functional objects.

Prototyping Objectives


  • Bring incubatees’ innovative ideas to life.
  • Test product feasibility before commercialization.
  • Improve designs and features in real conditions.
  • Reduce risks associated with industrial production.

Who Can Access the Service


  • PIFMAS incubatees with an approved project.
  • Individuals or cooperatives in the experimental phase.
  • Ideas ready to be tested in a prototyping environment.

ONLINE AND IN-PERSON PROTOTYPING APPROACH

Phase 1: Identifying an Idea

Estimated duration: 1 month

Prototyping within the PIFMAS program is a crucial transition phase between idea and action. It allows validation, testing, adjustment, and transformation of innovative ideas into viable and suitable technical solutions.

Content: 

  • Moral, civic, and entrepreneurial rearmament
  • Analysis of innovation issues and purpose
  • Analysis of the business ecosystem
  • Identification of prototyping ideas
  • Identification and selection of prototyping ideas

    • Support activities:

  • Group coaching by advisors
  • Meetings with specialists
  • Networking with entrepreneurs in the same field
  • Team-building events/activities

    • Phase 2: Commercial Potential Analysis

    Estimated duration: 1 month

    This phase assesses the commercial, technological, and economic viability of the prototype idea selected in the previous phase.

    Content:

  • Moral, civic, and entrepreneurial rearmament
  • Commercial potential analysis
  • Highlighting the future prototype's differentiation factors
  • Technological feasibility and skillset analysis
  • Profitability analysis
  • Risk analysis

    • Support activities:

  • Group coaching by advisors
  • Meetings with specialists
  • Networking with entrepreneurs in the same field
  • Team-building events/activities

    • Phase 3: Structuring the Prototype

    Estimated duration: 2 months

    This phase aims to transform the validated idea into a clear, structured plan ready for production.

    Content:

  • Moral, civic, and entrepreneurial rearmament
  • Definition of functional specifications
  • Definition of functional organization
  • Definition of the product's organizational chart
  • Definition of task organization
  • Prototype launch decision
  • Definition of a provisional schedule
  • Definition of the prototyping budget

    • Support activities:

  • Group coaching by advisors
  • Meetings with specialists
  • Networking with entrepreneurs in the same field
  • Team-building events/activities

    • Phase 4: Prototype Development

    Estimated duration: 4 months

    This is the phase where the prototype is materialized—from concept to a functional product ready for use or presentation.

    Content:

  • Moral, civic, and entrepreneurial rearmament
  • Digital design of the prototype
  • Production of a first version (Minimum Viable Product - MVP)
  • Testing the MVP with a sample group (Avatars)
  • Adjustments based on feedback and creation of a new version (Beta Version)
  • Testing the Beta version and adjustments
  • Finalization of the prototype

    • Support activities:

  • Group coaching by advisors
  • Meetings with specialists
  • Networking with entrepreneurs in the same field
  • Team-building events/activities