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Financial Aid Navigation Mobile App for Education Startup

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • UI/UX Design • Software QA and Testing

Industry

Education

Duration

9 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 April 2016

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

BridgeEdu

Baltimore, United States of America

Project Summary

Blue Label Labs partnered with an education startup (BridgeEdu) to design and build a mobile app that helps students navigate the financial aid process. The engagement covered UX, coding, QA, production setup and branding; the app launched to pilot customers and was well received by students and counselors. Project management and coordination across onshore PMs and offshore development helped keep the engagement running smoothly.

Key Challenges

Help students navigate the complex financial aid process across federal, state, institutional and scholarship levels
Prepare higher-risk or high-promise students for college and increase freshman-year persistence

Project Deliverables

Mobile iOS app
Mobile Android app
User experience and UI design (paper prototypes and screen flow maps)
Quality assurance and testing
Backend/production setup and documentation
Branding and visual assets

Project Solution

Blue Label Labs guided the client through product definition and UX discovery, producing extensive paper prototypes and screen flow maps. The vendor handled UX design, documentation, coding, QA, production setup, branding and launch activities for both Android and iOS. They provided project management as the primary client-facing contact while development was executed offshore, and they delivered multiple releases (v1 Android, v1 iOS, and v1.1 for both platforms).

Project Outcome

The app entered a pilot in 10 schools
The app was well received by students and counselors for its look, navigation and instructional content
Released Android v1 on Oct. 1, 2016; iOS v1 on Nov. 15, 2016; v1.1 for both platforms on Jan. 18, 2017

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

Android
iOS

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Blue Label Labs sets the expectations of a project and then commits to them. Their project management team made the entire process smooth.”
Dave Demsky
Vice President
Date: 01/20/2017