endorsedOngoing

Dictionary Conversion and Platform Development for Oxford University Press

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Software QA and Testing • Website Development • API Development

Industry

Media

Duration

134 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 June 2015

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

67/100

Good

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Client

Oxford University Press

Oxford, United Kingdom

Project Summary

Digiteum developed a framework to convert Oxford University Press's dictionary and language data into digital formats and now provides QA, testing, web design/development, and API development across multiple departments. They delivered architectural guidance, developers, and linguistics support to create a repeatable, cost-effective conversion pipeline. The vendor is organized, diligent in reporting, proactively suggests improvements, and has become a go-to resource within the company.

Key Challenges

Convert varied dictionary and language data from multiple sources into a consistent internal format
Reduce the time-consuming and expensive manual/freelancer-driven conversion process
Build a repeatable, cost-effective, and accurate conversion pipeline

Project Deliverables

Dictionary conversion framework and data conversion pipeline
Architectural guidance and software development
Test and QA for system and results
Linguistics and computational linguistics assistance
Website design and development
API and platform development

Project Solution

Digiteum designed and built a dictionary conversion framework and pipeline to transform varied dictionary and language data into a repeatable, accurate, and cost-effective format. They provided architectural guidance, developers, test and QA for both the system and its outputs, and linguistics assistance for computational-linguistic tasks. After the conversion work, Digiteum expanded their scope to provide testing and QA for the lexical platform and websites, website design and development for marketing, and API and platform development.

Project Outcome

Delivered work on time and on budget within an Agile sprint process
Successfully implemented a repeatable conversion pipeline that led to expanded engagements across marketing and other departments
Maintained consistent project management practices including daily stand-ups, weekly calls, and sprint reporting

Platforms

Web
Mobile

Tech Stack

.NET
C#
Python
PHP
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
iOS
Android

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Digiteum is organized and diligent in their reporting, and proactively suggests improvements to the client's proposals. They are now a go-to resource and have been engaged by different departments within the company for development and design work.”
David Zack
Technology Director
Date: 11/18/2016