endorsedOngoing

Development & Design for Rhapsody International (Music Streaming)

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • Custom Software Development • UI/UX Design • Staff Augmentation

Industry

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Duration

185 months

Budget

1M - 10M

Start Date

1 March 2011

Team Size

30+ Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Rhapsody International

Seattle, United States of America

Project Summary

Five provided long-term development and design services to Rhapsody International, building native iOS, Android, and web frontends and later expanding into design and some server-side work. The engagement began in March 2011 as staff augmentation and grew to a team of over 30 people. Five consistently met delivery and quality goals and impressed internal stakeholders with strong design capabilities.

Key Challenges

Needed capacity expansion to accelerate development
Required a team in a European time zone to support rapidly expanding European business
Needed to scale from small staff augmentation to broader design and server-side responsibilities

Project Deliverables

Native iOS app
Native Android app
Web app frontends
App design and UI/UX deliverables
Integration with RESTful API

Project Solution

Five built native client applications for iOS (Objective-C), Android, and web frontends that consumed the company's RESTful APIs. They started as a staff-augmentation partner, providing technical and management leads for iOS, Android, and web plus local scrum masters, and later took on app design, user testing, A/B testing, and some server-side development to broaden their scope.

Project Outcome

Consistently met delivery milestones and quality targets
Maintained app-store rating targets (aiming for ~4.0–4.3)
Low team turnover and strong integration with the client team
Effective coordination using Jira and Slack

Platforms

Mobile
Web

Tech Stack

Objective-C
iOS
Android
REST API
Jira

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Five has sustained a long-term partnership and become an integral part of the company’s development and design efforts. Responsive and highly skilled, the team takes ownership of their work and meets deadlines. Internal stakeholders have been particularly impressed by their design capabilities.”
Brian Ringer
Strategic Advisor
Date: 03/12/2020