endorsedOngoing

Native Mobile Apps and AWS Backend for Sports Analytics

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • Cloud Consulting and Services • Solution Architecture • API Development

Industry

Sports & Entertainment

Duration

139 months

Budget

1M - 10M

Start Date

1 January 2015

Team Size

11-15 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Ballogy

Austin, United States of America

Project Summary

FiveRivers Technologies served as the software development arm for a sports analytics company, architecting native iOS and Android apps and building backend infrastructure on AWS. The engagement produced an initial release launched on time and continuous biweekly releases via CI/CD, with high-quality work and a dedicated project manager ensuring alignment.

Key Challenges

Build a mobile app and backend infrastructure from the ground up
Achieve rapid time-to-market while ensuring long-term scalability
Deliver an excellent customer experience and deep analytics for athlete performance

Project Deliverables

Native iOS and Android mobile applications
Backend infrastructure on AWS (EC2, RDS, Route 53, CloudFormation, CloudFront, EBS, S3, Rekognition, SNS, SQS)
Architecture and design artifacts
Biweekly releases via CI/CD

Project Solution

They architected native mobile applications for iOS and Android and built the backend infrastructure on AWS, using EC2, RDS, Route 53, CloudFormation, CloudFront, EBS, S3, Rekognition, SNS, and SQS. The team partnered on architecture and design, worked in an Agile methodology, and provided flexible staffing over time.

Project Outcome

Initial release launched on time and continued biweekly releases via CI/CD
High-quality work with Agile processes and flexible responses to changing business needs
A dedicated project manager ensured continuous alignment and frequent checkpoints

Platforms

Mobile
Cloud

Tech Stack

iOS
Android
Amazon EC2
Amazon Route 53
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS CloudFormation
Amazon CloudFront
S3
Amazon Rekognition
AWS SNS
AWS SQS

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“With the help of FiveRivers Technologies, the client has launched their initial release on time with continuous releases every two weeks. They mainly communicate through Jira, WhatsApp, and email. The documentation could still be improved, but the client is satisfied with the engagement overall.”
Trent Fitz
VP of Product Management
Date: 12/23/2022