endorsedOngoing

E-commerce Development & Staff Augmentation for Trademax

Services Covered:

E-commerce Development

Industry

E-commerce & Retail

70 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 January 2011

Team Size

6-10

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Trademax

Helsingborg, Sweden

Project Summary

Forbytes acts as an extended in-house development team for a Swedish furniture e-commerce company, providing eight full-time developers (including a dedicated QA) to maintain and develop a PHP/ReactJS platform. They handle recruitment and daily HR while the client retains project management control. The vendor uses Jira for project timelines, visits on-site 2–3 times per year, and is viewed as integrated with the client's team. The engagement is ongoing.

Key Challenges

Initial off-the-shelf solution was not tailored to the client's needs
Needed a partner to provide developers and handle recruitment and daily HR tasks
Wanted to retain control over development flow while outsourcing staffing

Project Deliverables

E-commerce platform built with PHP and ReactJS
Full-time development team (8 developers)
Dedicated quality assurance resource
Technical architecture provided by senior technical lead

Project Solution

Forbytes built and maintained the client's e-commerce platform using PHP and ReactJS. They initially provided two developers on a trial basis and scaled the engagement to eight full-time resources, including a dedicated QA engineer. Forbytes handled recruitment and daily HR tasks while the client's senior technical lead managed architecture and the client retained project management control. The vendor also conducted periodic on-site visits and used Jira for project timelines.

Project Outcome

Scaled vendor team due to client satisfaction (growth to 8 developers)
Ongoing partnership with vendor regarded as integrated with client's employees
Use of Jira for project timelines
Regular 2-3 on-site visits per year to improve collaboration

Platforms

Tech Stack

React.js
PHP

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.5

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The Forbytes team has been loyal and dedicated in their partnership, conducting 2-3 on-site visits per year in order to build the relationship. The team provides management as needed but allows flexibility for direct work with developers. They benefit from knowledge sharing among their many teams.”
Thomas Andersson
Ecommerce Manager & CTO
Date: 11/25/2016