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Staff Augmentation: Integrations & Data Import/Export for NexLP

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

11 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 January 2019

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

75/100

Good

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Client

NexLP

Chicago, United States of America

Project Summary

Forte Group provided staff augmentation to NexLP, an AI/ML company, supplying developers and product resources to build integrations and data import/export features in .NET. The vendor conducted discovery, story mapping, and created a one-year release roadmap, then implemented enhancements to eDiscovery integrations and high-performance data export/import capabilities. The engagement helped NexLP deliver planned features to major customers, with reliable developers and strong customer service.

Key Challenges

The internal development team was at full capacity, causing gaps in the release plan
Several customer-requested features (third-party integrations, data exports, and data imports) were deprioritized without outside help
The client needed to accelerate development without disrupting the existing release plan
Achieving high performance for big-data features was crucial

Project Deliverables

Enhanced third-party integrations (Relativity, Reveal)
Data export functionality
Data import functionality
Discovery, story mapping, and a one-year release roadmap

Project Solution

Forte Group supplied a small managed team and conducted discovery and story-mapping to break features into user stories, estimate and prioritize work, and produce a one-year release roadmap. The team enhanced third-party eDiscovery integrations (Relativity and Reveal), improved data export capabilities, and implemented data import functionality with attention to high performance in a big-data environment. Delivery used an agile Scrum approach with two-week iterations and a part-time product owner to coordinate work.

Project Outcome

Forte’s team successfully released each planned feature across a series of releases
The team onboarded quickly to a complex codebase and delivered high-quality, high-performance capabilities
Customers were impressed and the client met delivery commitments to key customers

Platforms

API/Integration Platform

Tech Stack

.NET

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The engagement helped the client deliver on promises to some of their largest companies, meeting the expectations of the internal team. Forte Group provides reliable developers at a reasonable rate. The team provides a high level of customer service and support.”
Kit Mackie
CTO
Date: 04/17/2020