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Staff Augmentation for Sports Management Platform

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Mobile Application Development • Web Application Development
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Industry
Industry

Sports & Entertainment

Duration
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10 months

Budget
Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date
Start Date

1 May 2019

Team Size
Team Size

6-10

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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76/100
Good

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Client

Hoopit

mapTrondheim, Norway

Project Summary

GLOBALDEV provided staff augmentation to Hoopit, supplying mobile and web developers to augment an in-house team. Their team worked on native Android and iOS, an Angular frontend and a Python/Django backend, improving code quality and reducing bugs. The vendor also supplied QA, project management and design resources and took responsibility for releases and incoming bug support.

Key Challenges

  • Expand the client's existing development team
  • Boost the speed of development
  • Reduce technical debt
  • Improve software quality and ease of maintenance

Project Deliverables

  • Native iOS and Android development and improvements
  • Angular frontend development and updates
  • Python/Django backend refactoring and simplification
  • QA support and bug-fix handling
  • Project management and release management support
  • Design resources (added later)

Project Solution

GLOBALDEV supplied dedicated developers to augment the client's in-house team, assigning one developer per stack area (native Android, native iOS, Angular frontend, Python/Django backend). The vendor provided QA, a project manager and later additional developer and design resources. They worked with the client's Slack and Jira, took ownership of release management and incoming bug support, and led platform-specific efforts to reduce technical debt and simplify code for easier maintenance.

Project Outcome

  • Halved the number of user-reported bug reports within the first few months
  • Reduced overall system complexity and number of bugs
  • Simplified backend code, improving maintainability
  • Assumed platform-lead responsibilities and release management, relieving client staff
  • Improved communication and project coordination via Slack and Jira

Platforms

  • MobileMobile
  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • AngularAngular
  • PythonPython
  • DjangoDjango
  • AndroidAndroid
  • iOSiOS

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

5star5 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“GLOBALDEV (formerly Steelkiwi) supplied excellent work on all fronts. Their team was able to significantly reduce the number of bug reports while also improving the code. The project manager was very helpful and experienced. They performed very well and accommodated all requests.”

Lars-Kristian Dahl

CTO

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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