endorsedOngoing

Staff Augmentation for Location Platform Company

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation

Industry

Software Development

Duration

127 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 January 2016

Team Size

21-25 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

83/100

Strong

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Client

Confidential

Berlin, Germany

Project Summary

Intellias augmented a leading location cloud company's engineering teams to develop location-based services and client software while advising on process improvements. The engagement delivered operational engineering capacity that reduced costs by roughly 40% and freed internal staff to focus on strategic initiatives, evolving into a long-term partnership.

Key Challenges

Difficulty finding highly skilled engineers
Need to be cost-efficient for parts of the business
Requirement to develop cloud-based location services and client software
Need for cross-functional team extensions and exploration of new ideas

Project Deliverables

Location-based services
Client software
Cross-functional team extensions
Process and release management improvements
Knowledge sharing and Agile methodology support

Project Solution

Intellias provided staff augmentation through cross-functional Agile teams that integrated with the client's JIRA workflows and Microsoft planning tools. They introduced process improvements and knowledge sharing, staffed the engagement with developers, release managers, and project managers, and scaled support across the company.

Project Outcome

Saved roughly 40% in costs
Freed up internal capacity to focus on strategic initiatives
Grew into a long-term engineering partnership with more than 200 Intellias engineers supporting various parts of the company

Platforms

Tech Stack

Java
AJAX

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The partnership resulted in increased efficiency and a 40% reduction in costs, while allowing in-house staff to focus on strategic projects. Intellias impressed with their solid talent acquisition process and quality standards. The agency's proactive management kept projects moving forward.”
Anonymous
Manager
Date: 09/12/2017