endorsedOngoing

E-Commerce Platform Staff Augmentation & Cloud Migration

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Cloud Consulting and Services

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

115 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 January 2017

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

Blueport Commerce

Boston, United States of America

Project Summary

Kaizen Softworks augmented an e-commerce furniture SaaS company's engineering team to help migrate parts of a monolithic .NET application to the cloud. They developed microservices, improved frontend Angular architecture, and provided architecture guidance and embedded team support. Major changes went live on schedule and the vendor contributed strategic, problem-solving ideas while integrating into the client's workflows.

Key Challenges

Move parts of a monolithic application to the cloud
Embed external developers into the client's internal team and workflows

Project Deliverables

Microservices
Frontend (Angular) architecture
Cloud migration (parts of a monolithic application to the cloud)
Architecture guidance
Team augmentation (embedded development team)

Project Solution

Kaizen Softworks was embedded with the client's team (five members) to develop microservices and improve frontend Angular architecture for a .NET-based e-commerce platform. They helped migrate parts of the monolithic app to the cloud, provided architecture guidance and reviews, and operated within the client's workflows and tooling (participating in standups and meetings).

Project Outcome

Major changes went live on schedule
The vendor was a key part of the client's frontend-to-database development and helped the client go live
Improved coding approaches and provided strategic, problem-solving ideas

Platforms

Cloud
Web

Tech Stack

Angular
.NET
Kubernetes

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Major changes went live on schedule, and Kaizen Softworks helped bring important goals to fruition. Collaborative and eager to do well, they participated in meetings and were willing to work with internal tools.”
Marcos Elugardo
VP of Engineering
Date: 12/11/2019