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Platform Audit & Testing for Kuprik Author-Vendors Platform

Services Covered:

Software QA and Testing • Custom Software Development • Staff Augmentation

Industry

Publishing

Duration

4 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 November 2021

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Kuprik LLC

Los Angeles, United States of America

Project Summary

Mad Devs augmented the internal development team for Kuprik LLC's author-vendors platform by auditing the platform's code and infrastructure, introducing project management with JIRA, and automating deployment pipelines. They fixed bugs, adjusted functionality, added documentation, performed functional testing, introduced Sentry for error monitoring, and advised on Stripe integration. As a result, the client reduced manual deployments, prevented errors, and improved onboarding and release-readiness.

Key Challenges

Empower the internal development team with experienced developers to prepare the platform for a major release
Implement functionality required by users
Establish processes and project visibility
Eliminate manual work and deployment to reduce errors

Project Deliverables

Code and infrastructure audit
JIRA roadmaps and project management setup
Bug fixes and functionality adjustments
Deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines on AWS
Project documentation for onboarding
Functional testing and QA
Sentry error monitoring setup
Handover to ongoing support

Project Solution

The vendor began with a code and infrastructure audit to identify issues and improvement points, then planned work and introduced JIRA and its roadmaps. They implemented fixes and functionality adjustments, added documentation, worked with the client's team, and introduced automation in deployment pipelines (managing the client's AWS accounts). The team performed functional testing and helped transfer the project to another developer for ongoing support. They also consulted on Stripe integration and set up Sentry for production error monitoring.

Project Outcome

We were able to make several important decisions about our Stripe integration and identify further work on that matter
Now, we do not spend time deploying services manually. That prevents many errors and saves the developer’s time
We were able to identify & resolve several issues on our platform that we need to resolve before we launch massively
We have got documentation about the project and how it works to easily onboard new developers
We introduced JIRA to manage project activities and track developers’ work
The team introduced us to the Sentry.io tool to help us see errors that appear when the project runs on production

Platforms

Cloud
Web

Tech Stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sentry
Jira

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to Mad Devs, the client made better decisions for their platform. Moreover, they no longer spend time deploying services manually, which prevented errors and saved more time. Throughout te engagement, the team had a transparent communication with the client — effectively helping them succeed.”
Ugulay Sloan
Founder
Date: 06/06/2022