endorsedOngoing

Ongoing iOS Development for Video Playback Platform

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Media

Duration

206 months

Budget

1M - 10M

Start Date

1 June 2009

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

81/100

Strong

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Client

Confidential

Denver, United States of America

Project Summary

Mercury Development provides ongoing iOS engineering, QA, and project management for a video playback platform, integrating with existing code and delivering features to improve UX, reliability, and performance. Their involvement helped scale the platform's user base from tens of thousands to millions and the team flexibly scales between a few and a dozen members to meet needs.

Key Challenges

Find experienced iOS engineers who can integrate with existing code with a minimal learning curve.
Enhance an existing video playback platform with new features, improvements, and fixes while maintaining reliability and performance.

Project Deliverables

Ongoing iOS feature implementations and enhancements for the video playback platform
QA and project management support
Integration of open-source and proprietary code to improve UX, reliability, and performance

Project Solution

Mercury supplied experienced iOS engineers, QA specialists, and project management personnel to implement features, improvements, and fixes. They integrated a mix of open-source and proprietary code into the existing platform, provided ongoing management and prioritization guidance, and scaled the team between approximately three and 12 members as needed to maintain forward progress.

Project Outcome

The platform's user base grew from the tens of thousands to millions over a few years.
Project management and prioritization kept the project moving quickly and effectively.
The vendor provided scalable talent and consistent delivery of features that improved UX, reliability, and performance.

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Mercury’s efforts have increased the platform’s user base exponentially within a few years. Adaptable and flexible with a significant talent pool, the team scales as necessary, offers continuous feedback, and addresses challenges seamlessly in order to ensure the project maintains forward momentum.”
Anonymous
Founder & Director
Date: 06/19/2018