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Developer Team Augmentation for Veterinary Software Startup

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Staff Augmentation

Industry

Healthcare

Duration

15 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 March 2021

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Plexi

London, United Kingdom

Project Summary

Merixstudio provided developer team augmentation for a veterinary software startup, delivering backend work in Python/Django and frontend work in TypeScript/React with GraphQL. Four Merixstudio developers (including two frontend developers) integrated into the client's team and collaborated via GitHub, Slack and Google Meet. The engagement began in March 2021 and was scheduled to finish in June 2022.

Key Challenges

Set up a team-augmentation model to have Merixstudio provide back- and frontend developers as part of the client's team
Initially sought backend developers but expanded the engagement to include frontend developers as well

Project Deliverables

Backend built with Python and Django
Frontend built with TypeScript, React and GraphQL
Team augmentation (four developers integrated into client's team)

Project Solution

Merixstudio supplied four developers to augment the client's in-house team, providing backend development using Python and Django and frontend development using TypeScript, React and GraphQL. The vendor's developers were embedded into the client's workflows (Slack, GitHub, Google Meet) and participated in daily standups and ongoing feature development. The engagement was a staff-augmentation model without a dedicated Merixstudio project manager.

Project Outcome

Frontend developers became integrated into the client's team and delivered many features the client could not have built without them
The vendor consistently met deadlines and stayed within budget
The client experienced difficulty filling a backend developer role with vendor staff and subsequently hired a full-time backend developer

Platforms

Tech Stack

Django
Python
TypeScript
React.js
GraphQL

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Merixstudio's frontend developers are an invaluable part of the client's team. The client wouldn't have been able to create key features without Merixstudio's resources. The client manages the project through GitHub, communicating with Merixstudio's developers through daily standups in Google Meet.”
Bob Renwick
Co-Founder & Engineering Director
Date: 05/12/2022