endorsedOngoing

Rails-Based Employee Engagement Platform

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Business Consulting & Services

Duration

153 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 November 2013

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

London, United Kingdom

Project Summary

Netguru provided development resources to build a management/survey platform for an employee engagement startup in London. They developed the platform from scratch using Ruby on Rails and MongoDB and hosted it in Germany. The project was delivered within six months, and the client praised Netguru's skilled development team, thorough code-review processes, and professional work ethic.

Key Challenges

Lack of in-house development expertise to build the platform.
Need to reduce development costs by outsourcing.

Project Deliverables

Management platform (web application)
Ruby on Rails codebase
MongoDB database
Requirements specification/refinement
Deployment/hosting in Germany

Project Solution

Netguru built the client’s platform from scratch using Ruby on Rails with a MongoDB backend, hosted in Germany. They helped refine the client's requirements prior to development and collaborated closely throughout the build. Project management tools such as Pivotal Tracker (and communication via HipChat and later Slack) were used during delivery.

Project Outcome

The platform was completed within six months.
The client praised Netguru's thorough code review methodology and skilled development team.
The client continued to use the team's resources on an ad-hoc, part-time basis over roughly two years and reported overall satisfaction with project management.

Platforms

SaaS

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails
MongoDB

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Netguru developed the platform within six months, a quick delivery attributable to their streamlined work processes and thorough code review methodology. Overall, the agency impressed with their highly skilled development team and their personalized, professional work ethic.”
Anonymous
Founder
Date: 05/20/2016