endorsedOngoing

Online Academic Competition Platform (Math Madness)

Services Covered:

Website Development

Industry

Education

Duration

188 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 December 2010

Team Size

16-20 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

81/100

Strong

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Client

Interstellar

Chicago, United States of America

Project Summary

Railsware developed an online academic competition platform from start to finish and supported the platform through special events prior to full launch. The vendor provided long-term engineering continuity (one lead engineer did the majority of the code), front-end engineering, design, and project-management support; they also partnered with Netguru for backend work in a later phase. The platform launched events with strong user adoption and generated revenue.

Key Challenges

Needed expertise to build and launch a new web application
Required long-term engineering continuity and reliable technical leadership

Project Deliverables

Web application for online academic competitions (Math Madness)
Pick-Up Play functionality to allow teacher-driven match creation
Front-end engineering, design, and project-management support
Backend core development led by a primary engineer

Project Solution

Railsware built the majority of the web platform from inception, providing front-end engineering, design, and project-management support while a long-term lead engineer handled much of the backend. For a final development phase, Railsware collaborated with Netguru, where Netguru provided primary backend engineering and Railsware provided front-end, PM, and design contributions.

Project Outcome

Launched Math Madness with about 10,000 users and 500 schools
Platform achieved positive survey feedback, charging users and generating revenue

Platforms

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The platform’s special events have gotten great user feedback and had very few problems. Railsware provided one particular developer who worked on the project long-term, he was consistent, dedicated, and loyal throughout the project. The team is talented and communicates well.”
Anonymous
Owner
Date: 10/06/2015