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Content Publishing Platform Redevelopment & Dashboard

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Software Maintenance and Support
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Industry
Industry

Software Development

Duration
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9 months

Budget
Budget

Confidential

Start Date
Start Date

1 November 2016

Team Size
Team Size

1-5

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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82/100
Strong

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Client

Confidential

mapShanghai, China

Project Summary

RubyGarage upgraded a content-publishing SaaS by building a dashboard and other features to enable external organizations to manage and publish content. The team continues to maintain the system and the client praised RubyGarage's reliability and responsiveness, though the product is still seeking wider market traction.

Key Challenges

  • Needed to pivot to a scalable platform that other organizations could use
  • Eliminate content-production bottlenecks to make the business model scalable
  • Require additional Ruby on Rails development support to build new functionality

Project Deliverables

  • Content management dashboard for organizations
  • Admin features (upload content, pricing, discounts, bundles, user management)
  • Channel-based content access controls
  • Ongoing maintenance (one developer one day/week)

Project Solution

RubyGarage assisted the client in continuing and concluding a business-model pivot by building missing features, most notably a dashboard that allows organizations to manage their own content. The dashboard includes functionality to upload content, set pricing, create discount codes, bundle content, add users, and channels to define which users see which content. The engagement started with multiple (not full-time) roles but was reorganized to work directly with a single developer; RubyGarage also provides ongoing maintenance, currently one developer one day per week.

Project Outcome

  • System is live and functional for organizations to use
  • Client wrote a testimonial and reported that the functionality demonstrates quality
  • Product reached a functional 1.5/2.0 version and continues to receive enhancements

Platforms

  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • TrelloTrello

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75star5 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“RubyGarage is highly dependable and professional, offering Ruby on Rails expertise at an affordable price. The team responds well to feedback and adjusts to changing requirements.”

Anonymous

Co-Founder

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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