endorsedOngoing

Platform Migration & Web Development for Loyalty Marketing Platform

Services Covered:

Website Development • Cloud Infrastructure Management • Software Maintenance and Support • Custom Software Development

Industry

Advertising & Marketing

Duration

98 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 June 2018

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Motivforce

London, United Kingdom

Project Summary

ScaleFocus provided web development and platform-migration support for Motivforce’s loyalty marketing platform, assisting with a migration from Rackspace to AWS, frontend modifications, CMS customization, and interpretation of legacy PHP code. The vendor integrated with internal teams and delivered high-quality, timely work through a distributed remote delivery model from Sofia and Plovdiv. The client praised the team's professionalism, agility, and ability to rapidly onboard and contribute.

Key Challenges

Maintain a live marketing incentive platform with growing customer demand and insufficient documentation and best practices
Long delays finding, onboarding, and training suitable consultants
Migrate the entire marketing platform from Rackspace to AWS in a phased approach

Project Deliverables

Frontend modifications
Customizations to an open-source CMS
Interpretation and support for PHP source code
Platform migration preparation to AWS
Ongoing platform maintenance and feature implementation

Project Solution

ScaleFocus assisted with frontend modifications and customized the client's product based on an open-source CMS. They interpreted and supported previously developed PHP source code and delivered engineering expertise across Umbraco, ASP.Net MVC, SQL Server, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and C#. The vendor provided specialists to expand the team (from two initial engineers to four experts) and helped prepare the platform for a phased migration from Rackspace to AWS while providing ongoing maintenance and feature implementation.

Project Outcome

High-quality deliverables and a very positive engagement experience
Achieved a distributed delivery partnership that bridged external and internal teams
Delivered expected work on time with consistently high quality
Successfully maintained the platform and supported progress toward cloud migration

Platforms

Cloud
Web

Tech Stack

ASP.NET MVC
C#
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
SQL

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The services provided by the ScaleForce team thus far are excellent, resulting in high-quality deliverables produced by a professional, agile, and adaptable team. They are consistent and offer excellent remote services, engaging extremely effectively at all times.”
David Cox
CEO
Date: 04/08/2019