endorsedOngoing

Staff Augmentation: PHP Backend Team for IT Services Company

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services • Custom Software Development

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

62 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 June 2021

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Poland

Project Summary

Scalo provides four PHP backend developers to augment an IT services company's team, working on a payment functionality and a web-based productivity metrics dashboard. The client's leadership assigned a second project to Scalo based on strong performance; the team is described as mature, self-organized, and communicative with high development quality.

Key Challenges

Expand the team with additional IT cloud consultants
Ramp up capacity quickly because hiring in-house was difficult

Project Deliverables

Payment functionality
Web application (productivity metrics dashboard)
R&D and infrastructure/deployment recommendations

Project Solution

Scalo acted as an extension of the client's core product team by supplying four PHP backend developers to work on core payment functionality and to develop a web-based metrics dashboard. The vendor performed R&D for the web app and provided guidance on infrastructure organization and deployment while integrating with the client's workflows.

Project Outcome

Ongoing progress on the metrics dashboard with positive feedback from the CTO and co-founder
Team required minimal onboarding and is described as mature and self-organized
One team member had communication issues but overall satisfaction is high

Platforms

Tech Stack

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.5

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The second project was assigned to Scalo by the client’s chief officers thanks to their great work, and they’re satisfied with the progress so far. The team is mature, self-organized, and communicative, and they offer impressive development quality. Clients can expect a smooth and quick onboarding.”
Anonymous
VP of Engineering
Date: 08/12/2021