endorsedOngoing

Reporting Module Modernization & PHP-to-Python Migration

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Staff Augmentation

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

54 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 February 2022

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

81/100

Strong

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Client

Confidential

Stockholm, Sweden

Project Summary

Sloboda Studio is working with an IT company to rebuild and maintain a client's reporting module for employee learning progress and to migrate a PHP monolith to a Python-based microservices architecture. The engagement includes maintaining data sync workers and improving the 3rd generation reporting system to handle large datasets. The project is ongoing; early feedback is positive and the client values the vendor's recommendations and communication via email and Slack with task tracking in GitHub and Jira.

Key Challenges

Maintain and modernize the client's reporting system for efficient and accurate reports
Rebuild and maintain the reporting module that creates reports about employee learning progress

Project Deliverables

Rewrote the client's monolith PHP application in Python using microservices architecture
Maintained and improved data sync workers and 2nd & 3rd generation reporting systems
Increased reporting performance to generate reports for 250k learners

Project Solution

Sloboda Studio provided a Python engineer to help rewrite the client's PHP monolith into a Python-based microservices architecture. They maintained and improved existing data sync workers and the 2nd and 3rd generation reporting systems to ensure reliable storage and processing of reporting data. As part of the engagement they increased the performance of the 3rd Gen reporting system to handle generating reports for large learner populations and integrated with the client's tooling and processes.

Project Outcome

Engagement is ongoing with positive early results and high client satisfaction
The provided developer integrated seamlessly and offered valuable recommendations
The team runs daily stand-ups and uses email/Slack for communication with task tracking in GitHub and Jira

Platforms

Tech Stack

Python
PHP
GitHub
Jira

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Although the project is still ongoing, the client is already satisfied with Sloboda Studio's quality of work and valuable recommendations. The team consists of is highly-qualified experts who listen to feedback. They use email and Slack to communicate and use Github and Jira for project management.”
Anonymous
Account Manager
Date: 09/09/2022