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Python Development for UK Childminder Registration Service

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Web Application Development
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Industry
Industry

Software Development

Duration
Duration

10 months

Budget
Budget

Confidential

Start Date
Start Date

1 February 2019

Team Size
Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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73/100
Good

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Client

Confidential

mapManchester, United Kingdom

Project Summary

STX Next provided Python development resources to an independent software consultancy building a web-facing registration service for childminders. They worked alongside the internal team using Scrum and Jira, picked up stories, and helped drive acceptance to the product owner. The engagement contributed to a UK government service that is now live, and the vendor was rehired for further work after meeting the consultancy’s quality and success measures.

Key Challenges

  • Build a system for registering child minders and early years care provision for a UK government organization
  • Provide additional Python development capacity to support the consultancy’s internal team and deliver Jira stories within sprints

Project Deliverables

  • Python development resources
  • Web-facing registration service (supporting childminder registration)
  • Completed Jira stories and sprint deliverables

Project Solution

STX Next provided Python development capacity to augment the client’s internal team on a web-facing service for registering childminders. Their developers worked alongside the client in a Scrum process, picking up billable Jira stories and delivering to the product owner’s definitions of done. The engagement included developer support plus an account manager to ensure quality, and ran from February to December 2019.

Project Outcome

  • The vendor’s work contributed to a UK government service that is now live
  • The engagement met the consultancy’s measures of success and quality
  • STX Next supported acceptance of stories, resolved quality issues, and delivered to the product owner’s definition of done
  • The client was satisfied and contracted the vendor for additional work

Platforms

  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • PythonPython
  • JiraJira

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.25star4 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“STX Next played a critical part in building a government service that is now live. They met the consultancy’s measures of success and quality, so much so that they’ve been brought on for more work. The team remained flexible and delivered on their promises. Their Python expertise added value.”

Anonymous

Transformation Director

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

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