endorsedOngoing

Back-End Development Partnership for App Developer Studio

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • Website Development • Custom Software Development

Industry

Software Development

Duration

127 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 January 2016

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

App Developer Studio

Johannesburg, South Africa

Project Summary

Successive has served as an ongoing back-end and mobile development partner, creating roughly 50 bespoke native iOS and Android apps and increasingly doing cross-platform and web work. The client highlighted Successive’s technical expertise and willingness to take on custom development challenges, noting that processes and communication improved over time to feel like a single team.

Key Challenges

Client lacked internal technical expertise to build a wildlife-sighting app
Need to deliver many custom native apps with specific real-time and location-tracking requirements
Communication challenges due to language differences required more in-house design and prototyping
Ensuring reliable back-end and testing support for varied custom requirements

Project Deliverables

Native iOS apps
Native Android apps
Back-end systems and APIs
Panic-button real-time location tracking feature
Testing and quality assurance

Project Solution

Successive handled coding and most testing for native iOS and Android apps and performed the majority of back-end work. They built custom native applications (and increasingly cross-platform and web projects), including specialized functionality such as a panic-button app that reports real-time location and movement to a security company.

Project Outcome

Built about 50 customized native apps
Collaboration matured so teams operate like a single unit
Improved project communication using Slack and responsive issue resolution
Vendor assigned team members with appropriate skill sets for projects

Platforms

Mobile
Web

Tech Stack

iOS
Android

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Unique app design wouldn't be possible without Successive’s technological expertise. The project team is more than willing to take on custom development challenges rather than rely on off-the-shelf solutions.”
Rob Maclean
Managing Director, App Developer Studio at App Developer Studio
Date: 11/28/2017