endorsedOngoing

iOS App Development & Staff Augmentation for Location Data Platform

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Mobile Application Development

Industry

Mapping & Navigation

Duration

38 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 June 2023

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

Foursquare

New York City, United States of America

Project Summary

Tapptitude provides staff augmentation and iOS development for a New York–based location data platform, supplying an iOS tech lead and senior engineers. They follow Agile sprints, build prototypes to validate features, and introduced architectural patterns that shaped the app's codebase. The team communicates via Slack and weekly video calls, meets sprint deadlines, and maintains high delivery velocity. The engagement began in June 2023 and is ongoing.

Key Challenges

Need external engineers to develop a new mobile application and support the in-house team.
Align working model and preferred hours between the US-based team and the Romania-based vendor.

Project Deliverables

iOS application
Prototypes of innovative features
Architectural patterns and a codebase model
Staff augmentation (iOS tech lead and senior engineers)

Project Solution

Tapptitude provided staff augmentation and mobile development services, aligning working hours and an Agile sprint cadence with the US-based client. The vendor supplied an iOS tech lead and senior engineers who built prototypes of features, executed implementation work, and introduced architectural patterns that informed the app's codebase. The team collaborated via Slack and weekly video calls and integrated into the client's delivery process to execute sprints and deliver features.

Project Outcome

Introduced architectural patterns that became the app's codebase model.
Delivered prototypes to validate features and provided actionable feedback on direction.
Completed hundreds of tickets within a year, meeting sprint deadlines and maintaining high delivery velocity.

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.5

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Tapptitude creates prototypes of innovative features before developing them and provides tangible feedback based on their performance. The team has impressive capabilities and exceeds the client's expectations. Tapptitude meets the sprint deadlines and communicates via Slack and weekly video calls.”
Mit Patel
Engineering Manager
Date: 05/22/2024