endorsedOngoing

Mobile App Dev for Textile Design Database

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • Website Development

Industry

Apparel and Fashion

Duration

125 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 March 2016

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Motiflow

Groningen, Netherlands

Project Summary

TechMagic built a mobile platform and a desktop application for Motiflow, a pattern-design database, focusing on backend and frontend development. The engagement began in March 2016 and is ongoing; releases are thoroughly tested and user feedback on the site has been positive. The vendor has provided a flexible team that scales up or down as the client's validation needs evolve.

Key Challenges

Validate the product concept via a mobile platform without hiring a full-time, in-house development team.
Implement automated pattern repetition and a designer upload workflow that fits product requirements.
Maintain flexibility to scale the development team while continuing validation and incremental feature development.

Project Deliverables

Mobile platform
Desktop application
Backend development
Frontend development
API (initiated)

Project Solution

After initial meetings with an account manager to define requirements, TechMagic assembled a team to build a mobile platform and a companion desktop application, delivering both backend and frontend development. Features were developed from client-written requirements and mockups, estimated by TechMagic, then built, tested, and released after client approval. The team used Angular for the front end and implemented key domain-specific features such as automated pattern repetition and designer upload functionality. The team composition has varied over time, scaling from around five to six people down to three as the client validated features.

Project Outcome

The quality of delivered features is good and releases have been solid after initial deployment fixes.
TechMagic performs extensive testing, compensating for the client's limited testing time.
Users respond positively to the site; the platform supports the client's multi-sided designer/product concept.
The vendor provides flexible staffing, enabling the client to scale up or down while continuing development.

Platforms

Mobile
Desktop
Web

Tech Stack

Angular

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“User feedback has been positive so far. Though there were deployment issues at the onset, every new feature is thoroughly vetted and tested before being introduced. They're a flexible team, willing to scale up or down as the project demands.”
Erwin Damberg
Product Owner
Date: 10/25/2017