endorsedOngoing

Little Bird Nest HRIS (K–12 onboarding platform)

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Education

Duration

125 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 March 2016

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

Little Bird HR

New York City, United States of America

Project Summary

u2i built Little Bird Nest, a cloud-hosted HRIS and onboarding platform for K–12 school employees using Ruby on Rails and Bootstrap with an AWS database. The product automates onboarding, connects to payroll and benefits administration, and is in active development with a planned roadmap. About 2,000 school employees use the software and client surveys report an average rating of 8.7/10.

Key Challenges

Build and develop a digital HR and onboarding system (Little Bird Nest)
Automate the onboarding process and integrate payroll and benefits administration

Project Deliverables

Human resources information system (HRIS)
Onboarding automation platform
Payroll and benefits integration
Cloud-hosted database on AWS
Web application built with Ruby on Rails and Bootstrap

Project Solution

u2i developed a full human resources information system that automates onboarding and connects users to payroll and benefits administration. The team implemented the web application using Ruby on Rails with the Bootstrap framework and hosted the database and cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS). They delivered multiple feature sets, planned a 4–5 item roadmap of major upgrades, and have the product live in version 2.0. The client engaged three developers and a scrum master from u2i and scaled resources as needed.

Project Outcome

About 2,000 school employees are using the software
An average onboarding survey rating of 8.7 out of 10
No major crashes or bugs reported from the delivered work
Improved efficiency for teacher-specific administrative functions

Platforms

Cloud
Web

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails
Bootstrap
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“All developers at u2i are in the top 5% of industry talent. The team built an automated system that improves hiring, staff support, and administrative process workflows for K-12 school employees. With 2,000 users, positive feedback, and an average 8.7 rating, the software is a great deliverable.”
Noah Barnes
COO
Date: 04/16/2018