endorsedOngoing

Document Storage Platform Enhancements for Houselab Media

Services Covered:

Website Development

Industry

Business Consulting & Services

Duration

101 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 March 2018

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

83/100

Strong

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Client

Houselab Media

Melbourne, Australia

Project Summary

Unified Infotech updated and added functionalities to a Laravel-based document storage platform for a home-management startup, implementing messaging, reminders, a calendar, and image uploads. The team used Laravel, Vue.js, and MySQL, hosting the platform on AWS, and worked iteratively through 2,000–3,000 hours including beta testing. The client praised the team's responsiveness and issue resolution while noting areas for improved expectation-setting and project management; the engagement is ongoing since March 2018.

Key Challenges

Improve the UI for both personal and professional users based on client feedback.
Obtain broader development, design, system administration, and QA services while maintaining access to senior management and quality resources.
Manage iterative feedback, scope creep, and extended beta testing to stabilize the platform.

Project Deliverables

Document storage platform
Calendar and reminders features
Image uploading functionality
Messaging module
Frontend design updates
Laravel backend with Vue.js frontend and MySQL database hosted on AWS

Project Solution

Unified Infotech implemented new features and design updates for a Laravel-based document storage platform, including a calendar, reminders, image uploading, and a messaging module. They used Laravel for the backend, Vue.js for the frontend, MySQL for the database, and hosted the platform on AWS, working iteratively across 2,000–3,000 hours and performing three months of beta testing.

Project Outcome

Relaunched the website and began onboarding customers.
Platform demonstrated clear improvements and increased optimism for scaling to larger organizations.
The team fulfilled commitments and resolved critical issues promptly, improving client confidence.

Platforms

Tech Stack

Laravel
Vue.js
MySQL
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Although it’s still early, the updated solution’s success is very likely. Unified Infotech Inc has gone above and beyond to improve features and resolve issues in a timely manner. The team could refine their expectations and project management, but they still offer a great value proposition.”
Chris Rennie
Co-founder
Date: 11/21/2018