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Web App for Software Technology Company

Services Covered:

Website Development
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Industry
Industry

Software Development

Duration
Duration

9 months

Budget
Budget

200K - 999K

Client Size
Start Date

1 January 2017

Team Size
Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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67/100
Good

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Client

Mestudent.com

mapSydney, Australia

Project Summary

VirtusLab was engaged to provide a dedicated development team to build a web application for a software technology company. After nine months, the vendor withdrew personnel and ultimately stopped development, leaving the project unfinished and prompting legal action over IP and payment disputes.

Key Challenges

  • Develop a web application and secure a dedicated team

Project Deliverables

  • Dedicated engineering team
  • Web application (partially developed)

Project Solution

VirtusLab provided a dedicated engineering team to develop a web application. After roughly nine months of work, the vendor progressively removed engineers from the engagement to staff other projects, ultimately ceasing development and leaving the client without a team.

Project Outcome

  • Significant financial loss (~$300,000 AUD / $230,000 USD)
  • IP transfer issues and legal action, including an outstanding disputed amount (~$10,000 AUD) that required legal efforts to recover
  • Project stalled for four to five months and ultimately required hiring internal staff to continue development

Platforms

  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • ScalaScala

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

1.75star2 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

Failure to complete the project resulted in significant losses of both money and time, and to legal action. An unwillingness to turn over IP or acknowledge responsibility, and a lack of transparency brought their business practices into question and hindered project success further. VirtusLabs has provided a written response.

Grzegorz Lipinski

CEO

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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