endorsedOngoing

Online Business Admin Portal for Lotto Partner Network

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • CMS Development • Cloud Infrastructure Management • Managed IT Services

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

163 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 January 2013

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Budapest, Hungary

Project Summary

Webtown developed a web-portal, an education platform, and an online shop for a Hungarian lottery company's partner network, and continues to provide development and infrastructure support. The platform (built on a Symfony PHP stack with a MySQL database) onboarded more than 5,000 franchise users quickly and received positive feedback for ease of use and design. Webtown also configured physical and virtual servers, assisted with infrastructure requirements and is involved in planned CMS implementation. The engagement began in 2013 and remains ongoing.

Key Challenges

Create a partner-facing web portal to digitally reach and inform franchise partners
Organize and deliver education materials for specialized terminal software and devices
Build an online shop for internal partners to order promotional items and allow franchisees to track daily incomes and budget plans

Project Deliverables

Web portal for partner network
Education/training platform for terminal software
Online shop for franchise partners
Symfony PHP application and MySQL database
Two physical and four VMware virtual servers and infrastructure configuration
Design codex and wireframing deliverables
Planned enterprise CMS implementation

Project Solution

Webtown developed and maintained the client's Symfony PHP web platform with a MySQL database, collaborating with the client's marketing team on wireframing and UI/UX according to a provided design codex. They provisioned and configured infrastructure, building two physical and four VMware virtual servers to host the application and database and meeting an under-10-minute failover switching requirement. Webtown handled development, ongoing modifications driven by user feedback, and supported plans for implementing an enterprise CMS. The engagement included use of VPN access to the client's environment and adherence to the client's project-management tools (Microsoft Project, later JIRA).

Project Outcome

Over 5,000 partners started using the portal post-launch.
Initial phase completed in under eight months and delivered on time.
Positive user feedback on ease of use and logical design.
Ongoing development and support with flexible, fast modifications.

Platforms

Tech Stack

Symfony Framework
MySQL

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.38

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Over 5,000 people started using the portal immediately post-launch, sharing good feedback about the site’s ease of use and logical design. Webtown’s timely workflow management and competitive pricing continue to ensure a great long-term relationship.”
Anonymous
CIO
Date: 03/27/2017