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Custom Software Dev for Educational Platform

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Education

Duration

67 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 January 2021

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Argos Education

Boston, United States of America

Project Summary

WyeWorks developed custom software for an educational company, optimizing an existing Elixir codebase and implementing new features. They improved code structure, addressed scaling issues, and implemented realtime messaging with Phoenix LiveView. The team produced high-quality deliverables with solid documentation and helped improve the client's coding and code review practices, raising release quality.

Key Challenges

Launch the online course product within 2 months
Make rapid progress on a complex Elixir codebase
Refactor for scale and stability while continuously enhancing functionality

Project Deliverables

Refactored Elixir codebase and improved code structure and design patterns
Implemented key roadmap features
Optimized database queries
Implemented clustered deployment architecture for scaling
Built real-time messaging features using Phoenix LiveView and pub/sub

Project Solution

WyeWorks was engaged for their Elixir expertise and provided a small dedicated Agile team that came up to speed on an existing Elixir codebase. They improved code structure and design patterns, implemented roadmap features, addressed scaling issues by optimizing database queries and implementing clustered deployment architecture, and built realtime messaging features using Phoenix LiveView and the pub/sub framework. The engagement was staffed by three engineers, including a tech lead/engineering manager.

Project Outcome

Deliverables of excellent quality with solid documentation and pull requests
Improved coding and code review practices that raised overall release quality
Engineers integrated as leaders within client teams and contributed to Agile processes

Platforms

Tech Stack

Elixir

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“WyeWorks has successfully produced quality deliverables with trustworthy code documentation and pull requests. They've worked hard to improve the client's coding and code review practices, which impacted release quality. The team is clever, productive, and collaborative in the partnership.”
Eric Hilfer
CTO
Date: 07/26/2022