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Development of Financial Web Platforms for Digital Advice

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Financial Services

Duration

46 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 March 2015

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Australia

Project Summary

Xminds Infotech developed a pair of web applications for a digital financial advice business, delivering web-based, mobile-friendly platforms with PHP backends and HTML/CSS frontends integrated with select APIs. The platforms are used daily and the vendor was responsive in project management. However, the engagement ran longer than initially estimated and the client experienced backend scaling issues and staff turnover.

Key Challenges

Lack of internal development expertise
Need to build an initial platform and then a second, similar but distinct platform

Project Deliverables

Pair of web applications
Web-based platform
Mobile-friendly web application
PHP backend
HTML and CSS frontend
API integrations

Project Solution

The vendor built web-based, mobile-friendly platforms using a PHP backend and HTML/CSS frontends and integrated select third-party APIs. Xminds delivered two related web applications and provided ongoing development support from March 2015 to January 2019, working with a small team of 2–4 people plus a project manager and communicating primarily via Skype and email.

Project Outcome

Platform is used daily by the client
Vendor was responsive and consistent in project management
Some backend scaling issues occurred
Project delivery took longer than initially estimated

Platforms

Web
Mobile

Tech Stack

PHP
HTML
CSS

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

3.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Xminds Infotech delivered functional platforms that are used daily, but the project took longer than initially estimated. Their team succeeds in finding solutions within unfamiliar technology, but staff turnover and backend scaling issues created pain points.”
Anonymous
Co-founder
Date: 02/04/2019