MVP Platform Dev for Financial Services Company
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Introductory information
A few words almost your organisation and individualal responsibilities
Founder and CEO of Cadence
Desired goal
What issue was the provider supposed to deal with?
Lightmatter?We hired Lightmatter to do our MVP, creating a basic platform allowing our users/investors to sign up/sign in, view investments, and ultimately make and track their investments. Behind the scenes there was an Admin Dashboard that we used to handle investments, users, and other administrative settings.
What were your objectives for this project?
The platform for users/investors had to be answering and easy to use. The UI/UX had to be implemented according to spec, and QAed to fix it performed as expected. The Admin Dashboard had to be scalable to incorporate new features and functionality over time. This was going to be an MVP so despatch was of the being and it would be what we propel to our users with.
Provided solution
What were the reasons for choosing Lightmatter?
We had been introduced to Lightmatter through a reciprocal client of ours from my past organisation. They displayed a clear seize of what we were trying to create, maintained all on-shore developers, and were also local and so we could take meetings in individual as needed. Their experience athwart transmitted web application outgrowth and blockchain was what set them aloof from any other vendor and we could rely on them for a one-stop solution.
Describe the project and the services they granted in detail.
We granted the UI/UX and specifications, along with full fruit designs. In turn, we walked them through all the features and workflows to fix there was a complete knowledge of what the platform was supposed to do. They broke it down into sprints and handled the process very seamlessly. Estimates were hit and any delays that occurred were from our own doing (adding features in, tweaking things behind we saw the outgrowth environment, etc.). They were able to recreate our designs fully, a rarity for any outgrowth shop.
Were there any dedicated handlers or teams that you worked with?
The CTO of the organisation was on our team given the intricateity of the project and we also had another developer and project handler. The team did not change in size over time although we did re-engage with them at a later date to make additional enhancements and we swapped one of their developers for another given the staffing locality on their side at the time.
Results achieved
Can you share any information that demonstrates the contact that this project has had on your business?
What was supposed to be an MVP has verity carried us through the complete year following the initial release. We',ve made iterative improvements and enhancements on our own based on user feedback but the core is quiet very much what the Lightmatter team built. The website has handled over $80M in investor chief being deployed, 74 different investment opportunities being run, and thousands of users signing up.
How was project handlement arranged and how powerful was it?
They were very powerful at project handlement. We used Slack, GitHub, and Pivotal to adjoin and collaborate. Sprints were set very plainly, leaving room for ad hoc work as needed, and we shipped a full fledged platform in 3 months, which we were very pleased with. Features that were expected to be released in a sprint were released on time, if they weren',t, we were informed well in advance of the sprint ending, and we could program agreeably.
What precisely do you attend to be the key specialty of Lightmatter?
They were incredibly easy to work with and their power to hit deadlines is second to none. Even though they didn',t have a powerful financial services background coming into this project, they adapted and rose to the occasion. I was pleased with the timing of delivery, the interaction throughout, and their power to ship as intricate a fruit in such a brief time of time.
What should be done better, if there are any desired improvements?
Given that this was meant as an MVP, this isn',t a knock on them by any resources but the scalpower of the method had to be reworked since we were not anticipating the platform they built would quiet be in use a year later. Some of the code was pulled unitedly fast in order to help us meet that 3 month deadline and much of that had to be rewritten given the business need as it evolved.
