Process:
We started our work from the pre-development phase: in a series of workshops with the client, we developed the business side of the project, which we already mentioned in the challenges.
The next step was development: backend and database preparation. During the work, it turned out that there is a lack of perks suppliers in Africa and we had to add the option of calculating commissions for purchases in the marketplace (part of the amount for purchases of employees goes to employees). The client did not foresee that the offers from API suppliers have different formats and we had to write different interfaces to handle them.
The next step is the design. Although the initial plan was different, we offered the client to create the designs from scratch and he liked the idea very much.
Based on the designs provided in-house, we created a frontend.
The last phase was testing.
The imprecise financial model was a challenge: we had to add the monitoring of expenditure and profits for certain perks, taking into account different currencies. We did it by ourselves by monitoring spent and regained money and assigning it to the specific perk (different currencies), the client didn't provide any formulas or indicators.
Fortunately, the agile approach has shown its advantages here: we were able to switch easily between topics and deliver a solution quickly.
We have also created and implemented new roles and processes: acquiring new clients, data management - administrator, permissions model - offers editing and finance model management.
The backend was developed to support multiple languages so that users can change them from the app level. We also introduced an automatic translation of offers.
The technologies used allowed us to complete the project faster. Ruby on Rails for quick development and the possibility to use ready-made solutions. Cloud for easy scaling and Capybara because it allows testing complex interfaces.
The platform also includes personalization for employers using their own branding.
