Case Study
Client
One of the largest accounting firms; it has grown substantially over the years through strategic mergers and alliances, thus maintaining a task as a leader in the accounting profession.
Executive Summary
The customer wanted to create a custom application (Production Workflow System) for managing projects, tasks, and reporting; housed on their intranet. the prevailing ERP did not have the required business functionality to manage the specific workflow of the customer which hampered the timely completion of projects.
Technology
- ASP.net
- C#
- Framework 3.5
- Jquery
- AJAX
- SQL Server 2008
- SSRS
Solution
- Developed a custom web-based application using JQuery, A JAX for the user interface.
- Batch Job to fetch data from ERP & data warehouse to be pushed into the workflow system
- Spreadsheet type functionality for consolidated view, easy update of data.
- Used Model View Controller Architecture to support a large number of concurrent users.
- The homegrown agile methodology was implemented to address constant changes.
Challenges
- Integration with existing ERP & Data Warehouse
- Constant change in requirements
- Time crunch
Business Impacts
- Agile benchmarking to support all production workflow.
- Faster critical performance.