CASE STUDY: Rescuing Application Rebuild

Client

Global Media Company

Problem / Opportunity

The client had engaged an outside vendor to rebuild a legacy client-server application as a modern, microservices-based application. The vendor had missed its deadline by 12 months and there were significant unresolved performance issues that were preventing the business from adopting the application.

Resolution & Results

An assessment of the project revealed both technical and execution challenges. The architecture of the new application was flawed - it failed to follow best practices for scalability and performance. In addition, the vendor did not have a disciplined process for development and quality control. We redesigned the components to ensure that performance and scalability followed best practices. In addition, we aligned the development team on a agile development process with proper quality checks in place.

The performance issues were resolved, enabling the business to adopt the modernized application. In addition, the new development process made it possible for the business to introduce new requirements and see them delivered more nimbly.