End-to-end development of a proprietary Learning Management System for Big Four Consultancy
The original problem was to create a new version of a Learning Management System that is used company-wide for:
- Providing educational courses to corporate consultants (internal knowledge base and training center for consultants to train other consultants)
- Used to train clients and partners as a white-label solution
Project scope
Project leadership
Backend planning & development
Project management
Managing an external frontend team
Testing & implementation
Xfaang Outcomes
& Solutions
- Client was highly satisfied with the end result, confirmed that it exceeded their expectations and outgrew the previous version by far
- The solution is capable of handling over 200 000 users/tenants and over 5% concurrent users
- The solution was thoroughly tested via pentests and is confirmed to comply with all the corporate security requirements
Previous solution:
- had performance and scalability issues
- needed complete redesign
- had outdated functionalities and lack of key functionalities
- wasn’t able to be developed further, due to tech debt
We were provided with:
- UX & UI designs
- list of all desired features and functionalities
- highly detailed Acceptance Criteria for each of them
- preliminary guidelines, userflows & charts for integrating with the company infrastructure accompanied
- a list of requirements and assumptions
Timeline
6 months (11 sprints)
2 weeks
(1 sprint)
The whole project was realized using Scrum project management approach:
- Sprints lasted 2 weeks and were iterations consisting of:
- A planning meeting for the start of the sprint
- Scrum Daily Meeting (Standup) on a daily basis (internal and with the Client)
- Mid-sprint Design Refinement and Sprint Refinement Meetings to adjust the UI and polish Backlog (Acceptance Criteria) for the next iteration
- Sprint Review Session (Demo)
- Retrospective meeting - to ensure the PDCA cycle (ongoing team growth and process development)
- The project took 11 sprints (6 months) to complete. Next Release (with additional features) is currently planned.
Tools
Project Management:
- Azure Devops
- Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs)
CI/CD setup:
- GitHub
- Azure Devops
Architecture diagramming:
- Lucidchart
Designs:
- Figma
Communication:
- Discord (internal)
- Slack (w/Client)
App Security assessment:
- Veracode
+ Virtual Desktop Interface for working in the Client’s corporate environment