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Updates Oxford Abstracts case study #437
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Expand Up @@ -87,35 +87,35 @@ <h3 class="b mb2 f5 mt3 mt0-ns">Project: <span class="normal">Oxford Abstracts</
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<h3 class="b f5">Problem Overview</h3>
<p class="f6">
Oxford Abstracts is an academic conference abstract and paper management system.
They wanted to completely rewrite their existing application to deal with all the
Oxford Abstracts is an academic conference abstract and paper management system.
They wanted to completely rewrite their existing application to deal with all the
issues they had identified.
<br>
The problem was that OA had been badly let down by another agency and they needed
The problem was that OA had been badly let down by another agency and they needed
something scalable, maintainable, and stable... and quickly.
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<h3 class="b f5">Approach</h3>
<p class="f6">
Wrangling 200-odd feature requests into a coherent MVP was never going
to be easy, and it was only by working very closely with the client that
Wrangling 200-odd feature requests into a coherent MVP was never going
to be easy, and it was only by working very closely with the client that
we were able to distil this extensive backlog into something manageable.
<br>
dwyl’s collaborative approach to all our projects really came to the fore here.
Bringing in our designers from the very first workshops, we worked through the
problems the existing application was facing and devised a plan to incrementally
dwyl’s collaborative approach to all our projects really came to the fore here.
Bringing in our designers from the very first workshops, we worked through the
problems the existing application was facing and devised a plan to incrementally
nudge users to a new user experience.
<br>
Almost two years on, we are still working together to build more features based on
Almost two years on, we are still working together to build more features based on
requests from Oxford Abstracts’ clients.
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<h3 class="b f5">Solution</h3>
<p class="f6">
While the core of the app is closed, it was great to still have the opportunity to
work with entirely open source technology. We’re very used to working with Hapi.js,
PostgresQL, and Handlebars, but the real excitement comes from being able to use our
While the core of the app is closed, it was great to still have the opportunity to
work with entirely open source technology. We’re very used to working with Hapi.js,
PostgresQL, and Handlebars, but the real excitement comes from being able to use our
own open source modules for registration, login, auth, and sending emails.
<br/>
The final product is jam-packed with features, including dynamic form-building,
The final product is jam-packed with features, including dynamic form-building,
completely customisable programme creation, an API for third party conference applications
and functionality for abstract review and decision-making all in one place, with personalised
dashboards and complex reporting to boot.
Expand All @@ -126,13 +126,12 @@ <h3 class="b f5">Key Functionality</h3>
<li>Abstract submission and review functionality</li>
<li>Multi-stage conference software</li>
<li>Event programme creation system</li>
<li>Ability to invite individuals for abstract review and decision-making,
<li>Ability to invite individuals for abstract review and decision-making,
each with personalised dashboards</li>
<li>Enablement of complex reporting</li>
<li>Progressive enhancement</li>
<li>Continuous delivery</li>
<li>PDF downloads implemented using open source module html-pdf</li>
<li>Deployed to Heroku during development</li>
<li>Deployed to Heroku during development, with move to Amazon RDS</li>
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<h3 class="b f5">Technologies</h3>
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<p class="f6">
Technical Lead<br/>
Scrum Master<br>
Quality Assurance Developer<br/>
Senior Developer<br/>
2 Mid-level Developers<br/>
QA Code Reviewer<br/>
4 Developers<br/>
UX/UI Designer<br />
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