End-to-end IT

Context

The Austrian company Infinitygames came to us because the new version of their electronic roulette terminal had been stuck for a year, and the existing development team kept finding excuses for the delays.

Goals

• Assess the real progress
• Introduce an efficient workflow
• Secure the software design process
• Hit the deadline for a new version

Process

Project assessment

The first step was to assess the progress of the project, which had been started in Java, and then to assess the company's developers. We decided to start a new project with new people. Since the original product was written in C#, we went back to C#, and brought in Unity for the game interfaces.

Making the changes

Modern workflows, adapted to the client's needs

We interviewed candidates, tested their skills and hired only the most serious ones.

We ordered the hardware needed, then introduced modern, agile workflows. We started backing up every computer, split the project into parts and made one person responsible for each, so that every employee could only access their own part of the code while still benefiting from working as a team. We introduced Git for version control and code review.

We found tools for bug tracking and efficient communication.

We also set up a system that archives all email in a central account, easy for the company's administrator to access when needed.

Monitoring the rollout

We introduced working rules, which let us weed out the less serious developers and build a close-knit, professional team.

Impact and results

We fixed more than 20 bugs that had been in the program, unfixed, for years.

In 2020 we were getting version 3 of the game ready for market.