Process:
We kicked off our collaboration with a series of workshops. We took some time at this stage to fully understand the product and the client’s business needs and goals. Thanks to getting into detail at this stage, we simplified the planning process and reprioritized the MVP's scope, selecting the most important features from a business point of view.
The outcome of this stage was a comprehensive roadmap for the project.
With the complete roadmap and clarity on the functionalities of the product, we jumped into developing an MVP.
For our tech stack, we decided to go with Ruby on Rails on the back-end, and React on the front-end. After the workshops, we knew that the shape of the product would be changing dynamically during the development process and the proposed stack allowed us to iterate quickly and introduce changes. Additionally, this is the same tech stack used by an industry leader, Airbnb, which was one of the client’s most important benchmarks. We also chose AWS for storage and Heroku for hosting.
At every stage of the process, we used the Agile approach. The client was as engaged in the process as possible. He was a part of the team and was constantly providing feedback on our deliverables. Thanks to active communication, we were able to improve the app constantly based on the feedback provided.
After the MVP was published, Travelduck brought the first users to the platform in order to gather data and customer feedback. Based on the data collected, we were able to further improve the product in a series of development iterations.
The whole process was as follows:
Workshops, building a roadmap (2 weeks)
Building an MVP (3 months)
Collecting feedback from first clients, vendors and Travelduck back office team (2 months)
Further product development based on collected data.
