Case Study

Quality & Process Management System App

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Client

Requirement

The application will provide a Quality and Process Management system for the Lodha Group, a premier real estate firm to be used by their internal employees and vendors. The application demands a workflow management that automates, simplifies and direct the right flow of information to the site supervisor to schedule and conduct inspection, illustrate issues, manage deficiencies, generate multiple reports, add digital images/photos and mark them up for a specific observation in the construction workplace. The application will define the relationship in terms of: Organization & Communication QA/QM Monitoring & Reviews Risk Management Quality Audit Standards, Procedures and Methods

The application will automate the paperbased processes and enable the site supervisor the access to project information in real time via web and mobile. The application will also focus on automated workflow, QA, turnover inspections, managing issues and deficiencies on the construction site.

Along with the web application, there will be an android based mobile application specially designed and developed for QM processes which allows the site supervisor to thoroughly inspect and audit the construction site, manage multiple vendors, distribute work through electronic checklist and automate reporting at all levels.

Project

Challenges

Team faced the following challenges: Data management complexity of the construction sites in regard with the building plans, building floors, checklist, compliance, quality audits etc. The team had to work hard to create a strong background data structure to get rid of these hindrances. Generation of various multiple and vendor specific reports based on the status of the progress of the work with respect to buildings, flats, varied construction sites etc. which can help the Quality Control team to assess the reports to manage deficiencies on the site.

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Understand the nature of the construction process to develop a robust workflow management which can reduce the paper work processes and simplify the information flow in the right direction. Syncing of the data by the site administrators as and when required. Integration of camera to capture images/digital photos for later observation for each of the checklist. Real-time location tracking feature was incorporated wherein the vendor can get the access to the location of workers working on the respective site locations. As anyone in the construction knows addressing defects is a part of the process. Advanced defect tracking system was developed that captures and stores the data for analysis and effectively manage and address all defects on schedule. The mobile app can be fully integrated with SAP/ERP to streamline the data collection into the SAP/ERP system and augment the business process by providing real time workflows. Keeping in mind the construction industry, the network issues are often encountered. The android app seamlessly works in the offline mode and makes it possible to synchronize the data when the network connectivity is gained. Huge amount of data transaction handling and syncing came as a challenge for the team. Special algorithms were written to handle the data smoothly and effectively. The team had to deal with the large amount of images (approximately 70 to 80MB) which is expected to increase even more at the later stage.

Manpower
Project Manager Project Leader (Web and Mobile) Developers (Web and Mobile) Designers (Web and Mobile)
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Quality Assurance Testers (Web and Mobile)

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Technologies
Operating System & Server Management

Used
Linux OS, Multi-Server Architecture with Staging & Production Environment through Version Controlling releases, Server Optimization, Security & SSL Implementation, Scheduler for Back-ups, Alert Monitoring System Integration, Server Performance Tuning at regular intervals, Software Firewall Configuration & Maintenance PHP5+, Symfony Framework, FFMPEG Image Conversion Tool, Java Script, JQuery, HTML5, CSS3, Eclipse, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop etc. MYSQL Database Server, DB Clustering, DB Optimization, Master Slave Replication, Query Optimization, Scheduler for Backups Samsung Tablet 2 Android 4.0- Ice cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean

Development Tools & Environments Database Android Based OS for Handheld Device

Planning
The following development approach was adopted to equip the site with numerous features and functionality mentioned before: Introduced high level of server and data fetching technology. Syncing existing and newly available data for backup with our database required specific attention. This helped in result generation. Maintained consistency in Graphical appearance with the help of given wireframe. Milestones were defined to complete each inter-linked assignment. Continuous data synchronization between the mobile device and server was required at every interval. Research and analysis were scheduled at every project level to effectively manage the quality and workflow processes for better and improved performance.

Development

Highlights

Special focus on interactivity and user friendliness of the app while designing the Android application. Agile development strategies implemented using various proven tools thus ensuring quick and effective solutions. Optimal usage of open source technologies to reduce the total cost of android application development. Unit testing applied to ensure the quality of the application.

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