Innovation and delivery in energy industry

The client placed on hold its planned development and finalization of Interface Designer project. It was result of unavailability of its internal team due to support tasks related to current operations.

Interface Designer is an application for core business activity, allowing professional welders to set up various types of configuration signals for welding. It also allows communication with various types of welding equipment by using intuitive Drag & Drop interface.

The development of this application is significant because it is unique, innovative and advanced solution that provides a competitive advantage in precision welding industry, where competition is increasingly pronounced.

The client prepared the project requirements and the architecture in cooperation with the university in Linz. Given that it is an innovative and technically demanding concept, a more extended period was necessary for complete implementation.

Despite the client’s initial reluctance in engaging external company to work on internal project, Serengeti became a key partner.

Serengeti handles Interface Designer application, it is a full cycle service,  which includes requirements specification, development, testing,  and maintenance. After successful  Interface Designer implementation cooperation expanded to DevOps implementation, development of Solar Web Cloud application, as well as development of embedded software for managing Solar Inverters.

Using the unique Team Extension model, which includes Serengeti’s over 10 years of experience in setting up and leading distributed teams, Serengeti formed an independent team for development of Interface Designer application.

Because of high engagement of crucial technical clients people on other projects, it was important for the team to work autonomously and maximally effective. This was responsibility of Serengeti’s team leader who knows business requirements well. He was negotiating and clarifying Sprint backlog with client and transferring agreed requirements to other team members.

After nine months of development first version of application was completed and implementation of new functionalities was continued. By being familiar with the client's core business and extensive technical competencies, Serengeti with proactive approach improved the application in its technical and functional aspect.

Serengeti delivered a set of XML files with specific configurations whereby manual configuration was avoided, thereby reducing the possibility of errors.

A short “time to market” period enabled the client to complement its offer to clients with additional sources of revenue and to strengthen its market position.

The application, which was on hold for a long time, was completed in a short period.

Using a consultative, proactive approach, its extensive technical competencies and industry know-how, as well as understanding user’s business requirements, Serengeti consulted client on additional possibilities of advanced technology usage.

The cooperation that began with development of Interface Designer application expanded to include application testing, support in its migration to Cloud and development of Solar Cloud web application, implementation of DevOps and development of embedded components for Solar Inverters.

Serengeti’s development team is continuously growing even after two years.

Serengeti and client achieved longterm cooperation, allowing client to shorten time to market period, to take advantage of full potential that technology offers in its operations and to achieve its ambitious plans for growth.