I can tell you a bit about it: It took about 7 months to complete. It was worked on from July 2004, to February 2005. A large amount of time was dedicated to wireframing the application, and doing use cases, because the original request of the client was not:
"We want an RIA" Instead it was: "Our app is soo powerful, but no one is using it". As a result we spent most of our time on designing a new experience for the application, that got final results faster, and in less steps. >From a development standpoint the client did not want to go the Flex route at the time. We weighed the options of using it, but neither our team nor their team felt comfortable enough with it then(things are a bit different now). We ended up building the framework for it from the ground up in Flash. The majority of the components are custom, other than a few textinputs and comboboxes. We worked with a team of 3 Java programmers from SNL that had designed the back-end. The app was originally done with an HTML face, but luckily it was totally Service Oriented. Moving it to a Flash interface was actually pretty straight forward. The challenge though was not in swapping interfaces feature for feature. We totally redesigned the whole process of how the app worked. The Java guys had to add a whole new series of entry points to manage concepts we brought to them, like Worksheets for example. One of our main goals was to make the application feel nice along side of Excel, the main tool for analytics professionals. One of the coolest parts of the project was that we were pitted against another part of the company that was bent on .net and smart clients. While they are powerful, our application turned some heads inside the company due to the fact that all that was required was the Flash plug-in, as opposed to the .net framework download. Many people were happy with the result, and it has got nothing but positive feedback from those that actually use it. I can tell you more offlist if you there is anything more you want to know about it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of matt stuehler Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:39 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Public examples of Business RIAs Stacey, Wow - that's really something. Great functionality, and a beautiful UI. It's BY FAR the most sophisticated RIA I've seen. If you don't mind me asking, how long did that take you and your team to build? What was the budget? Of course, if you can't share that info - no worries. I understand completely. My congrats and admiration for this terrific piece of work. Cheers, Matt _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
