Well, here is the team: Wireframe, UseCases, Planning, Project Management:
Gabor Vida (Teknision) Steve Duong (SNL) Tony MacDonell(Teknision) Paolo Farago (Teknision) Graphic Design: Steve MacKenzie(Teknision) Flash Development: Tony MacDonell Stacey Muchahy (Teknision) Java Development: Brian Pietrewicz(SNL) Shubham Meta(SNL) Chetan Vig(SNL) We had a QA team as well. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danton Chin Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:03 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Public examples of Business RIAs Tony, How many Flash developers/designers were involved? Regards, Danton Tony wrote: >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 > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
