ROR: Social Networking

  • Overview
  • Scope
  • Client Benefits
  • How we did it

In what was a “gap in the music industry”, the client saw a new business opportunity. The gap was the lack of an online environment for communication between music lovers and promotion of music.

The client came up with a New Business Idea - Music Social Networking Website that would serve as a platform for interaction and exchanging of music between a motley mix of users in the music world such as listeners, bands, musicians, venues, fans and record label companies.

The client wanted to create a one stop shop for the online music industry. That is where Sumeru stepped in.

Our scope of work included Design and Development of a social networking website supporting

  • Create varied customizable user profiles for – bands, listeners, musicians, venues, events, fans and record label companies.
  • Inclusion of Social networking features like Communities, Forums, Messaging, Photo Gallery, Dashboard, Charts, Events with Google Maps, Classifieds, Address Book / Mail Functionality & more…
  • Customizable search experience to provide Real Time Search Results.
  • Pop-Up Media Player – to play music and videos, store playlists, recommend songs and download music.

Some of the benefits offered to the Clients are

  • Creation of an unparalleled social networking experience for the music artists, music lovers and vendors through an all-in-one web application delivered in phases.
  • Project fully executed in offshore model On TIME, within BUDGET meeting all the QUALITY expectations.
  • 40% savings in time and cost because of reusability of plug-ins and libraries from Sumeru’s ROR knowledge repository.
  • 30% savings in duration with the use of customized Agile development methodology.

Sumeru followed the following Process

  • We deployment KEY People with functional expertise and knowledge to guarantee project results.
  • Sumeru employed Agile Methodology that allowed development in iterations in order to save time.
  • We conducted periodic demos after each iteration to receive feedback and course correction.