Category: Case
A team managed by emagine successfully upgraded an outdated core system for a major automotive company. Within a five-month tight deadline, emagine’s team assessed, planned, and delivered a stable system with cutting-edge PHP 8.X features.
During the project, 90.000 codes were migrated, and the business-critical application became stable with improved security and speed.
A world-known automotive company which supplies whole fleets to enterprises uses a platform globally and standardises its financial analysis, rating, and credit processing to ensure consistency and quality across markets.
Their web-based tool is a business-critical, core platform for managing risk and B2B client financial credit scoring.
However, the company had not maintained the application for years when they approached emagine for much-needed assistance after failing with other vendors.
For the past 15 years, the company – one of the key players in the European truck market – had relied on an internally developed PHP application tool for credit analysis. However, this tool had become outdated and needed a major upgrade.
Earlier, several vendors had tried to repair the system, and several audit reports documented their failures, trying to update or kill the application and build a new one.
Instead of building a new application, the automotive company approached emagine to help migrate the core platform from PHP 5.X to PHP 8.Y.
As a major business-critical migration at this scale, the project faced multiple technical and organizational challenges. Among the most significant identified issues were syntax differences and code refactoring.
Potential third-party library conflicts also included requiring rigorous testing for quality assurance and team members’ adaptation to new methodologies.
emagine proposed first a one-month discovery phase to analyse the health of the existing code and its readiness for migration.
emagine’s customised approach emphasized the cost-saving aspect of improving the backend instead of rebuilding, thus saving both money and time.
By saving the legacy application, updating the code and giving it a facelift, emagine’s team could finally move it to the cloud for easier maintenance.
Following the discovery phase, emagine suggested a project plan to be executed by a handpicked, dedicated team.
Based on the findings in the discovery phase, we proposed a fixed-scope, fixed-cost project running from August to December 2023. This comprehensive project included development, project management, rigorous testing, and a hypercare phase to ensure a smooth transition.
emagine offered to allocate, assemble and manage a specialized team of senior PHP developers, a PHP Tech Lead, and a Service Delivery Manager. This expert team was equipped to address the migration challenges and ensure successful implementation.
emagine deployed a dedicated team of five, including a service delivery manager acting as the project manager, to migrate the core application.
The team made a detailed plan to execute over 90,000 code adjustments, meeting the company’s requirements while ensuring compatibility with the latest PHP features.
emagine’s managed team of experts tackled this challenge with exceptional dedication and efficiency.
Within a demanding five-month timeframe, the dedicated team completed the migration and enhanced the system’s robustness and reliability. emagine’s team meticulously identified and resolved bugs, resulting in a more stable and dependable application.
During the project, 90.000 codes were migrated, and the business-critical application became stable with improved security and speed.
Modernising the credit risk calculation platform instead of developing a costly new application gave the major automotive business a cutting-edge solution leveraging the latest PHP 8.X features.
The enhanced application now offers significantly improved security and speed, positioning the major automotive company to advance its truck business effectively.
The managed team delivered exceptional results within tight deadlines, ensuring that the credit analysis platform is future-proofed and Azure Cloud-ready.
Collaborating with emagine on this project has been a pleasure, and we look forward to future collaborations. Thank you for your timely and high-quality completion of the tasks.
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