New Bamboo Wins Contract From Independent Charity
Monday, May 12th, 2008
New Bamboo to build interactive website to encourage and support young people to read and to be creative…
Reading Agency, an independent charity which inspires young people to read more has appointed New Bamboo, the specialist in bespoke software development using Ruby on Rails, to create an online young people’s website to encourage reading and creativity. The contract value was not disclosed.
The new site, yet to be named, will invite young people aged 13-18 years old to showcase their own creativity, create their own groups, display what’s on their virtual shelves and rate titles; and also gain access to valuable resources such as advice from expert writers, artists and lyricists.
The company also uses Agile methodology which is particularly suited for our complex project and is based around setting objective metrics, stake holder involvement, feedback and managed processes. We have ambitious plans with a fairly tight budget and timeframe - so getting things right first time is crucial”.
The Reading Agency has a number of complex requirements in allowing end users and social groups to easily interact. There was a strong focus on social networking and rich media which are areas where we have successfully delivered solutions in the past. Additionally, we will be developing the site iteratively to get valuable feedback and make sure it lives up to expectations. ”
Williams concludes, “Ruby on Rails makes a particularly compelling proposition for organisations when combined with Agile processes: where Ruby on Rails makes development very fast, Agile makes it very flexible.”
