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Case study · Major banking player in Madagascar
Dedicated Team for the Banking Sector: Data Flows and Web Platform
Two projects run in parallel for a bank: making its data flows more reliable with Talend, working inside its teams, and designing, building and delivering its retail customer web platform with Drupal.
Industry
Banking / Finance
What we built
Data flows, retail web platform
Technologies
Talend, Drupal
Engagement
Dedicated team and fixed-price project
The client
A bank modernizing its systems and online services.
A major banking player in Madagascar, modernizing its information systems, data flows and digital services.
The bank was running two very different projects at once: data integration between its systems, already under way with its internal teams, and a new web service for its retail customers.
The challenge
Two projects, the same high standards.
Make data flows more reliable
Make data exchanges between systems more robust and properly tested.
Deliver a web platform for retail customers
Design, build and launch the bank’s new consumer website.
Clear leadership on both projects
Explicit governance and tracked quality, in a sector where mistakes are costly.
What we built
Dedicated banking team: from data to a delivered website.
Data flow integration (Talend)
A team embedded in the bank’s teams, working on integrating data flows between its systems and making them more reliable.
Retail web platform (Drupal)
Design, development and delivery of the platform, followed by training and knowledge transfer to the bank’s teams.
The two projects followed different logics. For data, long-term reinforcement embedded in the bank’s teams. For the website, a delivered and handed-over build, run as a fixed-price IT project. We adapted the engagement to the need, not the other way around.
Team and organization
Two teams, data and web, each with its own leadership.
On-site data team
2 Talend developers · 1 QA engineer · 1 business analyst. Based in the bank’s offices, alongside internal teams.
Dedicated web team
1 project manager · 2 Drupal developers (front end and back end). Design, development and delivery of the consumer website, then knowledge transfer.
On the data side, the business analyst connects the work to the bank’s business needs and the QA engineer tests the development work. On the web side, the project manager led the platform from design to delivery. A dedicated IT team is how we deliver when the need is long-term; a fixed-price project suits a defined scope, such as a platform to deliver.
Technologies used
Talend for data, Drupal for the web.
Talend is used to design and run data integration flows between the bank’s systems: extraction, transformation and loading. Drupal powers the retail web platform, built on both the front end and back end by the web team.
Outcome
A delivered website, better-controlled data flows, autonomous teams.
- The retail web platform was delivered, and the bank’s teams were trained to take ownership of it.
- Data integration projects gained additional Talend skills, directly within the internal teams.
- Each project had its own leadership and quality tracking, with clearly identified contacts on the bank’s side.
Client testimonial
A website delivered as expected.
“We are very satisfied with Etixio’s support. The website was delivered in line with our expectations, and the whole team showed great professionalism throughout the project.”
Project director
Frequently asked questions
Dedicated banking team: your questions.
What did we deliver for this banking player?
Two projects in parallel. A data team strengthened data flow integration and reliability projects with Talend, working inside the bank’s teams. A web team designed, built and delivered the retail web platform with Drupal, then handled knowledge transfer.
How were the teams organized?
The on-site data team included two Talend developers, a QA engineer and a business analyst. The web team included a project manager and two Drupal developers (front end and back end).
Why combine a dedicated team and a fixed-price project?
The two needs were different. Data flow reinforcement was long-term, alongside internal teams; the web platform was a defined scope to design, deliver and hand over. See our dedicated IT team and fixed-price IT project offers.
How was quality tracked?
On the data side, through a QA engineer embedded in the team and a business analyst leading the work. On the web side, through a project manager who led the platform from design to delivery, within explicit project governance.
What happens after the web platform is delivered?
The web team provided training and knowledge transfer to the bank’s teams, so they could take ownership of the delivered platform. See also our offshore IT development offer.
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