Safe Families UK: From Year-Long Backlog to Completed Projects with Accelerayt Developer
The Challenge: Modernising Critical Systems Under Time Pressure
Safe Families UK, a charity supporting children and families, faced the challenge of needing to upgrade an aging technology stack and development infrastructure whilst juggling continuing requests from the wider organisation for development work and integrating two systems as part of a merger with Home for Good. With multiple database versions serving different stakeholders, they required skilled expertise to complete critical work packages over summer, with all the annual leave that entails, and before the Autumn date of the planned merger.
The Solution: Adding David to their team for three months
Accelerayt provided Safe Families UK with David, a senior developer with over 10 years of experience in complex software systems. David brought extensive expertise in PHP, CodeIgniter, and various modern technologies to address Safe Families UK's specific needs. David was able to take a specific project to upgrade the technology stack to a modern, supported and easily upgradable, version whilst the remaining team focussed on merger related projects and the wider organisation.
Results: Accelerated Progress and Technical Advancement
The impact of Accelerayt's solution was immediate and significant. Safe Families UK successfully completed the critical work packages that, according to the Director of Systems and Solutions, "we still wouldn't have done by the end of the calendar year" without David's expertise and dedication.
The technical transformation achieved included:
* Modernised development infrastructure with professional version control which is now being taken on by the staff team already in place.* Streamlined deployment processes through CI/CD implementation
* Successfully upgraded multiple database structures and front end frameworks to current technology standards
David’s diligence, resourcefulness and focus on the work was a great help and enabled us to progress well beyond where we’d have been otherwise," praised Stuart Main, the Director of Systems and Solutions at Safe Families UK, highlighting David's proactive approach and ability to deliver results efficiently.