Geschäftsführer, Projektleiter, Full-Stack Entwickler

All-in-one management of rental apartments

For a landlord with an extensive housing stock, we developed a web application that centralizes and simplifies housing management, communication and payment transactions with tenants.

THE CHALLENGE

High administrative effort

The client manages a large housing stock with around 100 apartments. In addition to operating cost billing, repair expenses and janitors also have to be coordinated, resulting in a high administrative workload. Monitoring incoming payments is also confusing with many tenants. Existing software solutions usually cannot cover all areas and cannot link the data from the individual program areas, which makes it difficult to automate and simplify the administrative work.

THE GOAL

Cost reduction and simplification

By linking various data and centralizing the necessary administrative processes, custom software can significantly reduce the workload and thus save considerable costs. In addition, the activity for the employees is also simplified and the automation can also reduce the error rate.

THE SOLUTION

Development of a web application

• Management of all apartments via a central user interface
• Ticket system for tenants to report damages
• Payment processing with display of open items

----- Discovery & Needs Analysis

In the first implementation step, we worked with the customer to find out which features a software would have to cover in order to really bring significant simplification. This resulted in the following features:

1. central management of tenants and master data

2. marketing of rental properties via an online platform

3. automation of booking and payment processes

4. coordination of janitors and introduction of a ticket system for tenants in case of damage

----- Conceptual design & basic planning

Once the project scope was defined, including goals and required features, it was on to implementation:

1. project management & milestone planning

2. design of a user interface

3. consideration of the technologies used

----- Technical implementation

The basic planning was followed by the technical implementation, where we always relied on agile project management methods, such as sprints and close coordination processes with the customer, in order to achieve the best possible result in the end:

1. technical development

2. testing by the customer in a test system

3. installation and implementation in the company

Customer feedback: "Shadet did a fantastic job on my five figure job. Communication was very satisfactory. The next project is already underway.”

Lower effort

Our customized software solution has significantly reduced the effort required to manage rental properties.

Lower error rate

Automation and centralization of data results in fewer manual errors.

Cost reduction

Development costs were kept low through good planning, so the customer received maximum output.

Simple order & customer management through clear web interface.

This project was about creating a web app for our customer from the tuning sector, with which a simple order & customer management is enabled. TuningStars has a so-called MembersArea. With a very outdated software the subscriptions of the members were managed. Thereby it can happen that there are waiting times of several minutes to find a customer.

THE CHALLENGE

Migrate old software in a short time.

The challenge was to map all requirements with a web app within the shortest possible time in order to take away the pain of the old software for the customer. Accordingly, it was important to capture all important functionalities of the old software in the first step, so that the customer does not miss anything.  

THE GOAL

Central and fast management

The goal was to provide the customer with a centralized and fast management that would make him forget the long waiting times of the software. Before, the program was only available on his PC.

THE SOLUTION

Development of a performant web app

- Central management

- Speed

• Easy transition from old software

----- Discovery & Needs Analysis

First, the old software that the customer was currently using was analyzed. Several weaknesses were identified, in particular:

1. desktop program and accordingly not accessible from everywhere

2. extremely slow search, waiting time of several minutes

3. fun factor & usability of the design (UI & UX) insufficient

----- Conceptual design & planning

The previously mentioned points from the needs analysis served as the basis for the planning. The concept consisted of a web app with a database behind it. This concept enables administration from any PC in the world with internet access and allows staff to be deployed for support. In addition, a simple concept for a new user interface was developed in cooperation with a designer.

----- Technical implementation

The implementation took place after the exact planning within one month, so that our customer could integrate the software quickly into his process. Due to the complete mapping of the functionalities, our customer got along completely without training. In the future, further features such as automatic letter dispatch and automatic payment recognition are planned.

Customer feedback: "Finally, I don't have to wait several minutes to search for a customer. It is now much easier to manage my members' subscriptions. I'm excited about the other features!”

Speed

The software was up and running after just one month.

Extensibility

New features (e.g. automatic letter dispatch) can be easily integrated

Cost savings

Development costs were kept low through good planning, so that the customer received maximum output.