Introduction

Glamour is an online destination delivering event and gathering services within a click away. Various options include chairs and tables, dedicated servants, and all related entertainment utilities. Our services are accommodated especially for you to deliver and ensure the utmost convenience with the best assistance to engrave an unforgettable memory of your occasion. Instead of dealing with multiple vendors and suppliers, or looking through newspaper posts, Glamour provides and delivers all services at ease, efficiency, and professionalism. Click and receive.

Challenge

Design and software development services to Khozama towards the implementation of a Glamour Mobile Application for both Android and IOS platforms as well as the Web Admin control system for managing the e-commerce functions of the system. Ranging from private occasions, family gatherings, and birthday parties, all the way to wedding ceremonies, Glamour marks the first and only destination that delivers all services related to any event or gathering brought conveniently to your own doorstep. Khozama picked pencil solutions one of the best web development and mobile applications development agencies in Egypt, to create its platform and iOS and Android applications to allow the following:

• Web-based Administration panel/system Mobile App for iPhone users
• Mobile App for Android users
• Admin and Superuser training

Provided Solutions

Pencil Solutions used PHP Laravel programming language in building Glamour’s web application platform and formed iOS and Android mobile applications development based on Native programming languages. Pencil solutions experts used an iterative and incremental methodology in managing the whole process of web development and mobile applications development called Agile; it provides continuous and rapid improvement of software solutions. One of the agile advantages is the early delivery that helped Khozama to see the actual results in every phase in the process of building the project without waiting for the whole project to be ended. Pencil Designs team members implemented this methodology in Khozama ’s project to have everyone on the same page, to save time by eliminating time-sucking tasks in waiting for large-scale changes. In the process of establishing agile web development, mobile applications development the project was cut into small milestones called sprints; every sprint resulted in a tangible product (set of features) that helped in guiding the next phase. Pencil solutions team, including Product Owner, Product Manager, Technical Team Lead, Senior Back-end Developer, Senior Front-end Developer, Senior iOS Developer, Senior Android Developer, Senior Tester, Senior UI, and UX, worked together in each phase or sprint to bring out the whole project efficiently with the required features.

Pencil Solutions divided the whole project into several sprints in which the system, including its design and development, has been created to support the following:

A. Application User

Will be the main user for the application, with the following activities:

• Sign up with profile data (not mandatory)
• Specify the location
• View all services/items
  • Review items rental rate per day and details
  • Specify the date and time

• Book
  • User will get an update on the request (approval or rejection)
  • Payment Gateway

B. Item Owners

It’s the owners of the items, with the following activities:

1. Sign up with the information
2. Add the item details: a. Name b. Type c. Location d. Pictures
3. Receive Orders (with replying of acceptance or rejection)

C. System Admin

He will be responsible for the overall system/application management through a web page portal:

The Admin User will be able to also perform the following functions:

D. Product/Service Categories

• Create a new category
• Edit existing category
• Delete a category
• Search/Edit existing provider profiles
• Add/delete/suspend/accept/reject provider profiles
• Search/Add/edit/delete customer users

E. Services/Products

• Add/Remove services from Featured List Orders
• Add/Edit Delete Services and Products Featured services
• Search/View/manage Orders
• Edit Order Status (Paid, Shipped, Received, Rejected, Returned, etc…)
• Print Order Details.

F. Notifications

• Email notifications will be sent to Admin as well as Service providers with new order transaction happening and possibly with changes in the status of their own orders
• Email notifications to be sent to registered customers with the confirmation of their order

Web development and Mobile applications development Services with pencil solutions 

One of the most obvious reasons companies open to outsourcing is due to the cost factor. Less cost-efficient will only work. As an organization, cost efficiency is the most crucial factor in order to improve the balance sheet of a company. “Lower cost, Quality Product” is what the companies actually look for. When you outsource your work, you don’t have to worry about training & recruitment expenses. You just need to look out for the companies’ quality of their previous projects and half of your work is done. During outsourcing, you actually get access to more skilled labor at a very low cost. Due to handling high outsourcing projects, the Turnaround Time (TAT) is much lesser on a project. The outsourced company has garnered the equilibrium between the cost & time. Hence, they have gained thorough expertise in such a way that your work gets completed before the deadline without compromising on the quality,  outsourcing, and offshoring activities eliminate the extra time that helps you to focus more on your research part. Starting a new project just hire your dedicated team with Pencil solutions, tell us more about what you need and about your project and we will get your project done for you.