New and further development of a B2B software for order processing in the automotive sector

The goal of this project was to update a B2B software of a leading European vehicle manufacturer to the latest technical state of the art. Thus, not only the security level should be increased, but also the usability should be optimized. The software was also expanded to include additional business processes and functionalities.
The application is specifically a portal that the vehicle manufacturer uses together with a large number of body manufacturers for joint order processing and quality control.

The BITS employees took over the development in the area of frontend and backend, the agile IT project management, the IT consulting for the security and the creation of UI/UX prototypes.

17 Use Cases

17 use cases were developed

5 Project staff

5 project members were involved

Approx. 400 person days

Workload of approx. 400 person days

Approx. 7000 users

Variety of users

The cooperation with BITS

“BITS has successfully brought our B2B software up to date. The agile implementation and expertise in project management and technology enabled a smooth adaptation to our complex requirements. We appreciate the professional approach, commitment and customer-oriented approach of BITS and look forward to continuing our collaboration.”

Cornelia Bremer-Schupp, WebApplication Owner for Point of Sales Services & Applications, MAN Truck & Bus SE

Challenge

One challenge was to quickly familiarize themselves with an existing customer application with complex technical and functional issues and business logic.
Another challenge was the replacement of the legacy application, which was associated with a considerable amount of time due to the outdated technology stack.
The decision in favor of agile project management required intensive cooperation between BITS and the customer. This was particularly successful due to agile structures with regular feedback loops, retrospectives and updates.

Inventory application of the customer with complex technical and business issues and business logics
Replacing the legacy application with an outdated technology stack
Intensive cooperation between BITS and the customer due to the agile approach

Realization

At the beginning it was very important to define the requirements and goals exactly with the customer, to involve all project participants and to decide on the approach (agile). Next, the project was planned and divided into sprints so we could meet the client’s goals per sprint. A click model was created so that the application can be tested and optimized at an early stage.

The application was expanded at three-month intervals to include the latest developments, which were then put into production. This made it possible to obtain feedback on each Sprint version on the integration environment. This gave the customer the opportunity to introduce requests or comments at short notice before commissioning on the production environment. This enabled BITS to react quickly and flexibly to the customer’s new requirements and to identify and eliminate potential errors at an early stage.