Business Challenges:
- Modernization of a desktop-based LC and MS systems for a Fortune 500 American-based analytical instruments innovator
- Rewriting existing desktop-based device drivers for LC and MS instruments with multiple UI applications for configuration, control, monitoring, and offline experiment creation
- Transitioning to the latest web and API-based technologies to enable cloud deployments
Solutions:
- Adopted a technology stack including .NET 8, VueJS, StencilJS, REST API
- Implemented test automation for the UI using TestComplete and APIs using Postman
- Established a collaborative engagement model where the team worked closely with the client’s leads, developers, and management
- Provided technical management, development (including technical design), and QA services (including manual and automation testing)
- Followed Agile Scrum methodologies and drove all the scrum ceremonies
- Tracked progress through daily standups and helped unblock the team as needed
Outcomes:
- Bridged knowledge gaps through specialized workshops in Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, ensuring team proficiency in niche domain concepts
- Leveraged a technically strong team to comprehend and design intricate software architectures, delivering robust and performance-efficient designs
- Quickly adapted to domain-specific testing challenges and developed a scalable automation framework for the driver, enabling efficient testing
- Achieved unique testing capabilities, including Breadboard and remote instrument testing, and automated 200+ test cases for the driver REST APIs
- Within 9-10 months, the team gained both technical and functional expertise, leading to the promotion of senior developers to leadership roles and successful ownership of specific features/modules
- Completed 40+ sprints, developed 400+ user stories for LC and MS Method Editor, Direct Control, and DDI, and implemented a DDI Framework that can be used by all driver development teams
- Strong technical management and leadership helped to bridge any gaps between the client’s requirements and the team’s understanding
Key achievements include bridging domain knowledge gaps, delivering robust and performance-efficient software designs, developing scalable test automation, and rapidly upskilling the team to gain both technical and functional expertise
