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Phil Diegmann
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Migration lead; onboarding and mentoring of new developers; introduced Scrum

Android migration of a B2B task-management and location-tracking app

Led the migration of a B2B task-management and location-tracking app from Windows Embedded CE to Android, rolled out to several hundred devices. The team grew from one developer to four; I onboarded, reviewed and paired with the new developers and introduced Scrum.

Context and problem

A proprietary B2B task-management and location-tracking app ran on Windows Embedded CE devices, built with ASP.NET. It had to move to Android.

Approach

  • I led the migration of the app to Android, written in Java.
  • The app was rolled out to several hundred devices.

Team

  • The team started with me alone and grew to four developers.
  • I onboarded the developers who joined, reviewed their code and paired with them.
  • I introduced Scrum into the development organisation.

Transfer

A team that grows during a migration has to learn the old system and the new platform at the same time. Onboarding, code review and pairing are how that knowledge spreads beyond one person.