Upgrading a Web App for Parents Looking For Childcare
The client
Poppy is a babysitter recruitment management platform in Seattle. Netguru built the dashboard its team uses to follow candidates through the process.
The challengeWhat the teams actually needed
The platform needed a recruitment process built from nothing, and it needed it quickly — with a client who had not worked with an outside development team before.
Challenge 01A dashboard worth watching
Monitoring the progress of caregiver candidates had to be intuitive and genuinely useful, not merely present.
Challenge 02Registration from both sides
An administration panel was needed for processing caregiver registration by families looking for childcare.
Challenge 03A very tight deadline
The app had to be upgraded and deployed fast, for a client with no experience of third-party development teams.
What we did
A recruitment process built from scratch
The project focused on the app’s backend and design, shaped around what the client needed to help parents find the best childcare available.
Caregivers and families
A process flow was created and implemented covering caregiver recruitment as well as family sign-up forms and accounts.
Features inside the deadline
The requested features were delivered within the time available.
Tested thoroughly
Extensive quality assurance made sure the new features behaved as they should.
Availability, then a booking
Caregivers and families define time slots in an availability calendar, which lets Poppy’s team see immediately who can be booked.
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