Development of a backend system for an agriculture IoT solution. Setup for licence management, transfer of tractor work orders and work records. Connectivity to vendor-independent data exchange platforms and farming software systems.
ClientAgricultural equipment manufacturer
IndustryAgriculture
Project SetupWork Packages, Time & Material, Scrum
SkillsRequirements Management, Solution Design, Development Coordination, Go Live Preparation
Project ManagementMichael Friedrich
Duration14 months
Challenges
Moving target due to implementation towards a vendor-independent data exchange platform during the alpha and beta phase
Certification for interface to vendor-independent data exchange platform required
Initial project setup as fixed project packages not suitable due to moving target development
Passing of several test gateways required for Go Live preparation
Solution
Change of work mode to agile development facilitating reactions to changing environments and requirements
Certification of built solution in collaboration with vendor-independent platform
Change towards a value-driven sorting of the backlog with the customer and removal of blockers for acceptance tests
Successful passing of the test gates of user acceptance tests, end user tests, data security and GDPR tests as preconditions for Go Live
