One of the first questions to be considered when developing a mobile application is  «  What is the budget ? ».

So what price should you pay for a mobile application?

As for many services, it depends on several factors: functionality, design, used technologies etc…
Our clients often ask us how much it would cost to develop their mobile application, and the cost of developing the application can vary.
Of course it is possible to give you a price estimation before having the specifications of your product, however it is likely to change as the specifications are detailed.

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APPLICATION | The Artémis project at Sonergia. Or how an application can facilitate the access to information, about financing the energy saving works.

TEKOWAY developed a business application in 6 weeks.
It allows Sonergia and its partners to calculate in 3 minutes the amount of the main grants for energy renovation.

INITIAL SITUATION :

For 10 years Sonergia has supported individuals, professionals, social landlords and co-ownerships in their efforts to reduce the energy costs. 

Sonergia advises the energy consumers (households, local authorities, industry, etc.). For this, it relies on the Energy Savings Certificates (ESC) system. Finally, Sonergia participates in providing financing for their energy renovation work.

ARTEMIS PROJECT

• Duration of the project :

6 weeks

• The challenges :

Sonergia supports the energy suppliers, in achieving the objectives of reducing the global energy consumption. These objectives are set by the DGEC (General Directorate for Energy and Climate – Ministry of Ecological Transition and Solidarity).

In concrete terms, Sonergia helps various actors to satisfy the conditions required to benefit from energy bonuses.

The users realised that the available simulation tools were not sufficiently accurate.    « From one simulator to another, we never got the same results » explains Philippe Michel, the project manager.

TEKOWAY’s objective was therefore to provide a B2B2C tool that can be easily integrated by B2B2 partners via a simple widget. It allows to calculate reliably the eligibility of the user and the amount of the allocated premium. All while respecting the Sonergia’s technical details and constraints. For example, the design, or the possibility to duplicate and adapt the tool according to the need.

• The succes of the application :

Tekoway Tekoway therefore developed a ready-to-use application for Sonergia, based on complex and interdependent calculation rules.

Tekoway has relied on Sonergia’s information system for certain points. Such as calculating the amount of eco-premiums, but also the different rules for other financial aid. In this way, the simulator provides reliable and consistent results.

Finally, in order to respond to legislative changes, Tekoway stored the calculations in an intelligible and easily modifiable language. The aim was to allow Sonergia make modifications autonomously, without the need to contact Tekoway. Thus maintaining Sonergia’s business and operational expertise.

Sonergia was therefore able to easily appropriate the rule-based system and obtained several benefits from this application :

– First of all, it is a durable tool that can be duplicated. The application was developed in the form of a widget, so that it can be installed on any partner site ;

– Saving time on calculations. It takes only 3 minutes to calculate the eligibility and the amount of aid. The developed application therefore makes the process 20 times faster than before ;

– The possibility to keep partners loyal by providing them a tool to help them transform their business. Since they can now calculate, directly with their clients, the amount of their aid ;

– The enlargement and qualification of its database. Thanks to the questionnaire filled in by the user, it is now possible to simulate the eligibility and the amount of the renovation aid.

USED TECHNOLOGIES

• Lumen

  for the back end (Laravel lite).

• React

  for the front end.

• OPEN SOURCE accelerators & facilitators (this is how we do it)

  Rule-based system and an evaluation engine to build complex eligibility and calculation policies. Unit and integration tests. Standard protocol for authentication.

Plateforme eLearning | Promote safety in high-risk occupations.

The development of a multi-site eLearning platform for a multinational company, for more than 10,000 users and hundreds of service providers. A safety management issue in potentially high-risk jobs.

SOME FIGURES :

• ~1000+ service provider companies
• ~10000+ users
• ~40 training of certified courses (training + tests)
• Covering 20+ topics and ~40 jobs
• With tests (for certifications) covering ~1000 questions

INITIAL SITUATION :

This multinational company has about 100,000 employees in several dozen countries.

The company’s employees and its hundreds of subcontractors have daily access to different clearance areas that require appropriate certifications.

The objective of this assignment was to find an effective way to ensure that all workers had the necessary clearance and certification to be able to work safely on the different production sites.

THE E-LEARNING PLATFORME

• Project duration :

Tekoway initiated a reversibility plan in March 2019.
After a technical audit, Tekoway set up a support with third-party maintenance and management the evolution life cycles of the digital product.

• The challenges :

There are about 40 different training courses for certification that are given to employees. They are adapted according to the status, the job category or the site where the person is working. So they cover more than 20 themes and some forty jobs.

In order to meet this need, the goal was to create a customisable eLearning platform. In this way, the company can provide training courses with certification.

At the end of the training, a personal badge is generated (or updated) for the employee. This means that each person on-site has a QR code indicating his/her compulsory accreditations and certifications. These precautions are essential when working with dangerous or high risk products.

• The success of the application :

Initially, the project was only planned for one subsidiary. Given the time savings and reliability that the eLearning platform would bring, the group decided to extend the system to other subsidiaries.

Tekoway therefore had to change the management paradigm and create a multi-branch system.

« The challenge of this mission was to deal with ad hoc requests. As we went along, everyone had new ideas to incorporate. We had to be very reactive, adaptable and organised to meet the group’s needs as well as possible, » explains Philippe MICHEL, who was in charge of the project.

From functional improvements, to parameterization improvements, to user creation, to adding a new property to a question… a project management in Agile mode was essential.

Tekoway developed a turnkey solution for this client.

As a result, the management of training and certification for employees is facilitated. It is also adaptable to different professions and users.

Around ten thousand sessions have already been carried out, resulting in a high certification rate and, for those who failed, the possibility to catch up and reschedule the courses.

The company has easily been able to appropriate the tool.  Thus, it can add training courses if necessary or modify the existing one in complete autonomy.

USED TECHNOLOGIES

• SYMFONY

  for the back end with API Platform

• ANGULAR

  for the front end.

• OPEN SOURCE accelerators & facilitators (this is how we do it)

  Continuous integration; Unit and integration testing; Standard authentication protocol; WYSIWYG editors to generate eLearning materials online