Usable Web 2.0 software development
Introduction
100% web based process of student application for the work and travel program. Connecting ASSE with its 40 partners world wide in a centralized database. Manage the full cycle from application forms and document submission to visa authorization download and collecting payments. Using Radria and agile methodologies this successful 1 year man project had his return on investment in less than a year.
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Aspire world wide is part of ASSE International. ASSE became a designated sponsor for the Summer Work Travel Program and the Trainee Program. As a result, ASPIRE Worldwide was founded to promote these programs. The Summer Work Travel Program provides summer employment opportunities to university students in the USA, and the Trainee Program facilitates recent graduates in spending up to 18 months training in their field in an American corporation or professional/vocational group. While the above programs are separate and completely different entities, they share a common mission and philosophy: To improve understanding among people of different countries through cultural exchange.
Replace an Excel/Email/Paper system of student filing process and placement for the work and travel program.
Process with a centralized database connecting Aspire and its 40 worldwide partners in a centralized the database.
Access for employers, student, partner and sponsor (ASSE) and share the same information.
Partners sign on in the Aspire Work and Travel database to submit student applications with all the required documents.
Generate invoices and send them to the partners. Record and track payment from the partners.
Automatically submit applications to the US immigration (SEVIS) using secured XML web services and automatically retrieve visa authorization in PDF and attach it to the student profile.
Student have access to their profile for form completion, document upload and job selection.
The students follow a 20 step workflow process through which they will be registered by the partner, uploading the documents, presented to employers for hiring, submitted to the Immigration Department through sevis for approval and invoiced.
Employers can review student profiles and access or decline them for the different job position they offers.
The initial basic version was implemented and in production with-in 3 months. Most of the development was done incrementally with 1 to 2 months release cycles during the first year.
Following the agile development model using Radria this 1year man development project is still today in constant development and adapt it self very fast to market changes and opportunities.
Thousands of students uses Aspire database every years. The volume of student increase to more than 100% without additional staff. Thanks to the Agility of Radria's tools ASSE got their Return On Investment in less than a year.
