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Case studies

  • Consulting and software development outsourcing for Careerone.com.au
  • Agile coaching and software development outsourcing for Decizium - YourTour.com
  • Consulting (tech research, supplier shortlisting and usability review) for SOS Kinderdorf
  • Technology consulting to implement internationalization strategy for Rueducommerce - Spanish launch: avenidadelcomercio.es
  • Software development outsourcing (agile maintenance team) for Rueducommerce - Classifieds site maintenance and evolution
  • Software development outsourcing (agile product launch team) for Revelis - 1001artists.com launch
  • iPhone application development by Pantha Corp innovation lab : Show the Loo


All services case studies:

ClientOur involvement & clients benefitsRelated services
Careerone logoCareerOne is one of the leading online job boards in Australia.
CareeOne is part of News Digital Media, the online division of News Limited.

Client main locations: Australia
Dates: Mar 2007 - Nov 2008

Initially engaged to define a product roadmap aligned to business strategy, we also contributed to the conception and technical design of the new CareerOne platform and introduced agile methodology to the in-house development team.
Pantha Corp was also engaged to supply a software development team (combination on-site/ offshore) to build and launch key parts of the new platform.

Outcome: Product and technology roadmap, site re-design and re-launch (Oct 2007), new jobs search service (Oct 2007) and a complete platform relaunch that had to be interrupted due to a merger with Monster.com

Product strategy, architecture, project management, business analysis consulting
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Agile coaching, Scrum master
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Software development service: dedicated agile product launch team

Main technology: ExpressionEngine, PHP/MYSQL, COLD FUSION/ MS SQL

Decizium logoDecizium: Established in April 2004, deciZium is a spin-off from Mons Polytechnic Faculty, specializing in decision support. Originally from the Mathematics & Operations Research Department , its roots lie in the "Your Tour" project.

Client main locations: Belgium & Worldwide
Dates: Dec 2007 - current

Involvement: Execution to ongoing maintenance. 9 months & ongoing. Agile consulting.
DeciZium has launched a unique tourism application for the creation of "tailor-made" tours - the result of over 10 years of mathematical research under yourtour.com.
The client needed a rapid handover of responsibilities from another outsourcing supplier that had been unable to complete the platform in time & with the necessary attention to detail.
Pantha Corp performed a detailed code analysis and architectural review that was used in prioritizing the development teams work backlog.
Pantha Corp also introduced Agile methodology to the client, trained and coached the client's team and continue to provide agile consulting to date.

Outcome: After a 4-month period in which the major bugs of the platform were closed and performance and stability improved, the Your Tour platform was launched in beta to the public. Since that point on, the engagement has become an ongoing maintenance of the site which has so far resulted in further performance gains and several feature releases.
Adoption of agile (Scrum) by the client development team

Software development service: dedicated agile product launch & maintenance team
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Agile consulting

Main technology: .NET / ASP.NET / MS SQL

Consulting services case studies:

ClientOur involvement & clients benefitsRelated services
SOSKinderdorf logo SOS-Kinderdorf.de: Not-for-profit, charity organization with a focus on the needs of children since 1949, positively affecting over 20,000 children yearly.

Client main locations: Germany & worldwide
Dates: Feb - May 2006

Concept to Startup. Total project-time of 4 months.
Market study for selection of new content-management-system (CMS), with final presentation of 3 top solutions. Writing of the tender document that led to the selection of a supplier for implementation. Further conducted usability expert review to highlight possible improvements in user-interface & information hierarchy.

Outcome: Re-launch of website with new supplier and CMS in March 2007.

Product strategy & architecture, expert usability reviews

Main technology: eZ Publish

Rueducommerce logoRueDuCommerce: French leading e-commerce online retailer

Client main locations: France, Spain
Dates: Nov 2005 - Jan 2006

Concept to Startup. Total project-time over 3 months.
We were engaged to start RDC on their internationalization strategy (expansion to Spain, Italy and Portugal).
Our achievement: 360° audit of all their systems, processes and complete organization review. Wrote the first version of the business and technical specifications, coached the project manager to create the planning and kick-off the project and a prototype was built.
Outcome: Launch Avenidadelcomercio.es in June 2006.
Internationalization strategy, re-architecture, project management, business analysis consulting

Main technology: ColdFusion , MS SQL server

Software development outsourcing services cases studies:


ClientOur involvementRelated services
Rueducommerce logoRueDuCommerce: French leading e-commerce online retailer

Client main locations: France, Spain
Dates: Oct 2007- Dec 2008

Maintenance, extension of in-house team for classifieds website. Total duration > 12 months.
Complete maintenance of classifieds website. Includes new feature development, support for existing functionality (bug fixes, enhancements) and testing activities.

Outcome:Successful support of business team responsible for classifieds site (annonces.rueducommerce.fr) with continuous bug-fixing, several medium-sized enhancements to the site as well as development of large new features.

Software development service: dedicated agile maintenance team

Main technology: COLD FUSION / MS SQL

ClientOur involvement & clients benefitsRelated services
Revelis logoRevelis: communication, online marketing and web design

Client main locations: France
Dates: Jul - Oct 2009

Revelis engaged Pantha Corporation to architect, build and launch the 1001artists e-commerce platform: an online art marketplace, where artists sign-up to show and sell their art directly to customers without intermediaries.
We setup the full team in a short 2 weeks period with our offshore team in India
Our recommendation was to use the Magento ecommerce open-source solution as a base, as it seemed most suited with its large range of e-commerce & internationalization features, extensibility and robustness. We heavily extended Magento to enable marketplace functionality
We used our agile methodology through out the project to build test and launch the ecommerce platform.

Read more about the "making-of" story

Outcome:Launched the 1001artists.com art marketplace website in less than 4 months

Software development service: dedicated agile product launch team

Main technology: Magento, PHP/ MySQL

Iphone application development services cases studies:


ClientOur involvement & clients benefitsRelated services
Show the Loo: a Pantha Corp iphone product showtheloo logo

Main location: Australia
Dates: Oct 2008- Dec 2008

From idea, to concept, development and launch in less than 3 months.
The application allows users to find public loo's in Australia and receive directions to the 'loo of choice' right when it's needed.
Launched using SDK2, integrating Google Maps via browser instantiation within app and iPhone custom library to interact with Google Maps Javascript API

Version 1.5 released in February 2010
New release uses SDK3, integrating MapKits framework, vastly improved speed and overall stability and additional features

Outcome: Show the Loo launched in the iTunes Apps store in less than 2 months time
Reached #1 within navigation category in under one week where it remained for >2 months; still remains in top 10 of navigation applications six months after initial release

Software development service: iPhone app development

Main technology: Objective C, iphone SDK2 & SDK3, MapKit framework

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