WorldTicket

Outcome

Improved communication between end clients and airline partners
Removed the necessity of phone booking systems
Boosted sales and improved marketing synergy
Provided a modern solution for booking
Offered business automation and brand loyalty

+41%

Average Order

+21%

Sales cycle increased

+26%

Increased revenue

+56%

Process automation

+43%

Throughput, users

+32%

Increase in customers

Business
challenge

weaknesses

Many competitors
Slow website loading speed
Large number of features and services to be implemented

strengths

Large customer base
Well-known brand
Key player on the market
Clear understanding of all business processes

Project
Description

Since 2002, WorldTicket has provided airlines worldwide with advanced PSS (Passenger Service System) solutions built on modern and flexible technology. One of those is Sell-More-Seats and is being used on 5 continents and is an all-in-one-cloud-hosted solution providing advanced PSS functionality required by LCC (Low-cost Carrier), traditional, start-up, and virtual airlines to run their business.

As for their target audience, WorldTicket works with more than 65 airlines worldwide. Their TA is passengers (end clients) and companies that want to use their Sell-More-Seats solution. With a firm desire to become the leading PSS provider, the client wanted to cover all general airline processes right from selling a ticket in any distribution channel to inventory hosting as well as an extensive reporting module and BI functionality for monitoring sales.

Digital Platform & Technology

Upon close evaluation of the project and set goals, both parties have agreed on convenient open technologies that come with a good ecosystem. The scalability of the chosen technologies enabled WorldTicket to validate ideas, refine the product, and minimize the workload on the website.

Angular.js 4

Angular 4 is a web application framework. It provides a navigation toolbar, auto-complete, menus, and many more features.

Java 8

Applications on Java 8 show speed improvement without any specific work or tuning.

MongoDB

MongoDB has become popular with developers of all kinds who are building scalable applications using agile methodologies.

React

React is a JavaScript library that specializes in helping developers build user interfaces, or UIs.

Bootstrap

Bootstrap is the most popular CSS Framework for developing responsive and mobile-first websites.

Specification

Goal

The initial goal was to help airline partners worldwide provide their passengers with the best online experience. WorldTicket helps airlines optimize their direct sales channels and improve the user experience for the passenger.
The developed website is WorldTicket’s trademark that familiarizes end clients with products and services.

Main flow

Visit website
Review information regarding the solutions and products
Use the flight lookup function to find relevant information about airline partners
Evaluate results
Book an online meeting or order services

Team

Based on the chosen technologies and goals, we picked competent engineers who successfully finished the project within the set timeframe.

1. Computools team 2. WorldTicket

Angular Technology Lead

Alexey Kolomoets

Project Manager

Artem Karpukhin

Business Development Manager

Alexander Palieshko

Angular Engineer

Vladimir Lazarchuk

Quality Assurance Engineer

Maria Grekova

Chief Technology Officer

Backstage

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Whiteboard Meeting

For the sake of meaningful collaboration and to spark creative solutions, Computools designers, analysts, and project managers joined a whiteboard meeting before each sprint. New ideas were brainstormed, delivery of the desired design was facilitated, and the optimal customer journey was outlined.

Brainstorming

As a part of our brainstorming process, Computools tried to work out what the project actually is, what the client wants/needs, the project’s budget and time frame/deadlines, as well as evaluate the tools readily available, teams, and existing skills. Each member shared their perspective on how they see the project and what should be improved.

Dev Meeting

Computools’s team of developers met weekly in a round-table format. Project managers and team leads provided an overview of upcoming tasks and priorities for the coming weeks and months ahead. Developers, in turn, shared a full report to the TL on what they did, what was scheduled and postponed, and the issues they encountered.

Internal Communication Flow

As for the internal communication channels, Computools took into account WorldTicket’s preferences. To consolidate the communication flow, different tools for different tasks were preferred.

Skype was used for urgent inquiries and video calls, Slack was used for scheduling meetings and announcements between management, email was used for documentation and reports, and Jira was used to control progress and assign tasks.

Project Management Methodology

As Scrum is most effective for teams working on complex projects, Computools agreed upon a project management methodology. It consisted of 2-4 week sprints. With each sprint, a team had to build the most important features first and come out with a potentially do-able idea. More features were built during the upcoming sprints and adjusted based on stakeholder and customer feedback.

Project timeline

CONSULTING

Online meetings with the client to understand project scope and gather information
Analyze business processes, study competitors, give recommendations
Create a project proposal and get approval from the client
Identify risks
Gather assets from client to utilize in the project

Product DESIGN

Website specification (budget, deadlines, or technical restraints)
Defining tools for architecture and patterns
Defining the technological stack
Creating guidelines for design and development
Choosing a project management methodology
Outlining a development process
Calculating the number of needed project teams
Configuring the technological processes and interactions between roles

Product Engineering

Pre-phase
Setting up the optimal development team
Assigning Project managers and Team leaders
Online meetings with the whole team

Development

Defining the roadmap and project management methodology
Design and code development
Testing & Stabilization
UI testing

Launch

Review feedback from target audience and client
Ensure compatibility across multiple screen sizes and web browsers
Enable continuous support of functions according to the client’s specifications

Implementation
On Client’s Side

Launch

WorldTicket’s website was finished on time. Computools completed all the necessary testing to make sure the product had optimal performance and complied with the set standards and requirements.

Transfer

Once all the tasks and formalities were completed, Computools hosted the site on their server via FTP and helped them configure it. In addition, the design was finalized by opening the site on Computools’s local host for testing.

Education

Additional training materials and staff education was not required.

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Leading provider of Passenger Service Systems and strong innovator of IT systems in the airline industry

Solution:

Industry:

Business size:

Outcome

Average Order

Sales cycle increased

Increased revenue

Process automation

Throughput, users

Increase in customers

Business
challenge

weaknesses

strengths

Project
Description

Digital Platform & Technology

Communication Framework

Specification

Team

Angular Technology Lead

Project Manager

Business Development Manager

Angular Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer

Chief Technology Officer

Backstage

Whiteboard Meeting

Brainstorming

Dev Meeting

Internal Communication Flow

Project Management Methodology

Project timeline

Implementation
On Client’s Side

Contact Us

Our Offices

WorldTicket

Leading provider of Passenger Service Systems and strong innovator of IT systems in the airline industry

Solution:

Industry:

Business size:

Outcome

Average Order

Sales cycle increased

Increased revenue

Process automation

Throughput, users

Increase in customers

Business challenge

weaknesses

strengths

Project Description

Digital Platform & Technology

Communication Framework

Specification

Team

Angular Technology Lead

Project Manager

Business Development Manager

Angular Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer

Chief Technology Officer

Backstage

Whiteboard Meeting

Brainstorming

Dev Meeting

Internal Communication Flow

Project Management Methodology

Project timeline

Implementation On Client’s Side

Contact Us

Our Offices

Business
challenge

Project
Description

Implementation
On Client’s Side