Project-Rescue for Cashless Schools
Vodworks took over a .NET web platform for Cashless Schools, stabilised the codebase, and began shipping new features within the first month, helping the business with upsell opportunities, new revenue, and stronger competitiveness.
- Turned a failing handover into a structured rescue with clear priorities.
- Shipped new features in the first month while fixing critical bugs.
About The Client
Cashless Schools, a Canadian company, created a funds-management solution for schools combining online payments, cafeteria services, and school accounting.
- Location: Canada
- Industry: EdTech FinTech
- Services Provided: Project rescue and takeover of an existing .NET web solution; backend and frontend development; QA; project management; Bug fixes; new feature delivery; architecture analysis.
The Scope
Vodworks was tasked with taking over an existing .NET-based web platform, analyzing a complex architecture, stabilizing codebase, and delivering new features, all while aligning the roadmap with Cashless Schools’ commercial and product strategy. The scope included:
- Project rescue and takeover from a prior team.
- Discovery and alignment with Cashless Schools on commercial goals and product strategy before execution.
- Architecture review of the inherited .NET solution and surrounding HTML/JavaScript front end to map risks and priorities.
- Fixes across the stack while simultaneously delivering new features.
- Quality assurance built into the handover: structured testing and verification of bug fixes and new functionality.
Why Cashless Schools Chose Vodworks
It began in an airport over ice cream: Vodworks’ CEO randomly struck up a conversation with the platform’s largest investor about the project’s IT struggles. That chance meeting opened the door to a deeper discussion, and soon Cashless Schools asked Vodworks to assess the situation.
What sealed the decision was the plan and the pace. Vodworks committed to be up and running within three weeks, and delivered. Before touching code, the team aligned on commercial goals and product priorities, then mapped the .NET architecture and risk areas. With a team of backend and frontend engineers, QA, and a project manager, Vodworks stabilized defects while shipping new features, restoring a reliable release cadence.
The mix of speed, clear ownership, and focus on revenue impact made Vodworks the partner of choice.
How Vodworks Helped
Vodworks formed a blended team, Backend Engineers, Frontend Engineers, QA Engineers, and a Project Manager, to stabilize the platform and get features to market quickly.
Key deliverables:
- Architecture and codebase analysis to map bottlenecks and risks.
- High-impact bug fixes across the .NET, HTML, and JavaScript stack.
- Delivery of long-overdue features within the first month.
- Release management and QA to restore predictable deployments.
- Roadmap alignment with the client’s commercial priorities and upsell opportunities.
Tech stack
Team
Backend Engineers
Frontend Engineers
Project Manager
QA Engineers
The Results
Vodworks turned the handover into a reliable, continuous feature delivery stream. Within the first month, new features hit production and created upsell opportunities across the existing customer base, increasing revenue and improving competitiveness.
Key project achievements include:
- Quick mobilization: assembled a blended team (Backend, Frontend, QA, Project Manager) and began active work within 3 weeks of initial discussions.
- Early value delivery: shipped features within the first month.
- Revenue impact via upsells to the existing client base.
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