Problem
Forestry Receivals faced significant delays and inefficiencies with prior consultancy efforts:
- After 6 months of work and a large budget, the previous team had minimal results to show.
- The system lacked scalability, modern architecture, and high-quality API implementations.
- Development velocity was low and infrastructure complexity hindered maintainability and growth.
Solution
We led a full modernisation and rebuild of the Forestry Receivals system:
- AWS CDK & Frontend stacks: Established modern cloud infrastructure, reducing complexity, improving maintainability, and boosting team development velocity.
- LocalStack integration: Enabled local testing, cutting costs by reducing reliance on AWS resources during development.
- API development: Built API from the ground up, delivering a high-quality, fully functional project.
- Tech leadership: Took a Tech Lead position to guide architecture and progress towards Forestry Checkpoint.
- Modern best practices: Implemented scalable and maintainable architecture with cutting-edge solutions.
Results
- Rapid delivery: Delivered more output in 2 months with a fully functional API than the prior consultancy achieved in 6 months.
- Scalable and maintainable system: Modern infrastructure and APIs allow for future growth and easy maintenance.
- Cost and schedule efficiency: Completed project well ahead of schedule and within budget.
- Team empowerment: New architecture and tooling improved development velocity and operational efficiency.
This project demonstrates how strategic cloud infrastructure, rapid API development, and tech leadership can transform a stalled project into a modern, scalable, and high-performing system.