New York City Department of Education

Project Goals and Objectives

The NYC DoE is the largest public school system in the U.S., serving over 1 million students in more than 1,800 schools across all five boroughs.
Industry:
Education
Service:
Modernization of Applications
No. of Schools benefitting from the application
1800 schools
Project Timeline
August 2022
- Assessed features and capabilities of the Student Parent Leader Application.
- Identified technologies and obtained stakeholder buy-in for the MVP solution.
September 2022
- Initiated collaborative development using ASP.NET Core 6, Angular 14, and SQL Server.
- Employed cloud-native architectures and TDD practices.
- Conducted weekly update meetings with stakeholders.
October 2022
- Hosted NYC DoE technical staff for workshops on cloud-native frameworks.
- Demonstrated application architecture to aid in vendor evaluation and in-house development.
November 2022
- Finalized application development and presented to the entire IT department.
- Assessed vendor applications and provided comprehensive evaluation guidelines.
Outcomes & Achievements
- Successfully showcased cloud-native design, improving performance and UI.
- Integrated cutting-edge technologies enhancing robustness and reliability.
- Improved application responsiveness by over 90%.
- Provided workshops empowering NYC DoE team in vendor evaluation and development.
- Left detailed guidelines for evaluating external software solutions.
- Equipped the department with knowledge for future development tasks.