
Our proprietary tennis challenge system, QuickLadder.com, is a great example of a custom web application using the ASP.net and SQLServer technology base.
the Challenge
- create a highly interactive, engaging, sexy, easy-to-use and web-based tennis ladder ranking and challenge system for ladder administrators, pros, clubs and players.
- make it profitable for people running the ladders; pros and clubs
- grow the great sport of tennis
- embrace social networking
the Process
- inked initial requiredments
- a variety of meetings with tennis industry leaders, players and ladder administrators to discuss requirements and features
- whiteboarding mock-ups to clarify user experience and "screen flow"
- development and incrmental testing of system
- beta testing with individuals and in group forums
- initial marketing
- final revisions and release
- ongoing marketing
- territory development program
- development of roadmap for ongoing enhancements and upcoming features
the Solution
- Selected DotNetNuke as an Open Source framework in order to take advantage of many built-in features such as security, roles, APIs, broad-based and very active developer comunity support
- created a component (module) as a module/plug-in for DotNetNuke
- Use an iterative requirements gathering, development and testing cycle