The system consists of three main modules, divided according to their functionality – the customer site, the company site and the management site. Basic functionality of this project deals with online auctions, tenders of services requested by the Terpies.com clients:

• Customer Site: this system helps to link people who need and offer different services.
• Company Site: this project enables the service organizations to look for new partnerships.
• Management Site deals with general site maintenance and management.

The system features as follows:

• System covers the territory of the USA and Canada;
• Advanced “Filter” option enables service providers and customers to find each other quickly;
• E-mail results confirmation and process notification mechanism;
• Additional “advertising” option facilitates detailed presentation of the information about the services provided;
• Advanced auctions and tenders mechanism;
• Powerful site management and maintenance tools for administrators;
• E-mail subscription for new services request submissions.

The technical architecture of the solution is a realization of a three-tier model. Three layers of the system are business logic, the presentation layer and the persistence (database) layer. This division allowing independent work of design group and programmers in the project team was very effective. Cutting-edge .Net technology enabled iTransition to develop quick and stable solution in short time period.

Technologies used:  .Net Framework (ASP. Net, ADO.Net), C#, JavaScript, HTML, MS SQL 2000, IIS 5.0, SCRUM, MS Project 2002.

Efforts: 8 man-months.