Case study
A software product translated for a new market in a fraction of the planned time
A new opportunity in Brazil meant Decipher had to translate its product into Brazilian Portuguese fast. A hybrid onshore and nearshore Interfuze team translated close to 20,000 words in six weeks, against the four months planned, and left Decipher able to add languages itself.
Outcomes
- 6 weeks to internationalise and translate the product, in place of the four months planned
- 20,000 words of the product translated into Brazilian Portuguese
- 1 more language (Spanish) added by Decipher's own team after the handover, with several translated releases
The challenge
Decipher is a software-as-a-service product vendor in the Wesfarmers group. Its cloud platform is used in over 60 countries for mine closure and rehabilitation, tailings storage facilities, precision agriculture and waste monitoring.
Decipher had been planning to internationalise its Angular and .NET product for some time. A new and immediate opportunity in Brazil meant it had to fast-track the translation of close to 20,000 words into Brazilian Portuguese. The challenge for Interfuze was to do in six weeks what had been planned to take four months.
Our approach
We had worked closely on Decipher's platform for a number of months, so we knew its DevOps capability, cloud-only architecture, regression suite and portable local development environment suited a fast nearshore ramp-up. Sensing through that relationship that the work was coming, we confirmed our nearshore partners had capacity before it was needed, so when the time came we could start, ramp up and get the job done quickly.
We formed a hybrid team of three onshore and four nearshore people, inducted through an intensive three-day workshop. The team worked as a natural extension of Decipher's large-scale Scrum processes and delivered daily to Decipher's quality team, to confirm that reported progress matched actual progress.
Our onshore lead managed both the hybrid development team and the third-party translation service, so Decipher had one complete solution.
The outcome
We delivered the prioritised functions of the product on schedule and on budget, with the implementation fast-tracked from four months to six weeks.
Working closely with Decipher's practices and people, and a formal handover, left Decipher with its own internal capability. It has since delivered several translated releases itself and added Spanish as a supported language.
“Interfuze did an incredible job delivering on a tough challenge. Their technical capability, client focus and delivery ethos made what should have been very hard seem easy.”
