The Project

Having worked in the subtitling and information services market since 1976, Screen Systems (now part of Broadstream) has evolved with this ever-changing market. The last 10 years have seen huge changes, not only in the technology used, but in how content is consumed and the needs of online publishers.

As more and more content is being consumed via video on social media and YouTube, Screen Systems was seeing an increased demand for subtitling services for smaller organisations, vloggers, companies and individuals, who are producing content, not for television or film, but for an online audience.

The Sasquatch project was born out of the need to provide these online publishers with a high quality subtitling platform.

The Process

Screen Systems and IJYI employed Agile processes, working collaboratively from requirement gathering through to build, test and deployment. IJYI took time to fully understand Screen Systems’ requirements and objectives for the project.

Screen Systems was keen to move from more traditional software development practices to an Iterative Agile Process. The Sasquatch project was to be used as a showcase to trial Agile methods and to test how it would work for Screen Systems across the business.

The Product Owner from Screen Systems worked incredibly closely with IJYI, not only in formal stand-up meetings, but also directly with the team on a daily basis. This took the form of regular calls and face-to-face meetings with the IJYI Business Analyst and Project Manager, to continually gather requirements and check progress. In addition, the Product Owner spent time in IJYI’s offices, sitting with the developers as they worked on the code. Regular demos were carried out to ensure that Screen Systems had full control over the process and could amend priorities and adapt requirements as necessary.