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CitySprint is the UK's leading SameDay distribution network offering: SameDay Courier, SameDay Logistics and International & UK Overnight services on a 24/7 basis.
Extendibility
Object-Oriented Design
As we needed to develop the application over two years with phase releases, a flexible and modern framework would need to be at the heart of the project. We chose Joomla's object-oriented design pattern because it allows applications to be highly maintainable and easily extendable. Its strength is that all the visual and functional elements sit on top of the main framework, enabling new features to be applied quickly and cost-effectively without updating the tool's entire design.
Security
Sensitive Data
In addition to the standard security, such as backups and configuration, several bespoke security policies were adopted as a second line to protect the system against malicious activity.
Data sanity check
The system checks the received data and prevents any possible SQL Injection attacks and hacking attempts by executable files that are going to be uploaded to the server by rendering any malicious code useless;
Data is remotely stored
This prevents other external applications from being able to access the data;
The code is encrypted
The encrypted data will force the hacker to use the same access point as the website thus forcing the hacker to authenticate themselves, which they will not be able to do;
Logs
The application also logs every action performed by the logged in users. This allows the website administrators to monitor users activities and to be able to role back any updated data.
Human Usability
It started with an interview process, where we took the time to understand CitySprint's unique business model. We researched their requirements, looked at similar systems, explored existing tools and how they used them, and sat down with the staff and users. We then went away, did our research and developed user personas. Our design specification included user flows, task flows and prototypes where we sort to give life to our study. In the final testing, we evaluated the end-product's overall quality with usability testing.
The results were a ground-breaking interface for CitySprint that is easy to use and works hard to keep operations on track.