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Case study 06 · Education

A private network for alumni.

A mobile professional community with messaging, events and location-based features.

A member using a professional community application on a phoneALUMNI / Project overview
What changed

Members have a private place to keep in touch, find opportunities and join community events.

1,000+

invited members

Membership is granted through a personalised invitation process.

5 → 1

community functions in one application

Invitations, messaging, updates, events and location-aware features.

Real time

messaging and community updates

SignalR keeps conversations and board activity live in the app.

01Delivery scope

What the work covered.

Design and development of a private professional community, including personalised invitations, messaging, a message board, events and location-aware features.

02Engineering context

The parts that had to work together.

The product combined membership and everyday communication. The invitation process, community updates and direct conversations needed to work as parts of the same mobile experience.

How the parts connect3 parts · one system
  1. 01

    Membership

    Personalised invitations and member access

  2. 02

    Private community

    Profiles, updates and conversations

  3. 03

    Participation

    Events, opportunities and location-aware features

Functional overview of membership and community participation. This diagram summarises the project scope; it is not a production architecture diagram.
03 · The challenge

Institutions needed a private network where alumni and partners could connect, share opportunities and take part in relevant events.

04 · What we built

The build.

  1. 01A mobile application designed and developed from the ground up.
  2. 02Messaging and a community message board.
  3. 03Events, opportunities and location-aware experiences.
  4. 04A personalised invitation process for membership.
05 · Included in the project

The features.

  • Private invitations and membership
  • Messaging and community updates
  • Events and professional opportunities
  • Location-aware experiences
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