Beta Testing
2nd January 2011 is the date we’ve picked to install the system we have been fine-tuning for the past 6 months. The beta-testing is being conducted in the actual florist setting. It’s still a beta-test though, not something that we are ready to use in the real-world florist environment yet.
As with any deployment, we are faced with challenges on framework compatibilities and the unique environment of the florist’s existing system. It was the same set of challenges faced during the initial prototype test. Come to think of it, the prototype has been running ‘live’ for more than a year now.
There’s some sense of ‘nostalgia’ as we are going about the installation of the new system. After we got the new system running, we got really excited about when we can start using it. The new interface and usability presented by the new system simply makes the work flow for the florist salesperson much more intuitive. We can already imagine how efficient the sales process is going to get.
We finally got to install all the frameworks and the necessary runtimes required, we began to walkthrough the system from the ordering process all the way to completing deliveries.
In the next 2 weeks, our graphic team will be touching up the interface with graphical assets. The Category module and Reporting feature will also be added soon.
All in all, we are confident that florists in Malaysia will definitely benefit from deploying this system. Stay tune for some screenshots!
