BLISS stands for The Breitenbush Living Information Sharing System, and was envisioned as being a central repository and management system for all aspects of guest stays, including reservations for Personal Retreats, Events, Day Use and Massages, cabin cleaning and maintenance, guest satisfaction and feedback, and all financial transactions of the business.

1. Complex
ProblemSolving
Productize
Rapid
Prototyping
Movingto
Enterprise
Support&
Maintenance
WeareyourtrustedPartner.
Weareinthebusinessofprovidingexpert
SoftwareDevelopmentServices

2. ClientBackground
BreitenbushHotSpringsisaworker-owned,communitydriven
resortintheWillametteNationalForestofOregon,USA.
Ithostsmanycounterculture,holistic,spiritual,andNewAge
retreatsinthetimelessbeautyofforestssurroundedbyhot
springs,riversandmountains.Itoffersvenuetoconduct
corporateworkshopsinaperfectnaturalsetting.
BLISS
BLISSisaplatformformanagingreservations
oftheBreitenbushHotSpringsresort
TTheOfficeapplicationhelpstheofficestaffto
makereservation,allocatelodgings,fillup
guestdetails,checkstatusofalodgingand
acceptpaymentsviavariouspaymentoptions
andgeneratevariousreportsanddisplay
analytics
TTheGuestapplicationhelpsguesttomake
reservationonlineanytimewithveryintuitive
userinterface
Migration,SupportandMaintenance,QualityAssuranceandTestingBLISS

3. BusinessProblem
Migrateapplicationfromolderandunsupportedversionof
Ruby(1.8.7)andRails(2.3.18)tolatestversionsforbetter
security,performanceandsupport.
Addnumerousfeaturesinexistinglegacybackoffice
application
NNeedauserfriendlywebapplicationforgueststomake
reservationsonline
Challenges
MigratingverycomplexlegacycodebasewritteninolderversionofRuby,Railsand
Javascriptframework(Prototype)tolatestversions
Applicationwastightlyboundwithcorefunctionalitiesofframeworkwhichisnolonger
availableinnewerversion
UnderstandinguniqueandverycomplexreservationworkflowandexposeAPIsfor
GuestUserapplication
IImproveperformanceoftheexistingbackofficeapplicationwhichcanhandlelarge
numberofrequests
PaymentintegrationwithTrustcommerceandPaypalinexistingcomplexreservation
workflow
Addingintelligenceforcheckingavailabilityandmakereservationforcomplexand
overlappingbusinessrulesforreservations.

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TheSolution
Comprehensiveautomatedtestswereaddedtomake100%testing
coveragebeforemigration
MigratefromRuby1.8.7to1.9.3andRails2.3.18toRails3.2.xusing
“ComplexProblemSolving”methodology
Addnumerousfeatures,somelistedbelowfromthebacklogof11years
intoOfficeUItoimproveworkflowandempowerofficestaff
ExposeAPIsfromOfficeUItomakeonlinereservationbyguests
NewGuestInterfaceapplicationtoreduceworkloadonofficestaff
usinglatestversionofRubyandRails
A)Locklodgingtosafelymoveguestfromonelodgingtoanother
B)ConfigurableSpecialTimeperiodlikeMenonlytime,Womenonlyetc.
C)ManageorphanedTemporaryReservationsfromguestusers
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