July 8, 2025

Platform Assessment for Sales Tool Development

Comparative platform analysis with drag-and-drop performance testing to guide technology decisions for Michelman's sales tool project.

Client:
Michelman
Prepared for:
Jason Huck, Senior Manager, Digital Marketing & Design
Role:
UX Design, Front-End Development, Platform Analysis

Platform Decision Support to De-risk Your Investment

Project Objective

Provide focused technology assessment and working prototypes to help Michelman make a platform decision for their upcoming sales tool development. This comparative analysis will provide insights to help inform platform choice before committing significant development resources.

Core Focus:

  • Drag-and-drop UI performance across platforms
  • Technical feasibility for offline functionality
  • Developer experience and ecosystem maturity
  • Platform-specific capabilities and limitations

Scope & Timeline

Duration: 2 weeks (complete by August 1, 2025)

Investment: $10,000 fixed price

What You WILL Receive:

  • Technical performance comparison of drag-and-drop across platforms
  • Working prototypes demonstrating real performance differences
  • Developer experience insights from building in each platform
  • Platform capability assessment for offline functionality
  • Clear technical pros/cons relative to your requirements
  • Technical recommendation with detailed rationale

Scope Focus

This engagement focuses on technology comparison and performance testing. Project planning, timelines, and resource estimates are outside the scope of this engagement.


Technical Evaluation Process

  • Platform Prototyping: Build core drag-and-drop interactions across 3-4 platforms
    • Potential options: HTML/JS (vanilla), React ( @dnd-kit), React Native, Native iOS (SwiftUI)
    • Final selection based on initial discussion with Michelman dev team
  • Performance testing and "feel" assessment
  • Developer experience documentation (ecosystem, tooling, learning curve)
  • Technical capability evaluation (offline, deployment, maintenance complexity)
  • Platform recommendation with technical rationale

Deliverables

Technical Comparison Matrix

  • Performance characteristics of each platform
  • Offline capability assessment
  • Deployment and maintenance complexity
  • Developer ecosystem strength

Working Prototypes

  • Functional drag-and-drop demos for each platform
  • Video recordings demonstrating performance differences
  • Access to prototype code repositories

Technical Assessment Report

  • Platform-specific pros/cons analysis
  • Developer experience insights
  • Technical feasibility for your requirements
  • Technical recommendation based on platform evaluation

Knowledge Transfer Session

  • Demo walkthrough of all prototypes
  • Technical Q&A with your development team
  • Platform recommendation discussion

Investment Justification

$10,000 Fixed Price Platform Assessment

This focused investment in technology due diligence helps inform your platform decision with concrete performance data and hands-on insights. The cost of rebuilding after selecting an inadequate platform far exceeds this assessment investment.

Technical insight to make the right choice once, rather than expensive course corrections later.

Proposal Response

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