Case study

B2B project-management SaaS

US-based SaaS product for workspaces, task boards, dashboards, notifications, and support workflows.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA β€’ First MVP 2021

2,000+ hours β€’ 230+ tasks β€’ 13 contributors β€’ 8 departments

3.5-year product lifecycle

Challenge

Subscriptions, per-seat billing, and paid support had to evolve without breaking existing accounts.

Outcome

Shipped 50+ features, a free tier, and three monetization models: subscriptions, pay-per-seat, and paid email support.

Team mix: 3 backend, 4 frontend, 2 UI/UX, 2 QA, 1 DevOps, 1 PM/BA.

Product context: 50+ features, free tier, 3 monetization models, scalable AWS infrastructure.

My contribution

Managed delivery across user/admin workflows, monetization logic β€” Stripe subscriptions, pay-per-seat with proration, trials, and refund handling β€” a paid email-support-desk add-on on Postmark, AWS infrastructure, and client repository handoff.

What shipped

  • Project-management SaaS shipped continuously over 3.5 years
  • Workspaces, boards, dashboards, notifications, 50+ features total
  • Three monetization models: subscriptions, pay-per-seat, paid support desk
  • AWS infrastructure and repository handoff

Stack

  • Python
  • Django
  • ReactJS
  • NextJS
  • AWS
  • REST APIs
  • Stripe
  • Postmark
  • email integrations

Featured media & links

Koala Desk β€” cloud-based Project Management Software

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