RAPID DEVELOPMENT WITH A LEAN TEAM

BBC Maestro, a leading online education platform backed by the BBC brand, needed to rapidly develop a micro-learning platform to transform their feature-length courses into bite-sized content for business customers. Using Avo, they were able to build a complete admin system with complex features including program management, user organization, and content scheduling - all while maintaining their rapid development pace with a small team of just three Rails developers.

COST-EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION

"Avo just worked great. We were able to plug things together really easily, and it's given us the flexibility we needed to build out a really rich product," says Tom Coates, Senior Developer at BBC Maestro. What started as a proof-of-concept quickly evolved into a production-ready system, with Avo enabling BBC Maestro's team to build out sophisticated features like delegated types for content management, direct video uploads to Mux, and integration with Frame.io for content creators - all without requiring additional development resources.

FLEXIBLE AND MAINTAINABLE SOLUTION

Avo's flexibility proved particularly valuable for BBC Maestro's specific needs. The platform successfully handles complex nested structures, manages multiple content types, and integrates with external services while maintaining a consistent user interface. The development team was able to implement custom file upload handlers alongside OAuth authentication - all while keeping the codebase maintainable and extensible.

IMPROVED CONTENT MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY

The impact extended beyond just development efficiency - BBC Maestro's content team gained a more intuitive and contextual way to manage their educational content. The platform's administrative interface made it easier for team members to understand the impact of their changes, leading to fewer errors and faster content updates. The collaborative success led both BBC Maestro's internal team and their external development partners to be "super impressed" with how quickly they could build and deploy new features using Avo.