Kanban Zone Case Study | Contrive Solutions

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A visual workflow tool built on one JavaScript stack, now serving 50,000+ active users

Kanban Zone lets teams map how work really moves, spot where it gets stuck and change how they deliver. We built the product end to end on the MERN stack.

ClientKanban Zone
IndustryProductivity SaaS
ServicesSaaS product build
PlatformsWeb
EngagementFrom first build, ongoing
Team10 to 25 people
Live productkanbanzone.com ↗

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50,000+active users
1language, front to back (JavaScript)

Overview

Kanban Zone is a visual process management tool built around the Kanban method. Teams use it to see all their work on one board, find where work gets stuck, and change how they deliver. Contrive Solutions built the product on the MERN stack. It now serves more than 50,000 active users.

The challenge

Map real workflowsTeams needed one place to map how work actually moves, from first request to delivery, not a fixed template.
See every initiativeThe map had to show all initiatives at once and stay easy to edit.
Improve with dataTeams needed enough data to analyse their process and improve it.

What we built

Visual workflow builderTeams design boards that match their own process instead of a fixed template.
Process analysisViews that show how work moves through each stage, so teams can spot slow steps and fix them.
Initiative visibilityOne view across all initiatives, so managers see every team's work without asking for status updates.
Team collaborationShared boards where everyone on the team works from the same picture.

Results

50,000+active users on the platformWe built the core application, scaled it to this size and still support its development.

Tech stack

Front end

React
Redux
Redux-Saga

Back end

Node.js
Express

Data

MongoDB

Is this your problem too?

You are building a collaborative SaaS product where every customer sets things up differently.
You want one small team that can work across the full stack.
You need analytics on top of everyday workflow data.

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