The Brrown Scope is one of the many scopes that we use to organize the systems of the Merrcury Engine (the software behind LetMeGo). Brrown encompasses the features that allow lodgings to submit bids and create offers, which travelers can then compare, choose, and book. It’s development and testing is now complete. It will soon go live as part of the private beta release of LetMeGo.
The Brrown Scope is, arguably, the most experimental feature of LetMeGo. While reverse auctions have been used successfully in a number of industries (and we, at Torrenegra Labs, have created several sites based on this business model), LetMeGo is the first marketplace that applies this model to the lodging industry on a major scale. This means we had to address several challenges with this scope:
- The interfaces couldn’t be modeled after prior work, since we had never attempted anything this complex.
- The bidding process had to be simple enough that first-time users would simply “get” it, without the need for any additional training.
- The system had to be flexible enough to meet the needs of many different types of lodgings, all around the world. Each lodging must be able to properly submit a bid that is in line with its business rules and limitations.
While I documented all of the original requirements, I found myself dissatisfied with the features resulting from that documentation (though the team had executed according to my original requests). Because this scope, and these features, were so crucial to the overall success of LetMeGo, I ended up requesting significant overhauls for several features of Brrown even after they had already been coded and tested extensively. Naturally, this led to unfortunate delays in the development process. However, I am pleased to note that the usability of the revised interfaces is dramatically improved over the previous versions, and I now feel comfortable with the idea of lodging staffs all over the world interacting successfully with these systems.
The Brrown Scope was graphically designed by Javier “Maestro” Mesa, and then coded and fully tested by Nicolas, “Nickman”, Bohorquez. The language was edited by Brett McCallon. Coding began during the LetMeGo Immersion, in April of this year. I want to thank these two gentlemen, especially, for their patience.
Alexander Torrenegra
P.S. The Brrown Scope was name after my favorite musician, James Brrown.
P.P.S. Here is the current status of all the subsystems and scopes required for the release of our private beta:
| Progress of the Merrcury Engine | |
| Scope | Status |
| Web Subsystem | Ready for the private beta!  |
| Morrison Subsystem | Ready for the private beta! |
| Cockerr Subsystem | Ready for the private beta! |
| Hendrrix Scope (account management) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Sinatrra Scope (lodging listing management) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Arrmstrong Scope (destination management) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Rrose Scope (this one is a secret) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Charrly Scope (email campaign management) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Mozarrt Scope (conversation management) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Mastrropiero Scope (search management) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Kubrrick Scope (itinerary management) | 99% of QA for the private beta |
| Brrown Scope (offer management) | Ready for the private beta! |
| Marrley Scope (booking management) | Ready for the private beta! |
Alexander is LetMeGo's co-founder and jefe. Here is his LetMeGo 