Coherent Solutions

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the QA Manager of Sunstream Business Services

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Builds and manages back-end software for the Farm Credit industry

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coherent Solutions to accomplish?

• Build a QA Engineering department
• Deliver quality products to customers

SOLUTION

How did you find Coherent Solutions?

Referral

Why did you select Coherent Solutions over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Coherent Solutions were assigned to this project?

23

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We are modernizing an existing loan servicing platform, which is currently managed within IBM Mainframe technologies.  The team I managed are all Quality Engineers, who produced large amounts of automated, manual and load/performance tests to ensure all software deliveries were of high quality and met the needs of end users

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Delivery of working software at the end of each 2 week iteration.
• Delivery of working products and/or feature sets at the end of each 10 week product increment.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

• Teams have embraced agile delivery.
• They consistently met our goals around project delivery at the end of each product increment.

What was your primary form of communication with Coherent Solutions?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Coherent Solutions' skilled and adaptable engineers have quickly grasped our industry and new technologies.

Are there any areas. for improvement or something Coherent Solutions could have done differently?

No complaints!

UPDATED REVIEW

This review was published on October 21, 2023.
Matthew Weyland
VP of Engineering, Sunstream Business ServicesFinancial services

Saint Paul, Minnesota

51-200 Employees

Dec 2022 - Dec 2024

$200,000 to $999,999

Verified

Project summary
Coherent Solutions augments a business services provider's software development and QA resources.

Feedback summary
The client is pleased with the results of the engagement. Coherent Solutions is highly objectives-focused, and internal stakeholders are impressed with the service provider's quality of deliverables and ability to go beyond the project's scope.
BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the VP Engineering of Sunstream Business Services

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Back office support for Farm Credit institutions

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coherent Solutions to accomplish?

• Deliver PLANT
• QA Automation First

SOLUTION

How did you find Coherent Solutions?

Worked with them previously.

Why did you select Coherent Solutions over others?

• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned
• Previous Successes

How many teammates from Coherent Solutions were assigned to this project?

15

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We augmented our teams with Development and QA resources.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Delivery of PI Objectives

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

We didn't use them for project management.

What was your primary form of communication with Coherent Solutions?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Quality of the resources has exceeded the teams expectations.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Coherent Solutions could have done differently?

I'm pleased with the results of the ongoing partnership.
STAR RATINGS
Overall rating:
Quality: 4
Cost: 4
Schedule: 4
Willing to refer: 4

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the SVP of Stack Sports

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

The Stack Sports ecosystem powers every aspect of sports from kids eager to learn the game, to college & professional athletes, to the parents & volunteers who dedicate their time to grow sports in our communities.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coherent Solutions to accomplish?

• Salesforce Engineering
• Kubernetes Devops

SOLUTION

How did you find Coherent Solutions?

• Referral
• Prior Customer

Why did you select Coherent Solutions over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Coherent Solutions were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

CSI shall provide the following consulting services for Stack Sports: DevOps planning, architecture, and implementation for all Salesforce and select AWS Services.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Project is ongoing and has been very successful.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Always on time, and with great communication.

What was your primary form of communication with Coherent Solutions?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I'm impressed by Coherent Solutions' wide and diverse capabilities for projects with core and unique skill set requirements.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Coherent Solutions could have done differently?

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Engineer

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Manufactures various fluid handling systems.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coherent Solutions to accomplish?

• Release custom web based user interface
• Continuous improvement to above system

SOLUTION

How did you find Coherent Solutions?

Referral

Why did you select Coherent Solutions over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Coherent Solutions were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Work involved creating an application which runs on a local device and hosts a web based user interface. The application communicates with a local database and wireless hardware.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Successful launch and sales.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

• Projects are managed well.
• Development estimates in both time and cost are often met and beat.
• They responded to our needs quickly.

What was your primary form of communication with Coherent Solutions?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Ease of use. They have helped me learn a great deal as well.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Coherent Solutions could have done differently?

Nothing that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the SVP Engineering of the company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a data analytics and data acquisition company

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coherent Solutions to accomplish?

• Build a ReactJS UI for customer job scheduling.

SOLUTION

How did you find Coherent Solutions?

Referral, Other

Why did you select Coherent Solutions over others?

Great culture fit, Good value for cost, Company values aligned, Other

What was the size of Coherent Solutions’s team?

2-5 Employees

What was your primary form of communication with Coherent Solutions?

Virtual Meeting

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Originally Coherent was brought in to build a new interactive UI to modernize a legacy system that had been used by customers in the past. The goal was to implement a ReactJS front end and support data in Java backend running against Postgres DBs.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Deliver a working tool on time

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Projects were delivered on time consistently. When there were unknowns, Coherent would help define requirements and help with project management.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Coherent was truly a partner with our team and not just contractors. They focused on success and engineered solutions.

Are there any areas for improvement or something {provider_name} could have done differently?

No, Coherent did everything required and more. That is why the decision to continue working with them was made even after initial projects were complete.