Webamboos

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the owner of a digital innovation agency. We work with different companies to help them figure out technology and digital innovations and how to bring them to the market.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with webamboos?

We wanted to build a data analytic solution that needed a little bit of experimentation to figure out the right visualizations that we needed for the user.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They provided us with front- and backend development for an online application for one of our clients. They used Node.js and React.js.

What is the team composition?

The owner was our main point of contact. A developer also worked closely with our technical lead.

How did you come to work with webamboos?

We found them through an online search. In initial sessions, we made sure they understood the project, what they needed to do, the risks, and how they’d go about it. We found them more convincing than the other people we spoke with, and their costs were very competitive.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent €35,000 ($38,600 USD) with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from February until August 2019.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The product hasn’t publicly launched yet, but, according to our initial tests, it’s working fine. The work was done as expected.

How did webamboos perform from a project management standpoint?

We wanted webamboos to follow our internal delivery framework and processes, and they made sure they followed it. Jira helped with that.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re a small company. We were able to manage them quite well regarding how we wanted them to work, whereas larger companies traditionally aren’t open to following our way of doing things.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They need to recruit slightly better people because, currently, they have some very junior staff on the team. They have only one or two senior people and many junior staffers. Improving their infrastructure will allow them to take on more complicated projects for deadlines.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be open and transparent. Make sure you’re able to identify risks upfront and mitigate them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Huf is an automotive company focused on CASIM products. I am team manager for SW Processes and tools team

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire webamboos?

We collaborate with webamboos for a code generator application

What were your goals for this project?

The goal of the project was to provide code generator functionality for embedded projects

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I knew Maxim, as he was a former member in my team

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Webamboos started from an existing project and they need to update the application with new functionalities. They had to provide artifacts like : architecture-design and code.

What was the team composition?

I do not know the composition of the team which worked on this application as this was an webamboos internal organization topic

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Having an application like Sirius, project teams were helped to develop and configure faster the embedded applications

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The configuration of project management inside webamboos I do not know.We worked based on WorkPackages. Based on defined WP's, some face to face meetings were established to clarify points which needed clarification and after that releases of new SW versions were delivered.When it was the case, updates for the findings were done

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I liked that we had fast access to the project repository, so when an update was done, we were able to get all the artifacts(architecture and code)

Are there any areas for improvement?

I think that always there is room for improvement.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder and CEO of a Romanian e-commerce company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire webamboos?

I hired them to build a website and provide social media marketing services for my business. I also needed webamboos to integrate my site with popular e-commerce platforms like eMAG and Amazon.

What were your goals for this project?

My goal was to establish a fully automated online business that grows exponentially.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

A friend of mine recommended that I work with webamboos. I chose them because they appeared to be a reliable long-term partner that could build custom solutions to meet my needs.

Describe the project in detail.

The team built an online shopping website from scratch. They implemented a featured products section, a user dashboard, and a payment system that complies with GDPR. After developing the site, they wrote an email plug-in that automatically sends emails to customers. Their team introduced eMAG integrations, connected my platform to Amazon, and synchronized my site with other Romanian online shops. They also built an advertising tool that automatically displays best-selling products on Facebook and Google Ads.

What was the team composition?

There were five developers that were assigned to my project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

In the first 3 months, my sales went from €1,000 (approximately $1,100 USD) per month to €4,000 (approximately $4,500 USD) per month. I now spend 25 fewer hours per week tracking and posting my products. This allows me to spend more time developing and growing my business.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

They understood all of my needs and were dedicated to the success of my business.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their company culture was impressive, and their work exceeded my expectations. Their team is friendly and professional, and they over-delivered in terms of development and marketing support. They logged more hours than what was stated in our initial plan without requesting additional payment.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Every business needs to grow, and webamboos is moving in the right direction.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the director in charge of technological transfer for research and development for ETA2U, one of the largest IT integrators in Romania. We’re suppliers of IT solutions, both hardware and software, for a large variety of customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with webamboos?

My division is mainly R&D. We try to add value for our customers by providing custom solutions in addition to the delivered hardware. Our department focuses on creating this type of solution, and we decided to outsource development to webamboos.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We initially collaborated with webamboos to develop a platform geared toward the arts and culture sector. It allows users to log in and upload dynamic content for dissemination.

After we were convinced of webamboos’ skills, we created a broader collaboration contract for the retention of full-time development resources on their end. We identified a niche in the market for a monitoring software for manufacturing machines. It provides output regarding the performance and availability of a machine. It was a mixed project requiring knowledge about embedded development. We used some IoT nodes with custom hardware. There was also web development for analysis, data gathering, and communication between the devices and the machines.

What is the team composition?

We have a designated account manager who responds to all our requests. They also have a technical project manager who drafts the requirements. Our requests are product-oriented and webamboos develops them with technical solutions for how to solve our problems.

How did you come to work with webamboos?

We were introduced to their founder/CEO through a common acquaintance, and we found out that they were familiar with the technology we were looking for. We wanted someone familiar with MongoDB and React, and they fit this profile.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with webamboos in November 2017, and the collaboration is ongoing. The initial product required 3–4 months of development work. After the successful deployment of that project, we decided to retain webamboos to allow us to create development tasks each month.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The first product we delivered was a complete success. The arts and culture platform for a local university was delivered on time and satisfied all of their requirements.

After that, they also implemented a well-established algorithm regarding analysis for sensors and the data gathered from them. It was a machine-learning algorithm that parses all the values from the sensors and, based on those values, we’re able to determine the performance of a machine. We struggled with the problem for a year and a half before we offered it to webamboos, and they solved it successfully.

How did webamboos perform from a project management standpoint?

We use the Kanban agile methodology, and they use Jira as a project management tool. We use Microsoft Project internally, and we synchronize our tasks, deadlines, and milestones for each project. We have good communication.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re focused on providing solutions and solving problems that aren’t entirely specified or defined. Other companies we’ve worked with reacted only to the requirements provided. webamboos is open-minded. They come up with their own solutions, and they bring an external point of view that often proves better than ours. webamboos has a fresh take on our problems.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They could grow more. Our requirements are pressing, and our projects are growing larger and larger. They have limited resources now, but they may be able to grow in time.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

It’s important to have good communication. If the client puts all the potential problems on the table, webamboos will provide a better solution and ensure fast deployment for the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Wirgo

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Carpooling App

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Webamboos to accomplish?

• Improve and launch the product
• QA
• Created Landing Page

SOLUTION

How did you find Webamboos?

Online Search

Why did you select Webamboos over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned
• Inspired trust and had serious attitude all the time

How many teammates from Webamboos were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

They helped us to do QA of our Carpooling App, and gave good advice and suggestions for improvement and implementation. Created Landing Page for our Carpooling App. Our collaboration still continue

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Professional and serious attitude / behavior regarding our project, made best results for all what we had worked

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

Project management is the best, and they delivered all the time in time, and even sometimes more quicker than we have agreed on the deadline. They responded very quick and in time on all our needs

What was your primary form of communication with Webamboos?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Very serious attitude, all people from the team are professionals, they know what to do and respond in time. All members of the team have very advanced skills and knowledge about what they are doing, and they work very professionally as a team and obtain best results.

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

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We're a small e-commerce company, I'm the founder and CEO

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire webamboos?

We're selling goods on Amazon Uk. At the time we hired webamboos we wanted to develop a soft to automate the sourcing process

What were your goals for this project?

There are many tools on the market but we wanted to develop our own tool in order to estimate the daily/montly sales for various products in various industry.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I know Maxim for many years and we talked about this project few times before we ended up to hire them for the project

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We needed a software that will skratch the products we selected on Amazon. Basically we need the tool to estimate whether it's worth or not to enter and exploit a certain market.

What was the team composition?

If I remember correctly, there were 3 team members at that time. I during the project I discussed with Max and one more team member about it.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

In the meantime I split up with my business partner. We shared all the assets and I have no more access to software we developed.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

For me personally, it was a pleasure to work with webamboos. It was our first and only project so I have no object of comparison

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We had very good communication, also I like the transparency and the good suggestions we received during the process.

Are there any areas for improvement?

They have many things to improve for sure, they're still a small team with 8 or 9 members.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the owner of Danco Solutions, a software development company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire webamboos?

I hired them to create a mobile money transfer app.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I learned about them from a third-party tech research platform.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They developed a mobile app with fund transferring capabilities and a web administration application. They used ReactNative and Firebase in order to complete the project.

What was the team composition?

I worked with three people; one project manager, one frontend developer, and one backend developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

They completed the app successfully and it now provides an easy money transfer option within our community.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

They used Scrum management and it was very efficient.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I found their ability to adapt to new technologies very impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, none that I can think of.