Edvantis

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Expert DevOps and Continuous X of ITK Engineering GmbH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We support our customers in systems and software for embedded devices

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Support in the development of our internal IDM tool (AccessManagement)

SOLUTION

How did you find Edvantis?

Referral

Why did you select Edvantis over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Edvantis were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Edvantis supported us in further developing our internal IDM AccessManagement. In particular, they provided support in: 

• test framework selection and test case creation 
• dependency management of python packages 
• improvement of code structure 
• development of further features

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

AccessManagement permission review time was reduced from 7 to 3 months due to fixed issues with edge cases

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

• Everything was delivered on time. 
• Changes in focus and personnel were quickly accommodated

What was your primary form of communication with Edvantis?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Edvantis has excellent engineers, which our engineer could learn from (particularly with test framework selection)

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

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BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the COO of an other industry company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We build data ingestion tools.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build & maintain data scrapers
• Build & maintain databases and data management tools

SOLUTION

How did you find Edvantis?

Referral

Why did you select Edvantis over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Edvantis were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Custom software development

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Reliable code and good communication from the developers throughout the process.

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

Yes, they deliver on time or at least communicate well in advance if there are factors that would affect the original delivery schedule. There are always unexpected factors which can complicate projects and they are great about notifying us on a timely basis when those issues arise. This allows us to plan accordingly.

What was your primary form of communication with Edvantis?

Virtual Meeting

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

I was impressed with their dedication to quality work and their strong communication throughout the process.

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

No areas for improvement.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of a research company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Research Software

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Cost effective development
• improved quality
• innovation

SOLUTION

How did you find Edvantis?

existing agreement before I started

Why did you select Edvantis over others?

pre-existing agreement

How many teammates from Edvantis were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

software development augmentation

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

delivery of roadmap, quality measures

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

strong delivery

What was your primary form of communication with Edvantis?

• In-Person Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

I'm impressed by their focus on delivery and customer needs

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

can't think of any

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CTO of a midsized company offering various services around news and publisher content.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Edvantis?

We needed to find developers picking up on our legacy stack in PHP and JAVA to help us maintain, modernize and re-implement in a modern cloud stack.

SOLUTION

How did you select this agency and what were the deciding factors?

Evaluated and shortlisted various nearshore suppliers and finally decided for Edvantis based on interviews.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We started with a bigger team of 5 engineers and continously ramped down as we started to build up the capacity inhouse.

Describe the recruitment process in detail.

Edvantis shared CVs with us and we did at least one technical interview.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have significantly reduced and modernized our On-Prem footprint and have built-up our cloud stack with the support of the Edvantis engineers.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We are used to remote first that is why it was easy to integrate the Edvantis engineers.

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

They provided experienced developers for a reasonable price.

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

None.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I own and run an outsourced software testing firm based in the US.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Edvantis?

I use Edvantis for subject matter and technical expertise on our software testing projects.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goals are to achieve our customer's quality & production goals.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I started very early with Edvantis and was impressed with the depth of talent and the individual commitment by the CEO.

Describe the project in detail.

Edvantis provides subject matter and technical experts for various types of software testing & QA projects.

What was the team composition?

Our teams are composed of a QA Manager and various Test Engineers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our clients are very satisfied, almost never leave after beginning work with us and depend on us to achieve their goals.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Our workflow with our teams and customers is spectacular.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Edvantis is a PARTNER — not a vendor.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No areas for strategic improvement. Tactical improvements occur daily and weekly as needed to adjust to changing situations.