AddWeb Solution

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of the company and our solution is to provide curriculum aligned and specific practice questions for Georgia based school students. The practice questions will be in an online tool so the parents do not have to print anything nor check the answers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AddWeb Solution, and what were your goals?

We hired AddWeb to help design, develop and do digital marketing for our company. Our goal was to have a fully functional online web app for the users and to create awareness via the digital marketing.

SOLUTION

How did you select AddWeb Solution and what were the deciding factors?

I searched online for web app developers and after interviewing about 8 to 10 different vendors, I decided to go with AddWeb. The price point, experience and on-point communications were the key deciding factors.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

A website using WordPress and a web app using Laravel on the AWS platform.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Architect and the lead developer were the main points of contact. But there were at least 3-4 developers and 1 UX person who were in meetings at some time or other.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We will be launching our digital campaign soon... looking for a wide outreach and increasing subscriptions soon.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

We had daily stand-ups for 5 to 15 mins each day. Skype was used for the communication and video/audio conferencing. GitHub was used for capturing requirements as issues.

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

The owner is easily accessible and willing to listen to what we need. The team is knowledgeable and hard working. The web app development is coming along very well. There were hiccups but the team was willing to help figure things out. Communication is very quick and the team is easily reachable/accessible.

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

Planning for backups in case key developers not available would help and reduce delays.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company provides energy assessments/audits and weatherization. I am an auditor. We perform test that discover the "leaky" areas in your home. We also check conditions of the combustion appliance zone.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AddWeb Solution, and what were your goals?

We hired AddWeb Solution for a web development project on our website. Our goals were to include our partnership deal with Sustainable U on our website.

SOLUTION

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

We have been working with AddWeb Solution over the years.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

They included a homepage banner, a Logo, a interactive page, removed specific pages from our website and included new ones as well.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Two people that I am aware of. Ashish and Apala. I believe Apala works for Ashish. Apala does graphic design layouts and Ashish program and edits the website.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The results were clean, cut and professional.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We spoke via Skype and email. They responded in a timely manner.

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

Their level of respect and the quality of their work set them apart.

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

Not that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of Invisio Solutions Ltd., an IT solutions provider.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with AddWeb Solution?

A couple of years ago, I was working as a freelancer for a company and I needed an extra set of hands for a large e-commerce website that included over 4,000 products.  

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

I hired them to work on the website. I have continued working with them since. They do monthly digital marketing, website updates, and more. They’re in the process of building the mobile app for the website.

What is the team composition?

There are around six people including an SEO person, a developer, QA, a manager, and content writers. They add and remove people based on the needs and expertise that are required.  

How did you come to work with AddWeb Solution?

I found them on Upwork, and they seemed to be the best suited for the project.

How much have you invested with them?

I’ve invested about $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in June 2018, and the work is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They’ve increased the website sales from $15,000 per month to $300,000 per month within one and a half years. They’ve been very helpful especially with digital marketing and website updates. The quality of the work is very good. 

They’re very professional and work quickly. They have a QA team that makes sure that everything is up to the standards. When it’s submitted to the client, there tend to be no issues.

How did AddWeb Solution perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re very professional. We communicate mainly over Skype. We have a chat and sometimes when something needs more clarity, we have a Skype call between the teams to discuss what needs to be done. Someone records the Skype chat and drops the short description of what’s been discussed so that everyone is aware of what needs to be done.

We have shared documents on Google Drive, and we use GitHub for bug tracking.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The speed at which they work and their reliability are impressive. We can message them anytime and they’re ready to help. We had a hacking incident and they were very supportive and quick to respond.

Are there any areas they could improve?

A year or so ago, there were times they weren’t doing the QA as well as they do now. They’ve really improved over the year. Their work is always done on time and they give very good rates. If something breaks, they fix it free of charge.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

They’re an asset to any project. They have a big and experienced team. They don’t just do websites. They can do C# application development, mobile app development, and more. They cover a lot of expertise. I definitely suggest working with them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Qimtek, Scandinavia's largest industrial network with over 12,000 registered users. Every year thousands of business transactions published on Qimtek's marketplace, where buyers and suppliers make jointly profitable business.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AddWeb Solution?

We had a news site implemented in Orchard and it was not behaving well when the number of visitors kept going up - so we needed to optimize it for performance.

What were your goals for this project?

To get good performance for our many visitors essential to keep them as readers

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We found them through Freelancer

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They did a deep dive into the existing code and started identifying the low hanging fruits to get better performance. We made a plan together what to implement and in what order. Then load tests were performed after each implementation and until a good performance was accomplished

What was the team composition?

We had dedicated .Net expert and who also collaborated with the DevOps team on issues regarding Redis cache

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The impact was very good - we got the performance we needed and the server which the site was running on has significantly less load after optimization

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project management was a collaboration between us and AddWeb Solution and worked as planned

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The structured way of working and that didn't give up even though it was a difficult task. And that they went out of their way to see to it that we got results.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not really - the stepped up when needed

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We provide web, application, and IT solutions to small businesses and non-profits.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AddWeb Solution?

We hired AddWeb to produce an entirely new Drupal 8 web experience for a client.

What were your goals for this project?

The goals were simple- using Drupal 8, develop a theme and all associated functionality to mirror our design agency's' and content architect's site design and layout.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We selected this vendor years ago as a highly rated, cost effective Drupal development agency, at the time through Freelancer.com.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

AddWeb organized, structured, developed, and configured a full Drupal 8 website, front-end, back-end, and administrative interfaces. This included advanced search, rendering, and fully customizable responsive layouts.

What was the team composition?

The team was made up of a number of people- including backend and frontend developers, project manager, technical project manager, QA, and account lead.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

So far, we have received very positive feedback on the new website, layout, design, and functionality.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

AddWeb did a great job of helping build out the project, by reviewing our layout, designs, and content architecture- they were able to put together a comprehensive project plan, identify milestones and timelines in a useful way for us and our client.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

AddWeb's maturity over the last 4-5 years and flexibility to accommodate their clients are the most impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We have been quite happy with AddWeb- the only shortcoming in our last engagement was probably in the Bug Fix category. In their eagerness to respond quickly and fix open bugs and issues expeditiously- some got closed before the entire bug was completed. However, after brought to light and re-opening, AddWeb still went back and completed all bug tickets satisfactorily.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a full service Home Performance Contractor providing energy audits, weatherization and performance verification. Our BPI trained technicians focus our audits on solving problems, making our clients homes more comfortable and thereby reducing their utility bills.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AddWeb Solution?

We needed a web development company to create a new website for our solar shingle sales and installation company.

What were your goals for this project?

Drive business growth. Make the site more easily navigable. information is easy to find.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Owner knew an employee.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Port one page website over to their platform (wordpress) and we wanted them to provide support and SEO work for the new site.

What was the team composition?

Owner and team lead, developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

It's too early to tell at this point because there is additional SEO work that needs to be done but I anticipate the results will be great!

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Daily standup skype sessions to begin and then one on one sessions with the team lead. The sessions were very effective and not time-consuming.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They were well informed and very easy to work with. They were helpful with their suggestions and performed their tasks on time and on budget.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We run complex interactive projects that utilise current web technologies to make streamlined user journeys that are revolutionary and challenging We are creative technologists that have an expansive over view of the complete creative and production cycle utilising information technology to create immersive, streamlined and entertaining user journeys that captivate and involve the user.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AddWeb Solution?

To program bespoke inclusions of a major conceptual publishing milestone that allows tiny teams to manifest huge projects that are easy to run and maintain. The project utilised intranet, protected extranet and internet that repeatedly and incrementally explored the arena of how given limited bandwidth we could produce interactive journeys with powerful engines written which have been conceptualised and maintained on an ongoing basis through the duration of the project.

The project ran from 2009 to 2017 and did not include any freelancers with all work done in house with AddWeb Solution contracted for our ideas to manifest a powerful solution with bespoke engines written to carry out a variety of tasks

What were your goals for this project?

The goal was to produce a state of the art concept designed by us that allowed powerful streamlined navigation utilising a frame work that provided a protected environment for developing new ideas of how the web could evolve and manifest in the future...

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I am a personal friend of Saurabh Dhariwal who is an expert in this arena and he frequently stepped up to the plate and went beyond to ensure that my creative and technology concept would abide by budget and time constraints. I would recommend this gentleman time and again...

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The project utilised a framework that was chosen by me, PHP, JS both front and backend, Ajax, JQUERY, JSON, HTML and CSS,

What was the team composition?

I believe that Saurabh Dhariwal runs a team and included others as and when the project desired. This team is exceptional in its ability to understand and implement futuristic ideas.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project first began privately as a project in learning and applying knowledge to how streamlined user journeys can give a project personality... Some would describe that this kind of project on the internet is more about customer experience. It considers the user of my products to experience an interactive toy that utilises a whole gamut of multimedia that manifest as a digital manifestation of an interactive resource that is dynamic and timely.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Saurabh Dhariwal ran the project at AddWeb Solution utilising agile methodologies and I am also an agile practice exponent and together we made the project flow...

What did you find most impressive about this company?

One stop solution. I have been approached many times but will remain steadfast in using AddWeb Solution on an ongoing basis in my projects as and when required...

Are there any areas for improvement?

None. This is a team that is as good as can be given current environment of information technology implementation. Timely, diligent, accommodating and powerful. Like any tool - it is only as good as the artisan expressing his art... :-)

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm founder of nobism, platform to setup and create community research fore chronic diseases

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AddWeb Solution?

Connect our app to the API of the non-profit OpenHumans platform to be able to store a backup of our medical data and to get the option to share data for research.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal of this project was to connect the last dots so we as patient community get the option to store and to share data for research

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I've requested information at various vendors. Addweb just gave best service and insight in possible solutions needed to connect.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Addwebb connected our app to the API of OpenHumans.org. They created login and access to account settings of OpenHumans directly inside the app. As last they created direct access to those projects on OpenHumans, that can be used by the users of the app, to share our data

What was the team composition?

we had one direct contact with the developing team (ravi) who took all our questions and managed to translate this to the development team.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Addweb finished the last dots needed in this project to setup our own community research. Without this, we would not be were we are now. Addweb also recognised this project as important social development and they clearly took more steps than needed, to get the project finished

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

It was all managed perfectly. We had no clear timeline of when the project needed to be finished. But instead of getting a project that would last month, Addweb managed to finish the work in a fast and very satifying manner.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I always managed to have direct contact with the development team, whatever hour of the day, knowing the work from a completely different timezone than we d. Very impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We basically managed to solve any problem we had during the process quickly, so I can't give any idea for improving.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the founder and chief learning officer at Ownsourcing, which focuses primarily on helping teams bring some of their technical skills in-house to keep their websites updated in a way that accurately reflects their expertise. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with AddWeb Solution?

We reached out to AddWeb to help us with architectural approaches to some innovative and complex features that we needed to build for a variety of development projects for clients. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

AddWeb provides both consulting and proof of concepts for different web development projects. They've worked on standard development projects that include automated testing within a variety of frameworks, including Drupal, React, and GraphQL. 

What is the team composition? 

We work with two full-time developers and two others on an ad hoc basis, including Ashish (Strategic Partner, AddWeb Solution), who's been very personable and knowledgeable throughout the engagement. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We've been working with them since February 2018 and plan to expand our relationship with them. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Although we don't have any data on the effectiveness of the work they've developed, I can say that their process has been very refreshing given the thin requirements we've provided. This is somewhat of a discovery-driven partnership, so they've been very flexible and open to our needs. They've done a great job of helping us balance complex features with innovation, usability, and long-term maintainability. 

How did AddWeb Solution perform from a project management standpoint?

They're very good at documenting their work and staying in touch throughout each project as it progresses. I'm looking forward to ways that we can evolve the technology we're using for project management to make that process more seamless. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

The experience has been great overall. Usually, working with a vendor in a different timezone presents challenges, but they've been incredibly good at coordinating their work. They obviously have a lot of experience in managing clients overseas, which makes a huge difference. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

No. We're still meshing our styles of work together at this point, so I anticipate the relationship will continue to evolve in a positive direction.