BigOhTech

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the former CEO of Ferns N Petals

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Omni-channel ecommerce platform for gifting, operating in five countries. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Building several modules in a new core platform.

SOLUTION

How did you find BigOhTech?

Other

Why did you select BigOhTech over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from BigOhTech were assigned to this project?

10-15

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

BigOh was contributing to several modules, which were part of a large core platform being built for organisation. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Time bound module delivery, that qualifies user testing. 

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

Project was delivered in time, project management was well managed, governance was from our side, however BigOh's project management team collaborated and supported well. 

What was your primary form of communication with BigOhTech?

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

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

Delivering quality work was a motivation for their team, this helps in keeping motivation of the high and gives space to creativity to flourish. 

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

• Model of servicing (on site development work could further improve quality and timelines)
• Business analysis and product management services can improve delivery of the team. 

UPDATED REVIEW

This review was published on September 13, 2024.

Prashant Muthyalu
Former Program Manager, Ferns N PetalseCommerce

India

201-500 Employees

Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

$50,000 to $199,999

Verified

Project summary
BigOhTech provided app management and support services for a gifting portal. The team was tasked with planning, execution, and deployment of eCommerce microservices.

Feedback summary
BigOhTech met all the tech stack guidelines and successfully implemented the project. The team delivered on time and was responsive to the client's needs. BigOhTech's project management was concise, and internal stakeholders praised the service provider's cost-effective solutions and leadership.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Program Manager of Ferns N Petals

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Gifting portal for India and Other Geoigraphies, in the space of Online, E-Commerce and Retail

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire BigOhTech to accomplish?
Development of Microservice for a green field project

SOLUTION

How did you find BigOhTech?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select BigOhTech over others?

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

How many teammates from BigOhTech were assigned to this project?

15

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

• Create two microservice for ecommerce project. 
• End to end of developement.
• Solution planning
• Implementation planning
• Execution and Deploy

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Met all the tech stack guidelines
• Successfull implementation of the project

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

• Delivery was ontime and less iterations
• Clarity of the project with sought out the most during initial phases and documentation was very clear for scope
• follow up required was less
• Changes were acknowledged and embraced by their team.

What was your primary form of communication with BigOhTech?

In-Person Meeting

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

• Individual interactions
• Tech leadership
• cost and geo

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

over a period of time, cost of project can be evaluated to ensure not chocking profitability from vendor perspective.

STAR RATINGS
Overall rating: 4
Quality: 4
Cost: 5
Schedule: 4
Willing to refer: 4 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Product Manager of (a/an) Arts, entertainment & music

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We run the world's largest Indian music platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Create a music streaming mobile app and maintain it

SOLUTION

How did you find BigOhTech?

Referral

Why did you select BigOhTech over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fits our budget
• Good value for cost

What was the size of BigOhTech’s team?

6-10 Employees

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

Create a music streaming mobile app from ideation, to user research, UX/UI, prototyping, app development, go live and post live maintenance and support.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Timelines based milestones
• UX, UI, prototype, test app, etc.

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

Great at project management. Use the latest tools to ensure right allocation of roles, responsibilities, SLA's and deliveries.

What was your primary form of communication with BigOhTech?

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

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

Their go-getter attitude was impressive. The intent to solve our problems without complicated tweaks. Always focused on achieving solutions and long terms outcomes through efficiency, without escalating costs.

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

We're happy with what BigOhTech has done for us. They have helped us revamp our music application. More importantly, they have made this possible whilst reducing our infra service costs by 50%. It was a fruitful partnership and we would like to nurture this relationship for years to come!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Group Project Manager of an IT services and software company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

IT Services and Software Development

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Staffing Requirements for our project
• Development of UI/UX design for project
• Outsourcing of project work

SOLUTION

How did you find BigOhTech?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select BigOhTech over others?

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

What was the size of BigOhTech’s team?

10-16

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

IT Staff Aug Resources Mobile APp for Android and iOS platform Web application on Cloud using micro-services

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Zero Schedule variance and on Time delivery
• Defects Density were within defined defect targets
• Usage of tools for automation of processes

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

Project Management were aligned to CMMI processes and all the deliverables were provided on time with high quality. Team was very much reachable and always available for supporting our project requirements.

What was your primary form of communication with BigOhTech?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

I believe, any engineering team should be able to understand the requirements, deliver on time, deliver according to the requirements. With BigOhTech we have found the team that can provide all three. It’s a great team with excellent communication skills that made a difference in our business. I would like to endorse the quality, expertise and professionalism of all the people that work at BigOhTech.

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

BigOhTech consistently goes above and beyond to ensure our business needs are met, and they are a true partner to us. Glad to have chosen BigOhTech for all our outsourcing development and staffing needs.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Former Director of Engineering of Noon Academy

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Building Educational Tools for Students and Teacher to collaborate and study online.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Frontend Development Team
• Frontend QA Team - Automation and Manual Both

SOLUTION

How did you find BigOhTech?

Referral

Why did you select BigOhTech over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

What was the size of BigOhTech’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

• Frontend Development: Product feature development of our website.
• Application Testing: QA Engineer support to write Automation and Manual Test cases for our main Web App

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Objectives and key results (OKR) Delivered on Time
• Automation % Increased
• No feature went live without P0/P1 Test cases

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

We share a technical and successful partnership with Big Oh Notation. They have helped us in providing dedicated testing and development team . Their team helped us to launch the application within 2 months with less than 5 percent test leakage. These are some impressive milestones to achieve. We thus hope to collaborate with a trusty and experienced partner like Big Oh Notation again in the future!

What was your primary form of communication with BigOhTech?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email
• Messaging App

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

Their engineers were committed and fully available. Even during stretched hours sometimes and for OnCall support.

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

Nothing much. We had a good experience.