CbSol

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a startup trading app. With it, we provide daily alerts about important information regarding the stock market to stock traders.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with CbSol?

We needed help with developing our mobile app. We knew that we would require more workforce than we had on board to take the project to completion, so we decided to partner with an agency to augment our development team.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

CbSol has integrated into our internal team and helped us develop our app for iOS and Android from scratch. Their work has strictly focused on front- and backend development — we’ve been in charge of the designs. Additionally, they’re now in charge of ongoing maintenance and updates.

What is the team composition?

CbSol provides us with three engineers: a lead engineer who also works as the project manager and two junior full stack engineers.

How did you come to work with CbSol?

We found them on Upwork.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent over $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in mid-2021, and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our success metric is that thanks to CbSol, we’ve been able to launch our app into the App Store and Google Play. Their resources continue to service the app seamlessly on an ongoing basis, and so far, they’ve done what they’re supposed to do. 

How did CbSol perform from a project management standpoint?

CbSol’s timeliness has been great. I can always count on them hitting the milestones and sprint targets. Originally, their integration into our existing team was seamless and streamlined, and they’ve continued to work seamlessly with us since then.

As for problem-solving, we have a very fluid support system for our app. If users see bugs, they can report them in the app, and we put those into our bug-tracking pipeline so that we can solve them as quickly as possible. CbSol’s resources are always very responsive to issues, and they provide us with various suggestions on how to solve them.

We mainly communicate with them via Slack, and we have weekly sprint meetings where we discuss our targets for the week over Zoom. Additionally, we use Jira for project management.

What did you find most impressive about them?

CbSol’s communication, timeliness, and attention to detail are their three biggest strengths.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No. CbSol actually reaches out to us constantly to get our feedback and see how they can improve, so their self-awareness is outstanding.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you’re looking for a full stack development agency with full-time availability, CbSol is the way to go. They will bring a high level of expertise to your team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Milkfloat Projections CIC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Provides opportunities for stakeholders to engage in purposeful activity.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Full stack dev of a web presence from start to finish that is ready for GTM.
• Easy to use.
• Easy to administer.

SOLUTION

How did you find CbSol?

Online Search

Why did you select CbSol over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from CbSol were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

• Clean sheet to fully functional website with fully intergrated payment system and user management functions.
• Intergrated payment system.
• Intergrated ID checking service.
• Partially intergrated geographical reference system.
• Bespoke and unique live time signature system capable of differenciating between different system users regardless of their method and length of engagement for a task completion.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Fully functional site delivered within budget.

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

CBSOL worked tirelessly to deliver items on time and ofter early which permitted extra time for testing and improvments.

CBSOL were incredibly attentive and flexbile to our needs.

What was your primary form of communication with CbSol?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their boundless enthusiasm and grit to get the site right stood out.

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

Smaller lower level tasks sometimes required additional iteration due to simplistic implementation in the first instance.