Designs Codes

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a law firm based in South London. I am the office manager here.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire designs.codes, and what were your goals?

They were hired to do website development and design, specifically a modern and sleek website.

SOLUTION

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

We posted an advertisement on Guru and received a response. Design codes then visited our offices to discuss the commencement of the work.

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

They were tasked to design and develop the website using WordPress as a CMS.

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

• one designer
• one frontend developer
• one backend developer
• one project manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We are particularly impressed with the speed of service and cost and most importantly the final result, which is a sleek and modern website. Design codes also offer excellent website maintenance and aftercare service.

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

Regular Skype calls were made to discuss website development.

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

They are also quick at effecting changes or additions.

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

Tight timescales to provide information to them which were difficult to meet whilst running a busy office.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CybserPulse provides AI-based solution in cybersecurity and healthcare domains and provides strategic consulting to Startup and SMEs UK Gov.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire designs.codes?

Custom software development projects with embedded AI / ML algorithms and enable customer intelligence. The custom software development part of the project was done by designs.codes.

What were your goals for this project?

To Provide intelligence to the customer and secure and scalable solution

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Friends and colleagues

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

This is an End to End machine learning platform and has the following components. 1. UI to ingest data 2. Data Processing pipeline 3. Data visualization

What was the team composition?

Team of 4 people including team lead 1. Software developer 2. Designer ( UI / UX) 3. Software testing professional 4. Project Manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

CyberPulse got credibility and get more business and increase brand and revenue of company

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We use a project management tools to manage all tasks and using agile methodology to include customer feedback and deliver quality software.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their quality of service, skilled people, and escalation of issues were most impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Requirement understanding and feedback.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a coaching and training company that help entrepreneurs and business owners create the life they desire. I am the founder and CEO

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire designs.codes?

Initially it was for a range of marketing activities and small development work. This evolved very quickly in commisioning them to develop a full blown platform that would be a game changer in the entrepreneurisl space

What were your goals for this project?

To develop, design and launch an MVP to test the intial concept

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

They were working with on some marketing activites and i started to talk to them about my vision and it went from there. 

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The designed, develop and launched a full platform. They provided the coding know how and the design of the platform concisous of customer experience. 

What was the team composition?

The development and design team

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Check out www.EnSpirit.Global

We are in MVOP stage so still testing out the market

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We had weekly calls and used online tools to uopdate progress and it worked really well.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their response time and updating me on progress. Also insights on the best customer experience for our target market. 

Are there any areas for improvement?

Sometimes both parties had to be more clearer on what was needed to get a better solution... overall this was good. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the founder of Gospel Alive Ministries. Our aim is to spread the Word of God in the world by crusades, seminars, teaching, preaching and other means.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire designs.codes?

To create our custom website and Android and iOS App.

What were your goals for this project?

To have a smooth procedure for our work development.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Through marketing channels.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They are building our custom website and also have built our native App.

What was the team composition?

Three developers. One designer. Two native developers. One dedicated project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

It drew a lot of attention to many people all over the world and I also benefited from new contacts.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

It's a pleasure to work with the project manager as I appreciate very much the fast communication which to me is one of the most important aspects of the whole process. I also trust his expertise and advice in every technical area.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their know-how.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Over the last few years they've greatly improved their ways of serving their customers and work procedures. I would need to observe further on until the very end of the project in order to pin point specific areas of improvements.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Al Mulla Office Automation Solutions General Manager

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire designs.codes?

Mobile app for customer interface. iPad app for customer engineers call scheduling. Service delivery automation.

What were your goals for this project?

Customer to use mobile device to register service request and approve quotations and our engineer team members to be auto delegates to attend the customers.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Through internal reference who had previous experiences of completing successfully IT projects

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They provided us with the front-end customer facing website, our internal iPad for Engineers to use, customer facing mobile application. Now they are working on connecting the engineer and customer interfaces that will help in auto delegation of support engineers when customers raise a new service call

What was the team composition?

1 designer, 4 developers, 1 QA

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We already have a major chunk of our customers booking service calls through the mobile application.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The team was hardworking and they visited us in person multiple times over the last couple of years to understand the business requirements first hand. They even worked on a Sundays at times to accommodate our work schedule which is from Sunday - Friday

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We're impressed by their ability to understand our requirements and their willingness to go the extra mile.

Are there any areas for improvement?

They could perhaps improve a bit more on their delivery timelines.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the owner and director of a landscaping company called Ditch Your Mower.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire designs.codes?

We engaged designs.codes to design and develop our company’s website.

What were your goals for this project?

I wanted the website to look modern and professional. Also, we hoped that the site would have a pleasant customer experience and meet all the requirements of my business.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I connected with designs.codes through Upwork. I reviewed the work of several companies, but I felt the most confident in designs.codes.

Describe the project in detail.

We relied on designs.codes to fully design and develop our company’s website and meet the requirements we put in place. I tasked them with making the site accessible for me so that I could change its content on my own.

What was the team composition?

Our team consisted of a project manager, a web designer, an HTML coder, a developer, and a product tester.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The website is complete and has already garnered positive feedback from clients. They remark about how impressive and professional the design is. I am excited to grow my business with the help of this new website.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

I can’t speak highly enough of the effort and detail they put into building my website. They were easy to work with, and they understood exactly how I wanted the site to be. The staff was accommodating and willing to discuss the project daily if needed.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Our back-and-forth communication was so smooth because they provided a clear project plan. And, ultimately, they came up with a beautiful website design.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There is nothing that needs improvement. I have received everything that I asked for.