DevTeamSpace

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the President of The Happy Giraffe

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We teach a simpler, more practical way to budget through free tools, education, and our mobile app.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• fully rewriting the backend so it would be much easier to maintain
• connecting Plaid
• releasing Apple and Google subscriptions

SOLUTION

How did you find DevTeamSpace?

Online Search

Why did you select DevTeamSpace over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from DevTeamSpace were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The work covered mobile app development and major product improvements across the board. They helped refactor the app in general, implemented Plaid connectivity, released Apple App Store and Google Play subscription flows, and supported the production launch. On the backend side, they completely rewrote the system into a much more supportable structure. They also handled bug fixing, API work, release support, and ongoing product improvements.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The app is live, subscriptions are live on Apple and Google, Plaid is connected, and we have paying customers. Just as important, the backend is now in a form that is much easier to support and build on over time.

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

They were responsive, practical, and easy to work with. Communication was clear, and they were good about working through issues as they came up. This was not a simple project, but they kept things moving and stayed focused on real outcomes.

What was your primary form of communication with DevTeamSpace?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

What impressed me most was that they were willing to tackle the hidden structural problems, not just the visible ones. A lot of teams can add features. Fewer teams are willing and able to make the product more supportable underneath while still moving the app forward.

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

Nothing major comes to mind. Any project with this much complexity will have issues to work through, but they were responsive and kept working through them with us.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of EDGE AI WORLD - FZCO

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

I am the CEO of Edge AI, a community-based startup in Dubai specializing in cryptocurrency trading. We are dedicated to providing opportunities from beginners to experienced traders allowing them to generate passive income while enhancing their trading skills. Our goal is to improve the winning odds for all traders by fostering a supportive environment of knowledge sharing and collaboration.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Full-scale development of our trading bot
• UI/UX design
• User onboarding
• Wallet connectivity, and different trading strategies

SOLUTION

How did you find DevTeamSpace?

Referral

Why did you select DevTeamSpace over others?

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

How many teammates from DevTeamSpace were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The first challenge is our trading bot for our day-to-day operations, was not performing well due to legacy code issues and code structure problems making it not ready for production. It needed deep refactoring to transition from a basic prototype to a robust and scalable tool.

We also needed a good user experience for traders and an admin panel for setting up the platform parameters, monitoring performance, and making informed decisions. Addressing these challenges required not only technical expertise but also strategic vision to ensure seamless operations and user satisfaction. Additionally, the abrupt departure of one of our co-founders raised concerns about maintaining the integrity and security of our user base. These issues required urgent and expert handling to ensure the continuity and efficiency of our services.

The scope of their involvement

• DevTeam.Space was tasked with the full-scale development of our trading bot, including UI/UX design, user onboarding, wallet connectivity, and different trading strategies. The major aspect of their involvement was porting our bot from Ethereum to Solana, alongside creating a custom solution to minimize gas fees.

The project was executed in several phases:

• Initial consultation and planning, code review, and deep refactoring of the existing codebase.
• Design and development of the user interface, both for traders and the admin.
• Development of trading strategies and making the bot stays accessible and profitable for all the community members.
• Implementation of the gas fee reduction solution.
• Porting the bot to Solana.
• Testing and deployment, with continuous monitoring and adjustments.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The redevelopment of our trading bot increased our platform's performance and user satisfaction. The bot was successfully transitioned to a production environment, equipped with robust functionality and error handling. The user interface was redesigned to offer a seamless user experience for traders, and the implementation of the community trading feature enabled users to mimic the strategies of our top performers. 
Our strategy to reduce Ethereum gas fees resulted in a threefold decrease, making the trades available for a broader range of traders. The overall performance improvements have been well-received, with some traders reporting as much as 4.5 times profits from their activities. 

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

DevTeamSpace delivered high-quality work that met all our technical and business expectations. Their ability to adapt to the unexpected changes in our executive team was particularly commendable

What was your primary form of communication with DevTeamSpace?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their team was highly responsive and easy to communicate with. Regular updates and proactive feedback make sure the team stays with us and provides new ideas on the project improvement. All the team members including managers, designers, and developers were available all the time despite the time zone differences from Dubai to the US.

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

While we are generally satisfied with their performance, quicker turnaround on moving to production and releasing new features would enhance their service delivery.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder & CEO of Hadom Enterprises, LLC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

HADOM is a unique mobile app that lets users who can't be at the bar buy drinks remotely for friends who are, resulting in additional revenue for bars and improved customer engagement.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• We sought a development partner that could address the challenge of timely bug fixes and provide consistent, reliable support.
• The process with our original developer was plagued by a cycle where fixing one bug would inadvertently introduce new ones.
• We needed a seamless partner who could respond promptly and effectively to our needs, ensuring the smooth operation of our application.

SOLUTION

How did you find DevTeamSpace?

Online Search

Why did you select DevTeamSpace over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from DevTeamSpace were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The scope of DevTeam.Space's involvement encompassed various aspects of our project. They reviewed the existing UI/UX design, ensuring its alignment with our goals and user expectations. Additionally, they took charge of the new development process, implementing necessary features and functionalities while maintaining a focus on stability and performance. Their role extended to delivering a stable product ready for public launch, demonstrating their comprehensive involvement in our project's lifecycle.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The impact of our engagement with DevTeamSpace was evident through several key indicators. Firstly, their well-structured process, which included frequent Zoom meetings, email communication, and task management, ensured efficient collaboration and progress tracking. Their multidisciplinary team included an account manager and a developer who consistently delivered new builds every week, demonstrating their commitment to timely progress. 

Within just two months of partnering with DevTeamSpace, we observed a significant improvement in our product's stability, with all identified bugs promptly addressed and resolved. Their round-the-clock availability for communication and issue resolution further underscored their dedication to our project's success. 

Moreover, DevTeamSpace's proactive approach and innovative thinking were invaluable. Unlike our previous developers, who simply followed instructions, DevTeamSpace provided valuable recommendations and solutions that we had not considered. For instance, their suggestion to directly integrate our product with the Clover POS system, rather than relying on a third-party integrator, not only streamlined our development process but also resulted in significant cost savings. 

Overall, the evidence of DevTeamSpace's impact on our project is clear: improved stability, efficient communication, innovative solutions, and cost savings—all of which have contributed to the success and advancement of our venture.

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

From a project management standpoint, DevTeamSpace performed exceptionally well. Their team demonstrated professionalism, responsiveness, and a commitment to transparency throughout the engagement. They were always available to address our questions and concerns promptly, providing detailed responses that helped us stay informed and engaged in the project. DevTeamSpace made project management easy and efficient by implementing clear and structured processes. 

They utilized easy-to-understand sprints to showcase progress incrementally, allowing us to track developments and milestones effectively. Additionally, the weekly calls scheduled every Tuesday provided a dedicated platform for discussion and alignment, ensuring that everyone involved was on the same page. Moreover, DevTeamSpace maintained meticulous documentation and reporting practices. 

We received regular reports detailing the work undertaken each week, along with the corresponding hours spent on each task. This level of transparency allowed us to monitor progress closely and make informed decisions about project direction. Furthermore, DevTeamSpace leveraged communication tools such as Slack channels and an account manager to facilitate daily interaction and collaboration. 

These platforms enabled seamless communication and coordination among team members, ensuring that everyone remained aligned and focused on project objectives. Overall, DevTeamSpace's project management approach was characterized by professionalism, transparency, and efficiency. Their commitment to clear communication, structured processes, and responsive support contributed significantly to the success of our collaboration.

What was your primary form of communication with DevTeamSpace?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

What I found most impressive about DevTeamSpace was their unwavering dedication to excellence and their proactive approach to problem-solving. Whenever we encountered challenges or issues during the development process, they consistently went above and beyond to address them swiftly and effectively. Their team exhibited a genuine commitment to our success, always willing to lend a helping hand and provide valuable insights and suggestions to overcome obstacles. 

Moreover, I was particularly impressed by their ability to grasp the unique value proposition of HADOM and recognize its true potential in the market. Despite the complexity of our project and the intricacies of our industry, DevTeamSpace quickly understood our vision and objectives, aligning their efforts to support our goals effectively. Their keen understanding of our business needs and their proactive engagement in finding innovative solutions truly set them apart. 

DevTeamSpace demonstrated a genuine investment in our success, and their dedication and expertise played a crucial role in the overall success of our project.

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

While DevTeamSpace has performed exceptionally well throughout our engagement, there is one area of concern related to circumstances beyond their control. Our chief developer has been instrumental in the success of our project. He possesses exceptional skills and expertise that are invaluable to our team, and we wouldn't want to replace him under any circumstances. 

However, given the ongoing conflict and geopolitical instability in the region, there is always a level of uncertainty regarding his safety and the potential impact on project continuity. We are deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of our team members in such volatile circumstances. 

Although DevTeamSpace has demonstrated resilience and adaptability in navigating these challenges thus far, it remains an area of potential risk that we must acknowledge and monitor closely. We continue to prioritize the safety and security of our team members while remaining committed to the success of our project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Software Product of Keep It Simple Storage

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

With 20 years of experience owning and operating storage facilities, we have created software to service self-storage units and support both storage owners and their clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Develop a secure system that allowed our clients and their customers to book and manage our self-storage facilities.
• Develop a system to have a remote assistant tool that our clients could use to communicate with a live person remotely to answer questions so that we could free up customers staff from having to do this task onsite.

SOLUTION

How did you find DevTeamSpace?

Referral

Why did you select DevTeamSpace over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from DevTeamSpace were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We had remote management computers and an on-site web client built by another developer. First, we needed DevTeam.Space to do an API connection that the site could allow the video calls and a manager web application to respond to calls and oversee rooms. This project further evolved into a security camera module so that our admin staff can monitor the facility at any time. As part of this module, we required the system to detect any moving objects automatically.
As a part of the web project, we required DevTeam.Space to build a statistics module that allows our admin to access information on each unit to support requests, ensure payments have been made, and that users have vacated the unit on time, etc. The next part of our engagement was a mobile application that allowed the connection of all of our 3 self-storage platforms, namely SiteLink, StoreEdge, and Ready Steady Store, with this mobile app so that our clients could independently find, rent, pay, and access the facility without the need for any assistance. 
This meant integrating the system with our storage new electronic locks. Another project, a lock management module, was crucial as our staff needed to ensure all electronic locks were properly assigned to the units and that no issues could result in unauthorized access to any of our storage units.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

DevTeamSpace built and released 3 iOS/Android apps and developed a white-label B2B2C enterprise solution for our partners. The web app has massively reduced the amount of work our customers have had to do regarding booking units and helping their clients access them. Just one employee can now manage up to 7 storage buildings remotely, increasing our customers efficiency and thus their bottom line.

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

Usually, the team works through bi-weekly sprints and reports the progress twice a week via email. On top of that, we use Slack, Zoom, and a task management tool. All that creates a transparent and well-managed process. We regularly do product sales demos and attend industry conferences several times yearly. At each of these conferences, we show demos with new features and added functionality. The developers and project managers from DevTeam.Space stays with us remotely during these demos and helps us with the product.

What was your primary form of communication with DevTeamSpace?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The team quickly fulfills our production needs and helps with a demo day. During normal operations, we have a steady process, and DevTeamSpace is always up to going the extra mile if needed.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DevTeamSpace could have done differently?
There's nothing they need to improve on.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Charity Token Pty Ltd

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

At Charity Token we're using blockchain tech to make charitable donations more transparent

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build mobile application
• Create transparent transaction smart contracts
• Build Website

SOLUTION

How did you find DevTeamSpace?

Online Search

Why did you select DevTeamSpace over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from DevTeamSpace were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The main deliverables were establishing an efficient and transparent system for charitable contributions in the crypto space. We needed to create a set of smart contracts to implement our ideas and business requirements: ERC20 contract for the token, charity factory contract, staking contract, organization, campaign.

These contracts would handle the token reflections, taxes for each transaction, third-party KYC procedures, distribution of these taxes and interaction with DEX and liquidity pools. All these contracts needed to support upgradability and should be compatible with MetaMask.

Aside from the blockchain aspects, the team was emphasizing the importance of user experience. We needed to develop a user-friendly UI/UX design, building a website for charity registration and approval, and creating a digital wallet application for iOS and Android. This application would facilitate transactions, allowing users to purchase, donate, and stake tokens.

They did pretty much the whole product, starting with the UI/UX for the platform, smart contract architecture and the full estimate of the project. After the design and estimate approval, they developed the smart contracts and the mobile app in parallel. After the acceptance testing they deployed the smart contracts to Polygon, launched the website and sent the app to AppStore and Google Play for approval.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our app is now available on Google Play, while the iOS build is currently in the approval stage. The website was launched and smart contracts passed the security audit and are now operational on the Polygon network. The project has also drawn a financial backing, allowing me to secure a round of investments.

As a requirement from our investors, the project has been handed over to their in-house team for further development and management. With all that, the original platform will always receive development credit to Team Dev Space from me as I am super grateful for everything.

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

DevTeam.Space delivered a high standard of work. Their output was reviewed by our in-house team and received very positive feedback. However, in terms of budget and timeline, there were some extensions. This was mostly due to additional user stories that were incorporated into the scope during the development process.

Despite the timeline extension, DevTeam.Space ensured that we consistently had a build available to test and present to potential investors. Overall, while there were deviations from the initial plan, the quality of work and their consistent deliverables helped us maintain progress and attract investments.

They were also was highly responsive throughout the project. Their project manager Lisa was consistently available for discussions, and proactive in providing updates and feedback. The project took almost 2 years to complete and she did a great effort updating me on weekly meetings all this time.

What was your primary form of communication with DevTeamSpace?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The quality of work throughout the project was exceptional. From the UI to the UX, it had everything we needed and more. The final quality assurance testing really brought these details to refinement and we were so happy with the end result.

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

nil

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of MedFeeTree, LLC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

MedFeeTree digitally connects medical providers to freelance medical billers and allows them to work togethers efficiently on our secure platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Our goal was to build a marketplace for medical providers that aids them in finding medical billers to help close open claims. The platform was designed to streamline the negotiation process between the providers and billers and provide a custom dashboard for billers to manage claims.

SOLUTION

How did you find DevTeamSpace?

Online Search

Why did you select DevTeamSpace over others?

High ratings

What was the size of DevTeamSpace’s team?

2-5 Employees

What was your primary form of communication with DevTeamSpace?

Virtual Meeting, Email or Messaging App

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

DevTeamSpace was involved in all aspects of the project, including reviewing the initial documentation, creating wireframes, finalizing user interface designs, coding the entire product, and deploying it to the production environment for public use. The product is now live.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our team is very happy with the project's results, which are now in production and successfully used by medical professionals in a live working environment. The user flow was well thought out, and the team was diligent in asking direct and insightful questions and incorporating our feedback into the product.

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

DevTeamSpace, Inc. followed an Agile methodology with weekly calls and task tracking via their task management tool. They consistently provided updates on what was accomplished each week and used our feedback to plan out the next iteration of tasks. Their project management was highly organized and efficient.

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

I was impressed with the user flow design created by DevTeamSpace and how attentive the team was in understanding our needs during our calls. They asked insightful questions and implemented our feedback into the product, ensuring that the end result was exactly what we wanted.

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

Nothing comes to mind given that they performed well in all aspects of the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Midnight Biotechnologies

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

I am the founder of Midnight-Mastermind. It's a mobile app that uses patented scientifically proven Subliminal Voice Affirmation technology to get the user into a meditative state, promoting sleep learning and neuroplasticity.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build a clickable prototype

SOLUTION

How did you find DevTeamSpace?

Online Search

Why did you select DevTeamSpace over others?

High ratings

What was the size of DevTeamSpace’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

I have completed the entire design phase with DevTeam.Space. They produced a logo, a style guide, a user flow, a complete mobile app design, a clickable design prototype of the app with an audio demo, chose a tech stack, and prepared a detailed estimate for the coding phase of the product.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Produced design for app
• Produced design for website
• Produced design for admin panel
• Produced clickable prototype with audio files

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

They've done great. I enjoyed their clear and well organized process. They know how to listen and hear everything to satisfy clients' needs. They always provided detailed responses in a timely manner and were happy to help with any questions I had.

What was your primary form of communication with DevTeamSpace?

Virtual Meeting, Email or Messaging App

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

They were always fully dedicated to resolving every problem as soon as possible with the best outcome. Also, I love how the logo turned out!

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

None that I could think of. And as soon as I raise the needed funds, I look forward to discussing the coding phase with DevTeamSpace.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m a project manager for Country Natural Beef, a rancher cooperative highly committed to producing premium beef products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We are a cattle/beef company and we needed a web-based app to track animals, carcass data, beef inventory, and payments. A previous software company started developing this app and was bought out before it was finished, leaving us stranded. We were looking for another developer/team to finish the development and provide ongoing maintenance. We have been working with DevTeam.Space for the past year on our inventory management project.

SOLUTION

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

We contacted them in November 2021 to ask for a code review of our existing app. They provided a well-written code review report and an estimate for the job. Very impressed with their work, we then asked them to fix the software issues and help us develop new features.

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

We need to be able to track individual animals as they are fed and harvested. As they are harvested, we need to break the carcass down into different cuts of beef produced from each animal. Finally, we need to track the inventory, invoice it out, and calculate payments to ranchers who supply the animals.

DevTeam.Space fixed a lot of user experience (menu, form entries, calculations, error messages, etc.) and database issues in the existing app, and increased the backend performance by adding asynchronous code. After getting the bugs fixed, we started working on new features such as creation of payments, generating invoices, importing and exporting animal data, and sorting and filtering the data.

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

We mostly spoke with their project manager, Lisa, and their developers Marc and Michael. Jeff handled the invoicing and accounting process.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All deliverables were done professionally and in a timely manner. Our website now handles our basic business needs. We are continuing to work with them to enhance and expand the capabilities of our solution.

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

We mainly use Slack and Notion for communication. Their project manager was regularly in touch and always available. They scheduled weekly meetings via Zoom with us to update us on the progress so that we could share our plans for the next week. We really appreciated the responsiveness and communication they maintained, as the previous developer group we worked with did not respond or communicate well.

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

Regular updates and milestone planning along with weekly reporting and readiness to change plans.

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

Some bugs reappeared from time to time but were fixed relatively quickly, so I can’t think of any major improvements.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the founder of the IAMBETTERTHENME platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

I want to build an App that will help people reach their higher potential and lead them to a higher level of state, acknowledgment, and self-awareness by overcoming life obstacles.

SOLUTION

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

I searched on google for a company well experienced in software development. I filled out a form on their website and scheduled a call.

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

I prepared some documentation with ideas, which I shared with the project manager and the designer. After that, we began having meetings where we brainstormed and transformed it into a design clickable prototype in Figma. The app will have signed coaches that users can interact with and will allow users to use AI to search for needed articles and affirmations.

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

Four people from the vendor's team worked with me: The account manager, the designer, an engineer, and the CEO.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

DevTeamSpace designed the app logo, user interface style, admin panel, and application through wireframes and converted them to the UI/UX clickable prototype demonstrating the user flow. I’ll be using both of the provided documents for fundraising.

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

Each week we had a Zoom meeting at which we discussed new ideas with the account manager and designer. They would always propose new features, which became a part of the framework for my project. They also considered my comments in Figma and Slack and came up with precisely what I envisioned.

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

They know how to listen and hear everything the client says and thinks. Then, their proactive design team suggests new features and user flows in the process.

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

No, I’m delighted with their work.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the co-founder of a startup that provides teamwork and leadership development to summer camp professionals and seasonal staff. Our focus is on co-creating community and connectivity, and one of the tools we use to accomplish this is through mobile games so that these camp folks can connect beyond the summertime when they are together in person..

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We had identified a need in the summer camp industry for staff, especially seasonal staff who only are together for 2-3 months during the summer, to connect prior to arriving at camp and after leaving camp as a way to increase engagement with each other and the organization. In turn, our goal for this project was to create a virtual camp environment with teamwork games that these staff could play together as a way to increase connectivity and build community.

SOLUTION

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

Initially, we were pitching our idea to a startup accelerator program for seed funding and needed to provide documentation of how we would use the funding and what that would provide us in terms of our first steps toward launch. We reached out to several app development companies.

In particular, we found DevTeamSpace from their articles on mobile game design and development appearing in the search results. We had a Zoom call where they demonstrated their previous design works and mobile games they’ve done previously. Not only was DevTeamSpace the first to respond, they were the only ones to connect us with a chief officer and provide us with thorough, documented estimates.

This effort gave us the firepower we needed to secure seed funding and, as a result of our early success, we decided to continue working with DevTeamSpace. Their initial commitment to our project has proven to be consistent and indicative of how committed they are to our success.

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

During this past year, we worked on a per-game basis. Each game took anywhere from 1-3 months to design and develop. We initially began with a web-based version for demonstrations to prospective customers. With that alone, we secured our first 10 client organizations. From there, we were able to build the first game for mobile app (iOS and Android) and begin pilot testing with our clients.

DevTeamSpace was incredibly attentive to all of the details, requests for changes and updates, and to our timelines. With success in the pilot testing, we moved on to build our second game. This was completed and released to our clients in under 2 months. Again, for this, DevTeamSpace was always on-call to support us with any changes we needed in response to client requests and additional pilot testing.

Over time, our confidence in their abilities to troubleshoot and deliver on the product only grew stronger. Our final step in the process was to overhaul the user interface so that all instructions for playing the game were included on-screen–via explainers and tutorial bubbles–in order to launch a new pilot with a prospective funding organization.

This step, maybe even more than the previous ones, required a lot of patience, testing, quick and specific changes, and clear two-way communication between us and DevTeamSpace. Ultimately, the final product is *exactly* as we had hoped and we are more prepared to scale, which is critical to our growth.

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

Initially, a project manager was assigned to be our main point of contact. Once the scope of the project was understood and the development work began, our communication also included a developer team lead. Both of these individuals have been incredibly responsive, responsible, and cooperative in designing the games.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Within 3 months we had a working web version of the first game, which allowed us to run demos for nearly 100 prospective clients. From those demos, we secured our first 10 clients. 4 months later we were live on mobile and running live demos at a conference, and less than 3 months after that we had launched our second game.

The feedback from our clients has been very positive and we are now running a pilot with a major funding organization as we look to scale. As co-founders of our startup, we are also very pleased with the deliverables and feel confident in what DevTeamSpace has helped us to create.

Note: Number of downloads and ratings not so relevant metrics for us because we operate on a B2B model rather than a public-facing B2C model.

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

The project manager and developer team lead are both very professional and prompt in their communication. They are very clear about expectations, timelines, challenges encountered, solutions, and deliverables.

We generally communicate with them via a private Slack channel they established for us and also have frequent virtual meetings in real-time so that we can efficiently align around decisions and next steps.

They are responsive and proactive in how they communicate to let us know how things are going and what support they need from us to ensure they provide the deliverables we expect.

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

In addition to their knowledge of game design and ability to be thought partners in developing our app, the beautiful and creative graphics they’ve created for us, and their agility as we continue to learn and integrate user feedback into the design process, what I found most impressive about DevTeamSpace is their ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in an incredibly fast manner.

For example, we have audio communication capabilities built into the app (i.e., mic and speaker for team members to talk to each other while playing), and we had same very bad echo and feedback coming through at first. Within 36 hours they had tried multiple solutions and found one that completely resolved the issue. It was amazing and critical to our timeline of demonstrating the app for a prospective funder.

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

Early on in the project, the developer team lead assigned to our project was new to the position and figuring out his management style. I think more support for him early on would have helped, and he has continued to improve his skills in documentation, communication, setting clear expectations, and reporting on results.