Division5

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Managing Director of oraya GmbH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

oraya offers a SaaS-product suite that enables clients to successfully master all the market intelligence requirements on a operational and strategic level.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

• Redevelop our core product copio analytics based on a state-of-the-art framework and best practices.
• To find a solution provider that we can successfully collaborate with over the next years.
• To elavate our product(s) to the next level.

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Referral

Why did you select Division5 over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Division5 were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We hired a development team of 4 from Division5 to support us in bringing our product suite to the next level.

First goal was to finalize our self-service solution oraya compass and to integrated a payment solution in to. The work was done brilliantly and everything works as intended.

Second goal was / is to redevelop our product copio analytics, thereby switching the existing backend & frontend technologies to NodeJs and React. The development is ongoing, but so far the work has been very good and we are very happy with the results.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Successful finalization of our self-service product oraya compass.
• Complete redesign of the user interface of our product copio analytics.
• Ongoing redevelopment of the backend of copio analytics.
• Conceptual planning of the integration of modules in our products copio analytics & oraya insights.

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

Our product owner and the team are working based on the methods of SCRUM. The team has a high dedication to deliver task in time, and the do so with high quality. Division5 is not only a supplier, they also challenge us and bringt input anytime we discuss the future roadmap of our product. At the same time, they always react to our needs and serve as a consultant for technical topcis.

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They offer a very appealing combination of transparency, proactivity, high ethical standards and very competent developers. It is a pleasure to work with them on a daily basis.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

There is always room for improvement, but in my opinion the collaboration so far has shown that both sides are not only willing to learn from eachother, both parties enhance each other to provide even better results. Overall, nothing they could or should have done differently.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of NEXQ S.r.l.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are an IT consulting company, we work with important clients in our area for which we are IT Managers and Project Managers as well as consultants in all technological areas.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

To create a software for one of our clients

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Referral

Why did you select Division5 over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Division5 were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We are developing a Web Based + Mobile APP for the agri-food sector. This software is dedicated to the sales and purchase area. The software has reached its first version in a very short time, satisfying our customer and us.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We had a deadline for phase 1 of the project and it was met 100%. Sprints are completed on time despite high demands

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

They always met deadlines and I was always updated on the progress.
They always responded positively to every challenge.

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Division5's availability and competence were impressive. I have worked with many companies that do the same job, I have always found myself well but never like with them.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

Not yet. They send me a monthly report with their Feedback and when I have one I reply and fix the problem.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Marketing of optilyz

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

optilyz is a SaaS company that offers a direct mail automation software to automate print-mailings.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

• Creation of company website on WordPress
• Relaunch of website (Rebranding)
• Website Maintenance (longterm)

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Referral

Why did you select Division5 over others?

Great culture fit, Good value for cost

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

Email or Messaging App

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

The project started with the creation of our corporate website (including 5 main pages as well as several sub-folder-pages) in multi-language setup. Next to the web design and development, also mobile development was included. Afterwards the project continued with a classic website maintenance (installing updates, doing check-ups for bugs etc.) as well as optimizations of exiting pages, creating new pages or adding new features.

Furthermore a full website relaunch after a corporate rebranding was done. This included the web development in a responsive way, doing a setup in a staging area and doing QA and then hosting the website on live. The corporation also included a training session on how to work with our WordPress Theme Builder.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

pages created

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

I really valued the team's transparent communication. Even if there was an delay we talked openly about it and they always took measure, to get the job done in time. For bigger projects, we switched to more frequent communication via Chat rather than email, which I appreciated.

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

Most impressive was the fact that Division5 always tried to give a reason why. So when an error occured or a new feature was implemented, they always explained how it worked or why something didn't work and what we can do to avoid errors in the future. Those kind of insights are so valuable and it's not standard that someone takes the time to explain such things in detail.

Are there any areas for improvement or something DIvision5 could have done differently?

It was only once that we had a bit of a struggle with some timings but we openly talked about those and figured, it was actually a miscommunication of expectations. Since those were set the cooperations was running nicely again. Also a valuable lesson for me as a customer, to communicate expectations more clearly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Product of (a/an) Human Resources

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Provide a platform for short term staffing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

• Improve productivity in the team
• Advance the project

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Online Search

Why did you select Division5 over others?

Good value for cost

What was the size of Division5’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

• iOS: Bring the iOS to the standard of our web page, migrate all functionalities natively to the iOS app.
• Android: Add missing feature in comparison to our web page. Upgrade app design.
• Web: Continue to advance the project and add functionalities to increase value.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Quality of the projects
• Increased productivity
• Regular releases

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

Everything was delivered on time, issues and problems were discussed when arised and division 5 accommodated to out needs. However sometimes the match between required qualifications on our side and the desires of the devision5 team member did not aligned which came out once time was invested in the onboarding

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

Virtual Meeting, Email or Messaging App

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

A required position can be staffed very fast, usually a proposal for a new position arrives on the next day.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

Sometimes is difficult to adjust the expectation, in order to get a better idea of the division5 member it would be great to read previous experiences of other companies with the team member.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Event Manager of PIRATE Summit

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are organizing PIRATE Summit, a unique entrepreneurship conference.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

• Develop and maintain our website.
• Automate registrations and other customer data.
• Design images for our communication and website.

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Referral

Why did you select Division5 over others?

Close to my geographic location, Great culture fit, Good value for cost

What was the size of Division5’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

For our annual entrepreneurship summit it is important that we can continuously launch different campaigns. Therefore, we need to create individual product pages, adapt them to our corporate design, add different sign up options and create the right marketing messages for those products. Since our event is attended by +1,000 participants in is particularly important that the data entry and progress is automated and fitted to our individual products.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Website including product pages
• Customer Databases

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

The cooperation was great. We are especially thankful for the fast response times and their flexibility in adapting the project after it started. Our objectives often change and Division5 has been a great support.

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

Virtual Meeting, Email or Messaging App

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

We really felt that Division5 team took responsibility for the project and delivered an extremely high quality. We could always reach them when issues came up.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

Most problems during the project were caused by us changing some details, and Division5 did a great job responding to these changes.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of a social networking platform for education.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Division5?

We needed a company to help us build our platform and provide us with IT support.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Division5 is our IT partner, and they’re helping us build our social networking platform. The landing page is built and hosted by us, but the network or the platform itself is developed and maintained by Division5. The platform allows a user to create a profile, interact with other users in rooms, and start discussions around certain topics in the education sector. In those rooms, users can also integrate their organizational profiles, and those organizations can invite their communities to those types of interactions. Everything that's accessed after the log-in is built by Division5.

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with around seven people from Division5, including their CEO, a project manager, developers, and designers.

How did you come to work with Division5?

We found Division5 through a recommendation.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent roughly €50,000 (Approximately $55,000 USD) so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in December 2021, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The overall reception from when we launched the platform has been very good. People enjoy the usability of the platform. Division5 is also able to integrate the feedback that we receive quite quickly, which is something that is perceived by our users very well.

How did Division5 perform from a project management standpoint?

Division5 has performed well in terms of project management. They’re incredibly flexible in how they structure the project and create their offers.

We use Jira for project management, and we primarily communicate through Slack and daily Zoom meetings.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Division5 is always eager to understand our needs and put in extra time and effort to discuss with us when we have doubts or questions. They’re kind and easygoing, and it’s overall a very pleasant experience working with them.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of a travel agency

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a travel agency which deals only with students

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

• Save us from a previous It company job that was a disaster
• develop a new booking system

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Online Search

Why did you select Division5 over others?

• Referred to me
• Other

How many teammates from Division5 were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Restore our ecommerce system that was badly damaged by a poor developement from the previous supplier
• develop and create a new one

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

1. the system started to work
2. we had a fully workable system

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

Yes, they were competent and highly responsive

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

flexibilty and also they were very quick to find talented developers tailored to our needings

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

not really, I'm 100% satisfied

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Pamogi

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We build an online collaboration tool to kickstart projects.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

• Adding multiplayer to our platform

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Online Search

Why did you select Division5 over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from Division5 were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Add our avatar to our platform and make multiplayer possible.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

At the end the multiplayer was working correctly with our own avatar.

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

There was a very good communication. Everything was delivered on time. Challenges were explained so we could make good decisions based on their expertise.

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

Virtual Meeting

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

The good communication and understanding of our needs and their input to make sure it will work correctly.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at Soulcast

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Digital collectibles platform

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

• Initial development of web based art remixing platform

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Other

Why did you select Division5 over others?

Great culture fit

What was the size of Division5’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Back-end and front-end development; 2d and 3d art tooling.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Tasks completed.

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Good management and comms.

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

They were always available and communicative.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Carvin Engineering srl

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Software house

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Division5 to accomplish?

Software consultat

SOLUTION

How did you find Division5?

Referral, Other

Why did you select Division5 over others?

Referred to me

What was the size of Division5’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Front end for a complex back office for ticketing manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have been able to reach our deadline to go live

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

They manage the project very well, the organize the sprint in good way and they close the tasks in time

What was your primary form of communication with Division5?

Virtual Meeting

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

The way how the arrange the sprint and the priority

Are there any areas for improvement or something Division5 could have done differently?

No