doodleblue Innovations

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the head of the software division at VoltAsset Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We need a tech partner to assist with develop and maintain a highly scalable and robust platform along with admin and customer applications to cater for our expanding user base.

SOLUTION

How did you select doodleblue Innovations and what were the deciding factors?

We sought a good and reliable supplier and our research and various other customer reviews offline led us to Doodleblue being one of the industry leaders in the skills we were looking for.

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

DoodleBlue developed the interface using Vue Js . The output included a web application, which is an internal application and of strategic nature to our business. DoodleBlue assisted with various modules of our Android native application that was user focused and required the understand and use of various new technologies such as IOT, AI and ML.

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

I had a specific POC allocated at DoodleBlue, who gathered my requirements and communicated them to his development team. His support was top notch and he invested a lot of time and effort with us in terms of project delivery and business aspects.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The platform developed by DoodleBlue's was robust and scalable which which was a huge advantage for us since our customer base was expanding at an rapid pace. DoodleBlue's Infra management team supported us in all the deployments and even at odd hours.

The quality of DoodleBlue's UI work was very good. They were sensitive in recording all our requirements, and they were quite interactive with us in terms of converting those requirements into an interface. We wanted users to have a comfortable experience, and I think we’ve achieved that. DoodleBlue has done very good development on their side.

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

We stayed in touch very well. Our teams had regular calls for status updates, and my main contact gave me status reports over email. Addition to that DoodleBlue also sent us a regular sprint plan's and bug reports which helped us to asses the rate of their work, also they mostly stick to the deadline and manage to fix any issues they encounter during the development easily

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

They’re very sound technically. If I had a problem, I could confidently call them and describe it. They’d take some time and come back with their understanding of it, a couple of proposed solutions, and time and budget estimates. DoodleBlue 's technical strength is their biggest plus point. Our experience with them has been very positive.

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

They’ve performed well so far, and we’re looking to engage them in other projects as well. What they provided was a perfect match with our requirements. I don’t have anything for them to improve, and I think they should continue doing a good job.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am heading product and technology for a yoga and mindfulness platform. I am responsible to lead the smooth execution of digital products including mobile app, web application, etc.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire doodleblue Innovations?

We hired doodleblue as our technology partner to help implement and develop Sarv's mobile application across Android and iOS platforms.

What were your goals for this project?

The primary goals of the project were to launch the digital offering through mobile apps and head in the direction of being a content first digital business in the health and wellness space. The initial goals were to test the traction, content & understand user patterns when it comes to digital health and wellness offering.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Doodleblue's selection came in a natural choice to prior work they have delivered, quality they delivered and also the vast pool of expertise across mobile application platforms.

Describe the project in detail.

The project started as any other IT project would start which includes research, discovery, strategy, features, roadmap and milestones in terms of deliverables. Once the plan was ready, team deployments and delivery cycles were freezed. Because of DB's style of executing a project by being agile and flexible, most of the times it was a smooth ride.

What was the team composition?

The team included a project manager, android devs, ios devs, backend devs, designers, QA testers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The app was launched quite on time except for few hiccups with regards to app store policies. However post launch , we say a quite good traction in terms of downloads and engagement. Within 3 months of launch, we got 200K installs across android and ios stores.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow was quite flexible seeing the every changing priorities. We followed a release cycle every week post launch and the team kept up updated with the progress throughout the week and any deviation which they foresee. DB's team was agile enough to accommodate last moment changes in requirements.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The best part about working with DB is 'will get it done' kind of attitude. They never said no to any particular last moment changes and were always ready to find the best solution to the problem given the time constraints and bandwidth limitation.

Also they were quite open to take the feedback and action upon them. Also saw a good involvement and supervision from their management in terms of timely checks on the progress and timelines.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Maybe something around the lines of being proactive and putting themselves in the shoes of a user of the product which they were building. With that approach I believe most of the issues/bugs/bottlenecks would have resolved in the first pass before an actual user pointing them. But apart from that, once they know a bug, they were quite fast to react to resolve that bug/issue.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm Wonderla Holidays Ltd's IT Manager. Wonderla is India's only Amazement Park located at four different locations, namely, Kochi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Bangalore.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire doodleblue Innovations?

They were hired to do a conversion of an existing legacy application to Android platform and run it through a handheld POS device.

What were your goals for this project?

The main idea is to maintain customer queue and deliver better service than others in the amusement industry.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

They were chosen through a vendor selection meeting.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They completed the conversion of an existing old application.

What was the team composition?

The company dealt with a project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This project helped Wonderla handle billing and customer handling easily and in a sophisticated way.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

They were pretty good.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They provide proper and genuine updates on the status of the project.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Cost reduction may be one of the areas they can improve on.