DreamTeam Mobile

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a software engineer at Inworld AI, a Silicon Valley startup working in the AI and VR space. I coordinate our projects with clients and our VR-based apps. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with DreamTeam Mobile?

When we started the company, we had no experience in gaming, Unity, and VR platforms, so we needed a contractor that could handle these things for us. We hired DreamTeam to build what we needed and help us with using the Unity gaming engine. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

DreamTeam helps us build the apps we need from scratch. These are internal apps, and we haven’t launched them yet. We’ve provided no documentation, but our teams work on hands-on development projects. We discuss how we should go about the development and how to manage the VR experience, environment, and animations we need. 

In terms of technologies, we primarily use the Unity engine, along with some Oculus-specific libraries for VR. Their team does most of the visual designs, but we also use existing assets. They don’t do 3D modeling, however.  

At present, we have an open contract with them. They work based on time and materials, and they aim to improve and maintain our apps. 

What is the team composition?

We work with four developers, two managers, and one technical manager. In total, we work with around 7–8 people. 

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested around $50,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with DreamTeam in October 2021, and the engagement is ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

If a user looks up our website, they’ll see screenshots of our demos, which we use to gain financing. We’ll start the next funding round soon, and the demos have been successful for us. Everyone loves them.

How did DreamTeam Mobile perform from a project management standpoint?

Since we work based on time and materials, we don’t have a specific budget for the engagement. Our development is also iterative, and our requirements change often. With these things in mind, DreamTeam has been successful in working with us. Their management style is strong. 

In terms of collaboration tools, we use GitHub — this is our main tool. DreamTeam delivers code directly to us. In terms of communication, their developers are in a different time zone, but their managers are in our time zone, so we mostly talk to the managers. Our teams have a Slack channel, where we conduct weekly calls. When we have a new project, we give them our feedback through that. If they need to fix some things, we create tickets on GitHub. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

I’m happy with their work. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I’d prefer to work with their developers more directly. To be fair, they’ve already realized this, and I’m already talking more to their developers.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the co-founder and chief product officer of Wizco, a job recruitment portal. We help job applicants land their dream job, connecting them with market experts who offer coaching sessions on our platform and then providing them with reports and reviews. We work with organizations that have a lot of applicants, such as recruiting agencies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with DreamTeam Mobile?

We needed someone to build a video platform for our coaching sessions. We had been using a third-party platform, but we wanted to have our own solution.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

DreamTeam Mobile built our video platform and integrated it into Agora, our video services provider. Besides video streaming, our platform allows the applicants and experts to connect.

Initially, we provided them with wireframes and documentation, and they came back to us with timeline estimations and their price. After developing the platform, we continued working together on additional projects. Now, I’m working with them on a regular basis, and their developers work as part of our team.

What is the team composition?

We worked with about five people from DreamTeam Mobile on the platform, including developers, a project manager, and a software architect. Currently, we’re only working with two of their developers.

How did you come to work with DreamTeam Mobile?

Agora recommended them. After we met with them and talked to some of their previous clients, we decided to work with them. We started with a smaller project, and it went well, so we continued to work with them.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around $30,000–$40,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

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

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our main metrics for the video platform were its stability, the number of times it failed, and the audio and video quality it played; all the metrics were good. We did a gradual rollout because it was a complicated project, and no project like this one is first released without bugs. However, DreamTeam Mobile was very responsive at fixing them.

How did DreamTeam Mobile perform from a project management standpoint?

DreamTeam Mobile is good at meeting deadlines. We had some small delays on the first project, but nothing important. Overall, they delivered the project on time and within budget.

DreamTeam Mobile’s communication is great. We use Trello to manage our collaboration, and we communicate regularly on Slack. Additionally, we have weekly meetings.

What did you find most impressive about them?

It was great to discover that DreamTeam Mobile met our first project’s budget. Whenever we made change requests, they were very flexible, and they didn’t charge extra.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, we’re very happy with their services; that is why we continue working with them.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Have a very defined scope and be very communicative. That way, DreamTeam Mobile can give you a proper estimation and stick to it. It might take some time to engage with them and make them available, so be aware of that.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Director of Technology for a software company that provides product solutions for the desk less workforce. On top of providing solutions through our products, we engage with our product clients to build custom software solutions that meet their needs and enhance our solutions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We had several client projects that had to get done in a short timeframe. This included new releases of our core products. One of our valued customers needed a solution to train their network. They had already started the effort to revamp and redevelop all their training content. There had to be a new online platform that this content could be delivered through. Due to various business reasons, this had to be done in 2021. With our resource constraints due to existing workloads, we needed to partner with a team to make this project happen.

SOLUTION

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

A year earlier, we partnered with the DreamTeam Mobile to build a video group call solution. We had already chosen the video streaming service for this application. That company recommended the DreamTeam. This project with the DreamTeam's invaluable help was a success. So when it came time to needing someone to help with the training platform and with it being a similar technology platform, we didn't hesitate to turn to them again.

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

Our team did the requirements and scoping phase along with enlisting our designer to generate the application designs. We took these project deliverables and collaborated with the DreamTeam to flesh out the rest of the site. We needed the web application to be built in the VueJs framework.

The DreamTeam did all the construction of the client application calling our API's. There was an excellent working relationship where our two development teams worked together to refine and enhance all the API's and logic to match what was best for the client. They took their time analyzing the project upfront and established a budget and timeline that they committed too. They met both objectives.

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

There was a project manager and 3 to 4 developers. In addition, the two owners were actively involved in keeping track of the progress and making sure the milestones were reached.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The DreamTeam completed the project for the cost and for the timeline that was committed too. In addition, there were a few items that needed to be adjusted during the project. They were gracious in making these adjustments without needing to extend the timelines.

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

We had a typical kick off meeting with the project team. Then there were weekly updates from the project manager keeping us informed as to the progress. We had access to the repository which gave us visibility to the work. The majority of the communication occurred through a few key Google Docs that the teams could insert comments and replies to solve questions or identify issues. These was very efficient versus having to handle via meetings.

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

They were equally competent and easy to work with. Several weeks after the project was completed we experienced a problem that we couldn't solve. We reached out to them for help. They immediately responded and within a short period of time solved the problem. This was "above and beyond" service.

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

Nothing comes to mind.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of Cybermed Health Inc. We are developing the IT solution for telemedicine

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Our existing Telemedicine platform has been running for 2 years. With COVID19 spreading in 2020, we received significant demand from doctors to use telemedicine for their patients. We start to experience the video call bottle neck problem and intermit video connection issue.

I reached out to DreamTeam for help to resolve the bottle neck and intermit video connection issue with a very limit time.

SOLUTION

How did you select DreamTeam Mobile and what were the deciding factors?

DreamTeam coming to my view by their capability and knowledge on the video/audio platform we are using. By interviewing Alex who is main contact in the team, he certainly convinced me that this is team will be able to resolve the problem in such short time.

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

The goal is to debug the existing code and find out what is the reason causing the video/audio connection issue. When the doctor is connected to the patient, doctor cannot hear sometime from the patient.

The steps we are taking is

1. to debug and find the reason,
2. verify the fix in audio connection issue.
3. overall QA to confirm the solution.
4. Release to production to see the clients response.

The technology platform the team is working on is IOS, ANDROID and WEB.

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

DreamTeam has 1 software Engineer working with us. He covers WEB/IOS/ANDROID.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The Audio/Video intermit connection is resolved. Additional security enhancement is also done at the same time by DreamTeam

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

The leader in the team stay in touch. the software engineer is very professional and efficient. Appreciate very much that the software engineer responded to our call in the middle night of New Year Eve.

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

They are knowledgeable, professional, and quick to respond.

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

no. I am happy with the result

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder and CEO of Yak Network. We’re a video chat meets gamification platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with DreamTeam Mobile?

We needed to build a mobile version of our web app. We thought that we could build the product as a webRTC but couldn’t.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

DreamTeam built our mobile app for Android and iOS. The project was difficult, so we closely worked with them. They reproduced our game platform on the web in a mobile form.

What is the team composition?

We worked with a project manager, one of their principals, and two developers.

How did you come to work with DreamTeam Mobile?

My CTO and I researched companies. I called the company that supports the video chat portion of our services, and they recommended DreamTeam. We interviewed 2–3 other companies and had them play with our program to understand it. DreamTeam stood out amongst the others.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent between $35,000–$40,000 on their services.

What is the status of this engagement?

We found DreamTeam around July 2020 and recently launched the apps in stores. We only need to clean them up a bit.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

DreamTeam has fine technical resources. Although they’re a small company, they’re excellent and helpful. I trusted them to do the job, which they did phenomenally well. Many people interacted with the mobile apps and so far, we’ve had rave reviews. The project turned out well.

How did DreamTeam Mobile perform from a project management standpoint?

Their project management was excellent. We communicated via Slack, email, and calls. We also demo-ed the games together. They were professional, responsive, and accommodating.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I work with a few development partners, so I have a sense of them. DreamTeam was honorable, capable, and nice. The principals live in the US, which I found helpful from a communication standpoint.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, they were excellent.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Tell them exactly what you want because they’re responsive. I previously worked with difficult companies, so I was pleased by how accommodating DreamTeam was.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a senior software engineer and architect at EastBanc Technologies. For this project, I was the architect and team leader.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with DreamTeam Mobile?

They helped us develop a booking system for sports clubs.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

DreamTeam Mobile helped us mainly with frontend development and testing. Most backend tasks were done on our side. It’s a responsive web application developed in Typescript and React.

What is the team composition?

I worked with one developer and one QA engineer.

How did you come to work with DreamTeam Mobile?

The project had been in development for a year and a half when I joined. I believe our company has had a longstanding relationship with them.

How much have you invested with them?

The cost of their contribution to the project was roughly $200,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

I started working with them in November 2018, but the beta launch for the first iteration occurred from January–April 2017. Two weeks ago, the final version was delivered to the production.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The collaboration was very successful. The contribution of DreamTeam Mobile was great. There are no critical issues.

The website was launched three years ago, then we used a continuous delivery approach, and we kept developing the project by adding new features.

How did DreamTeam Mobile perform from a project management standpoint?

There were no issues with meeting deadlines, and the communication was perfect. We used Jira as an issue tracker, and we communicated mostly through Skype calls and chats.

I also created tasks through Jira and communicate with their team to explain the details. They would make pull requests, and everything was committed to the git repository through my approval.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their professional team is knowledgeable in the areas they’re responsible for. The UI developer has good knowledge of Typescript and React. The QA engineer has a lot of experience in testing. He sometimes found very strange issues that nobody thought about when we were in development.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I cannot indicate any such areas. Everything was perfect.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

My advice is to believe in them and let them do their work.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

As Product Owner working for a digital company marketing oriented

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire DreamTeam Mobile?

Apps development

What were your goals for this project?

Add new sevices to our catalogue

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

A Google account suggested us DreamTeam

Describe the project in detail.

2 Apps with iOS and Android versión supporting people tracking and gamification

What was the team composition?

PM, UI/UX Design; Developers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The Project has been defined in a clear and efficent way directly with the CTO and the Mobile Team Lead & Co‑Founder. The were really profesional and available, highlighting issuses and finding solution to fit the budget.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We initially had some misunderstanding in terms of Schedule and deadline, that has been succefully fixed just improving the communication :)

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The availability. Their team members are very solution-oriented.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We are a European publisher of mobile applications. I manage the B2B side of our relationships.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with DreamTeam Mobile?

We have several applications online. While we do have two team members who oversee our release cycle, we don't have any engineers on staff. Our model is to hire a service provider each time we develop an app. We initially hired them as a full-service provider who offered all the capabilities we needed.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We're working on a mobile application for several platforms, including iOS and Android. They have a dedicated team that works on our projects, and their project manager oversees the code base and testing activities. We share a high-level concept with them for the project we hope to release. They ask a lot of questions and provide suggestions for technologies, frameworks, and platforms. We take their comments into consideration, then approve a statement of work for the project. Then, their production team does design work, frontend design, graphic interfaces, and system architecture on the backend. Our project manager talks with their project manager on a regular basis, and they deliver status reports with deliverables and demos.

The first project we worked on was a native app for iOS and Android. It provides anonymous cell phone numbers for surveys and corporate environments. It's like having a seamless second phone. They were responsible for design creation for this project, but we provided initial wireframes for them to review and comment upon. They will oversee wireframing for the second project we’re working on.

What is the team composition?

We have a dedicated team of three. One member is responsible for frontend design, the second is responsible for backend programming, and the third manages the projects.

How did you come to work with DreamTeam Mobile?

We wanted a company who could provide system architecture, design, and quality assurance. They were able to provide everything we needed. We had experience with freelancers and smaller providers, but no one we've worked with previously offered turnkey solutions. We've been through one application release with them already, and we plan to order another application with them this summer.

None of the vendors we worked with previously met our standards. I asked some colleagues for recommendations, and one of my friends recommended one of their owners. We had a phone conversation, then we met in person to discuss our needs. They outlined their service proposition and had good communication channels, so we were happy to start working with them.

How much have you invested with them?

We spend about $10,000 a month, so our total expenditure is about $50,000-$60,000 so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in October or November 2018, and the collaboration is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The mobile publishing world is pretty straightforward. Applications are ranked clearly on the App Store, and our ranking is currently around 4.3 stars for up to 100 reviews. Since we released the application, our rankings have improved. They fixed all our initial bugs within a matter of hours.

How did DreamTeam Mobile perform from a project management standpoint?

They're fantastic project managers, and are certainly the best we've ever worked with. We use Slack and Google Hangouts to communicate. They also send weekly status reports as PDFs.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The quality of their team is great. They are a relatively small company, and everyone I interact with is top-notch. Their expertise and communication are good, and they have well-established methods for all their channels. They have good templates, release schedules, and scrum processes.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don't have anything to recommend, and I'm looking forward to my next project with them. They are an excellent one-stop shop. They have it all, and they know our business well.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Have your wireframes, documents, and answers available at the beginning. Your initial prep cycle is important to their starting speed. Once they understand the project, they will exceed your expectations, but that early clarity is crucial.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm a project manager at a tech agency that specializes in building customer apps, games, virtual reality, and interactive screens for clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with DreamTeam Mobile?

We were working with a client and needed help with analytics for their mobile tour. Later, we hired DreamTeam again to help with analytics for a client's virtual reality project.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They built a microsite and used Google Analytics to identify with us what analytics our client wanted to pull. DreamTeam extracted the number of users and downloads, shares to facebook and twitter, exportable data (including name, email, zip code, etc.), and the number of email clickthrough rates, which was an add-on feature that we are usually unable to offer to our clients. They also added artwork and logos to make the microsite match the analytics site, which was visually pleasing. For one client project, in particular, they created an interactive kiosk application.

What is the team dynamic?

We usually worked with 2–3 people at a time. Alex [Founder, DreamTeam Mobile] was our main point of contact.

How did you come to work with them?

We're always looking for new reliable vendors and partners to work with long-term. One of our head developers had heard of DreamTeam, so we tried them out, and it worked well. They have worked on several projects with us since the beginning. 

How much have you invested with them?

We spent $15,000–$20,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in November 2016 and the collaboration is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The clients are very satisfied with the analytics tools. I don't think the clients use every tool that they have available, they still ask us for guidance, but they have been over-the-moon happy with the analytics. 

How did they perform from a project management standpoint?

They were very responsive. We communicated almost on a day-to-day basis, most of the time via email. In their emails, they were thorough and outlined all the details for us. They were always available for phone calls and gave us immediate answers to our questions.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We were working on a tight deadline, but they were able to deliver a great product with a quick turnaround time. They were very adaptable and optimistic, always willing to accommodate the changes and find a way to make it work.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

It helps when both sides are timely in their responses. If you express your needs clearly, DreamTeam is definitely able to accommodate them.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of Rage Digital.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with DreamTeam Mobile?

We had already developed an iOS version of the app for our client. They requested that we build a replica or import the application from iOS to Windows UI. I didn’t have any Windows developers or Xamarin developers on staff or in my freelance chain.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The application has a web-based version and we developed the iOS version of it. As with Android apps that we do from time to time, typically if you have an iOS version completed, you can hand over the code and some reasonable sense of direction on what the app needs to do. They can then replicate the functionality within their own framework.

In this case, it was Windows. I provided DreamTeam Mobile access to the iOS source code and gave them directions from my iOS developer to answer any questions regarding the API or the server connectivity and functionality. I handed it to them to figure out, which they did.

What is the team dynamic?

There were probably four parties involved from business development through customer, to QA to development.

How did you come to work with DreamTeam Mobile?

I found them on Upwork. They had good response times. We had a conversation to articulate what the project scope was. Once we established their legitimacy, coming through the Upwork environment, they were very professional. They were very responsive in terms of my questions and getting the quote together, the contact and so forth.

How much have you invested with them?

$7,500.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in August 2017 until September 2017.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The client seems happy in some of the correspondence back and forth through Basecamp.

How did DreamTeam Mobile perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re excellent. We communicated via phone, email, and Basecamp.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re very cost effective. They’re professional, responsive, and the quality appears excellent.