Epicmax

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Supply Chain Solutions of an it services company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Enabling customer to comply with current and future regulation regarding sustainable supply chains.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Support our frontend development team

SOLUTION

How did you find Epicmax?

Referral

Why did you select Epicmax over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Epicmax were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Design of frontend components with Figma, implementation with Vue
• Upgrade from Vue2 to Vue3

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

High number of user stories implemented really fast and in impressively high quality

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

Communication worked great at all times. Smooth integration into the team and our daily routines.

What was your primary form of communication with Epicmax?

Virtual Meeting

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

We were impressed by their high-quality work and results

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

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company provides supply chain software for energy companies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax?

We hired Epicmax to covert a Flash user interface to Vuejs.

What were your goals for this project?

Convert existing UI to Vuejs.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We had collaborated with one of their developers on an open source Vuejs project.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Their team had to understand our real-time architecture, understand our backend message-based api, and then covert an existing Flash UI to Vuejs.

What was the team composition?

Team was two people, our CTO, and their most senior developer/architect.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Previous Flash-based UI was not working in newer browsers, due to security restrictions, which, if not solved, would have resulted in loss of customers.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management was managed using YouTrack for issues, Github for version control, and CircleCI for continuous integration and delivery. It was very effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their senior developer / architect is a genius, very strong software abstraction skills, and very strong command of the Vuejs ecosystem. They were not afraid to push back on some of our suggestions when they had better ideas.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Honestly, none that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the founder of a healthcare data exchange.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax?

We wanted to build a custom platform that incorporated an analytics dashboard and workflow automation.

What were your goals for this project?

We needed to keep costs low by relying on good tools. We basically forked the Epicmax dashboard project and adjusted it to meet our needs.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We found them on Github.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We gave Epicmax a visual, interactive prototype of how we wanted our platform to look and function. We also supplied Postman mock-ups for the REST backend. We based the design around their own open source dashboard. Epicmax ported code from Vue.js to React.js and implemented the platform.

What was the team composition?

I worked with two members of the team, an account manager and a developer. One of our own developers worked alongside them.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This project automated several processes for our organization.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Their project management was great. They were quick and punctual.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They were high performers, but also easygoing.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, they gave us great service.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the director of a three-person venture that provides infrastructure operation services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax?

We needed to develop a web application for a client. The UI needed to meet complex specifications.

What were your goals for this project?

Epicmax needed to comply with the UI specifications and develop a perfectly-designed UX.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We hired Epicmax based on their past work.

Describe the project in detail.

The application was a vulnerability management system. They developed the UI for the solution’s Vuestic administrative dashboard with Vue.js, an open-source technology.

What was the team composition?

We worked with UI developers and a UI/UX designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All of the outcomes were positive.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Epicmax had strong engineering skills. The team was agile and detail oriented. These qualities ensured the client was satisfied.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They have a high degree of business acumen.

Are there any areas for improvement?

They could provide services for server-side rendering (SSR) and Firebase cloud support.