Front&Back

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm head of the national non-governmental (non-profit) organization Ukrainian Deminers Association (UDA). The main purpose of this organization is to solve state problems in the field of mine action.

Currently the members of the UDA are 141 people from all regions of Ukraine. Potential of the UDA is more than 1000 people (the capability statement of the UDA is attached).

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Front&Back, and what were your goals?

Since COVID-19 disable opportunities to provide offline training we hire Front&Back to develop the online platform that helps us to continue the education program.

SOLUTION

How did you select Front&Back and what were the deciding factors?

We had a choice between 3 companies. Front & Back offered the best technical solution and it was within our budget. The important point was also joining Front&Back manager to our processes after the first contact.

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

The scope of works included:

• Create a platform that can use 100 people at the same time and easy to extend.
• Develop a custom registration process.
• Develop a course management system from scratch and implement a lesson system with testing.
• Develop a system analysts.
• Design a locking system

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

We communicated with 3 people. 2 developers, and project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We make our goal. For the 1 month, 200 teachers used our platform. We have got 60 certificates and that was our goal for this pilot project.

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

I was satisfied with the quick reaction and availability during the day. Most of the problems we had after the start were resolved in 1 day. We had ongoing communication that helped us to do the job on time.

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

We didn't have a full understanding of the final product, but people in this company had it. They resolved 90% of technical questions and offered us the best ways. In my opinion, we got more than we paid.

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

We are satisfied with the result. For now, we have a list of tasks that we provide in the next iteration.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a senior marketing manager in an IT Outsourcing company that works with clients all over the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Front&Back, and what were your goals?

We required the creation and support of a few websites and landing pages.

SOLUTION

How did you select Front&Back and what were the deciding factors?

I worked with Ivan, their founder, before and his work was brilliant, so there was no doubt about which contractor to collaborate with.

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

We should create two websites (for clients and for employees), several landing pages, and a few closed pages for internal use. All these resources are quite complex, contain much information, and require many backend features. Moreover, we needed fast and quality support for these products. When we were at the first step of negotiation and planning, from Front&Back proposed us to create websites using new technologies for us - frontity and react. And now I'm extremely glad that we followed their recommendations - websites are fast, easy and modern.

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

There were 3 people who worked on these projects - 2 frontend developers and 1 backend developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Their involvement was perfect - when we worked on websites' development there was feeling that I was working with an in-house team, not with the contractors. It started with their great and argument proposals for new technologies and finished with the prompt reaction for any changes we've made (of for support requests) - it always was within 2-16 hours.

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

We used slack, skype, and Jira during the development process (and support) and they always showed the lightning reaction for any changes and requests.

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

I was extremely impressed with their expertise and their knowledge of new technologies! And of course, flexibility, easy and fast communication

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

They are perfect. We highly recommend them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

HIRE is an ecosystem that helps employers hire employees with proven recruiters on a new level.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Front&Back?

For front-end development and design a little (initiative guys and proposed modifications to the project, which we accepted and implemented by them).

What were your goals for this project?

It was important for us to work quickly. And this team not only works quickly but also did more tasks during this period than we expected.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Our friends recommended them (used to work with them too).

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

• Have created a pages layouts based on customer's design (nearly 30 layouts)
• Have regrouped a CSS layout build for creating a custom component library
• The layout has been partially integrated to Laravel platform
• Have created the chatroom based on vue.js
• Have realized testing and bugfix of the oldest and newest versions of layouts (nearly 40 layouts).
• Have provided the architecture for development mode that helps to develop faster and without big bugs.
• Have provided design solutions for banners, platform components (menus, page design - add colleague).
• Will ask them to test our platform.

What was the team composition?

We work with 3 people: Ivan, developer, and designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our solution moves our business (HR agency) forward by creating a new platform to make easier searching candidates by working with experienced recruiters safely, efficiently, decreasing costs.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management is very professional, especially compared to other vendors, the team is great, with a sense of ownership.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They always offered the best solutions for the implementation of our tasks. Definitely, it is very valuable to us. The initiative is always appreciated by us.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I have no comments, I'm totally happy we found them.