Futured

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the IT Project manager of Decathlon Czech Republic

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Retail with sport equipment.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• To develop a queue management system

SOLUTION

How did you find Futured?

Referral

Why did you select Futured over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Futured were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

1. requirements collection 
2. design the application 
3. development and process consultancy 
4. development (agile) 
5. testing 
6. deployment and bug fixing 
7. providing of the service based on SLA

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Saved man-hours thanks to efficient order handover Increased customer satisfaction

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

The whole cooperation was as smooth as possible.Problems were solved rather quickly and in time.

What was your primary form of communication with Futured?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They have an impressive company culture and are nice people to work with + great value provided.

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

We need to work on the clear project management and to be more proactive in the risk finding.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Senior Business analyst in a Telecommunications company in Europe

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The aim is to design, develop a Mobile App for customers to be able to handle their account.

SOLUTION

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

After several rounds of RFI, RFP, Futured was selected as their proposed design for the app, the methodology in Mobile App development and their knowledge and expertise about Mobile apps were very deep and gave us confidence.

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

The scope is to deliver a new Mobile App from scratch, including design, navigation, accessibility. Design with wireframes and UI delivered. Development with continuous automatic delivery of updated apps for testing.

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

We had: 1 project manager 2 developers 1 designer 1 QA engineer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

App is not launched yet.

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

We have weekly status points. We receive daily updates of the app. We have a board to follow issues and questions.

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

Their knowledge and expertise in developing apps is extended and they have experts to follow all the steps in app developments, from design to testing (including accessibility).

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

Not really

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the manager at FOTONAUT photobooth company (THE MOST ENTERTAINING PHOTOBOOTH IN OUTER SPACE)

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

new app development

SOLUTION

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

references and professionality

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

from a to z everything worked perfectly

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

Project managers, app developers and CEO of the company.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Everything met our expectations!

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

friendly and professional

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

whole team, communication and unique atmosphere

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

no

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Car maker - SKODA AUTO - Head of local SW development

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

AMS and further enhancement of VW Group project - PCI. Goal was to continue with service delivery to all cooperating brands with positive feedback

SOLUTION

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

Standard tender process - cheapest technically capqble compamy wins

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

Continue of product development and maintenamce for PCI. Delivery - stable app for all brands. Mobile FE + JAVA BE

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

Around five.

• devs
• analysts
• testers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Positive feedback from dealers network about stable and productive solution - PCI

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

Standard project run based on JIRA tickets

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

Their openness, attention to detail, and development skill-set were impeccable.

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

Nope

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Marketing Manager of publishing house and responsible - among other things - for content creation and apps

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We wanted to develop a mobile app to bring our content from the website to the app.

SOLUTION

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

It was a recommendation

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

We had a serious of meetings in Austria to discuss our goals and within a short time they delivered the first round of the app.

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

A project manager was assigned to be our main point of contact throughout the project. Additionally I mostly worked with 2-3 developers and marketers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Not now

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

With the project manager it was easy to communicate - in personal and online meetings and in phone calls. Most of the feedback was through emails.

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

Futured is very committed

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

Status reports on any stage of the project could have been helpful so that we could limit misunderstandings.