Inventorsoft

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder and CEO of Daly Energy, a solar software company. We build software models used for solar power plants.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

I needed someone to build a web application for me.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

InventorSoft helped us develop our web application. I provided them with very little to start with, but they’ve been very good at coaching us and setting up an ecosystem appropriate for software development. There has been a little bit of training and guidance from their side as well. For example, they’ve taught me how to use Figma and other tools.

The application that they created is a very graphical collaborative workspace. It has a lot of figures, charts, and graphs, and its purpose is to serve as a very sophisticated calculator. The technology stack includes React, Java for the backend, and PostgreSQL for the database.

What is the team composition?

I’ve worked with InventorSoft’s CEO, the head of delivery, a designer, a QA person, one frontend engineer, and one backend engineer.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

I posted a request on a job board, and their CEO got in touch with me.

How much have you invested with them?

I’ve spent around $40,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in the middle of April 2021. We had a month of pause around June 2021, but we’ve been working together on an ongoing basis since. They’ve been so good that I intend to keep working with them for the next few years.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

InventorSoft made my application look very professional, and they did a really good job. The users have received our application very well, too.

InventorSoft has worked with a wide range of customers, and they’re experienced enough to prevent a lot of the downfalls that commonly happen in software development. When starting in software development, inexperienced people can make a lot of decisions that result in significant delays, so it’s important for us to have someone with experience on board.

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

InventorSoft’s project management is excellent. Our communication frequency varies depending on what we’re doing. Sometimes, we communicate daily, but for example, I haven’t talked to them in about a week because they’re busy doing other things. That’s one of the aspects that I like about them; they know what to do, and we don’t have to guide them constantly.

What did you find most impressive about them?

InventorSoft’s strong suit is the experience that they bring to the table. From their CEO to their developers, they know how to work in this space and get things done. They’re also very nimble, proactive, and responsive, and they offer their help when we’re slow about something.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a Co-Founder of an online education platform called MedischeScholing. MedischeScholing is focused on training and courses for medical workers. We are positioning ourselves as Netflix for medical workers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Inventorsoft to help with frontend development. Our platform is written on vue.js and Inventorsoft is specializing in this technology.

SOLUTION

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

I found Inventorsoft on Upwork. I was selecting between several companies and freelancers, but only the developer from Inventorsoft was able to complete the test task that I provided.

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

Inventorsoft helped to develop a broadcasting page, which is pretty complex and had the next features: group chat function, dynamic forms, and functionality related to video live broadcasting. Regarding the technology stack, we use HTML, javascript, css, vue, vuex, nuxtjs and lodash and on the backend, we use php and laravel.

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

We started with one frontend developer and then hired one more. At some point one of the developers was not performing as we wanted, so Inventorsoft replaced him with another top-performing guy.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

In our company we focused on development speed and quality, we are keeping only top performers in our team. Developers should be focused, self-organized, and show results every day. Inventorsoft has good developers who are matching those criteria. From the MedischeScholing platform point of view, they were working under the broadcasting page which is the core of our platform

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

We use Scrum methodology, so we have daily, planning, demo, and other standard Scrum meetings. We use Jira as a task management tool, and we use Slack for team communication.

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

The commitment of their developers is commendable.

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

no

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the head of operations for a healthcare recruitment platform. We connect both large and small healthcare organizations to doctors, dentists, nurses looking for new positions. At the same time, organizations can post permanent and temporary vacancies for professionals from across the globe.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

One of my frontend developers left, and I had to find an experienced replacement quickly. I decided not to hire someone internally and, instead, needed to find a provider with the right experience.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We’re working on a hybrid app that’s available on iOS and Android. InventorSoft’s developers have provided frontend web and app development, along with backend support. Eventually, we brought in another backend developer as well.

They’re using Angular 8 and Ionic 5 on the frontend, and Laravel PHP and Firebase on the backend to build additional functionalities and fix bugs.

What is the team composition?

Maksym (CTO) was my first contact. He put me in touch with the programmers. I’ve had one senior Angular programmer, one mid-level Angular developer for support and maintenance, and one senior Laravel PHP programmer.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

I interviewed 6–7 companies from Ukraine because I heard that the programmers eastern European programmers are very good. I searched all over Upwork, but I found InventorSoft on Clutch.

I gave InventorSoft a trial activity and asked them to build a screen using existing APIs. They finished it quickly and professionally and delivered a responsive design. I had my in-house programmer review the code, and I got a positive response.

They seemed to be a reliable partner, so I went ahead with them. I insisted on working with the same person that did the trial job.

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve spent $35,000–$40,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

The frontend part was done between November 2020–April 2021. Now they’re assisting me on a case-by-case basis.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

In order to maintain standards when multiple programmers are working on the app, my in-house programmer maintains the code and reviews everything that InventorSoft produces. We’ve been happy with their work so far and plan to continue our partnership.  

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

I work with the programmers on a daily basis and manage the project. We use Slack for communication and Trello for issue management.

What did you find most impressive about them?

InventorSoft is reliable; they’ve delivered what I’ve requested.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Nothing comes to mind immediately.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

You can always start with a trial job, but make sure to work with the same person once the vendor is selected.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Cloud Defense was founded by the desire to solve the problem of simplifying the process of securing applications. Right now you need to use several tools to check your application for SCA, SAST, DAST, API, Licenses, and Secrets Scanning. Cloud Defense Platform allows doing all kinds of security checks in one platform including API and docker container scans. Regarding my role, I am the CEO of the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire InventorSoft?

We hired Inventorsoft to help with Clouddefenese platform development. We were not very satisfied with the current vendor in terms of delivery and quality, that’s why we hired Inventorsoft, as they are specializing in development using technologies that we needed.

SOLUTION

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

Their portfolio and reputation were pretty good. Also, I contacted one of their current clients, who is located in the same region as me. And that person provided very good feedback and explained best practices for cooperation with Inventorsoft.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We started our cooperation by hiring one frontend developer, and he started showing very good performance and quality of the delivery immediately. We extended the team step by step on 2 java developers and one QA person. After that, we found that we get fewer bugs and our releases became more stable. Our technology stack is very wide, our main technologies are Java, Angular, GraphQL, Kubernetes.

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

As for now, we have a team of 4 engineers from Inventorsoft:

• 2 java developers
• 1 frontend developer
• 1 manual QA engineer

We have plans to extend the team up to 10 developers this year.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Inventorsoft is working together with our internal development team, and we see that the quality of the product becomes much better than previously.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We use Slack for daily communication. Also, we have regular calls on Zoom where we share plans, discuss issues and priorities of the tasks. In terms of methodology, we use Kanban. As a project management tool, we use Jira.

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

Inventorsoft is not a company that just provides developers, but they also consult in terms of processes and issues that they see in the project. Also, we like that they are self-organized and you don’t need much time to manage their resources, they know what the goals are and what they have to do.

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

Not, at the moment.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder of 2 tech companies. One is a travel platform that allows you to buy bus tickets, hotels, activities, and tours in one click. The second one is a group text messaging platform that allows sales and customer service teams to keep everyone in the loop with group messaging.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Inventorsoft to help with the frontend part of our applications. We have a strong internal backend team, but we needed help in terms of front-end development.

SOLUTION

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

We found Inventorsoft on one of the freelance portals, their profile and portfolio were so impressive that we decided to work with them. I researched roughly 15 companies. I tested their existing client's apps, and only Inventorsoft had flawless apps. It's the reason I chose them.

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

We started from the implementing frontend part for one of my startups. Inventorsoft helped with web and mobile apps for one of the apps. We still are adding more and more features to the projects and Inventorsoft is helping us with frontend and mobile development.

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

We are a new startup, and for the time being, 1 frontend developer is all we need. Roman is excellent and very easy to work with.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Inventorsoft successfully implemented the frontend for the platforms.

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

We were using Kanban methodology. For communication with used Slack.

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

They are experts in frontend and mobile development. We were impressed by their performance and development speed. They were able to deliver the frontend part of the whole application in 2 months.

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

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of an online real estate marketplace facilitating bids and offers between buyers and sellers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired the services of InventorSoft to help us with the development and implementation of our subscription service, the custom development of all our premium features and front-end development to revamp our v2 in the market.

SOLUTION

How did you select InventorSoft and what were the deciding factors?

We shortlisted a few candidates and we have given them a sample test to assess the quality of their work. High quality of coding work, flexibility with a flair of creativity to design the features with little guidance.

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

They helped us develop a bidding process for properties and all the premium features that are included in our premium offering.

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

We needed a senior full stack developer expert in both back-end and front-end using node.js and vue.js

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They helped us accelerate our go to market with a v2 by at least 2 months!

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

They met our preset deadlines, fully communicative using all sorts of new ways from direct messages to email and web calls.

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

The degree of flexibility in their work is impressive.

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

We could have asked for a minor design upgrade

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company is a spin-out from the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at the National University of Ireland, Galway in 2008. Our core product - Observe is a web-application that allows Schools of Medicine and Healthcare Sciences to plan and perform OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations) and MMIs (Multiple Mini Interviews), as well as conduct detailed instant analysis on student scores while the OSCE is ongoing. I am a co-founder/co-director and COO/CTO of the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Due to COVID-19 pandemic many of our clients had to cancel their traditional physical OSCE or face-to-face MMIs and University facilities were closed for the foreseeable future. We had to deviate from our product development roadmap and move quickly to start developments on a video integration and remote assessment solution to meet the demand of our current and prospective clients.

At the time we were also in transition from in-house development to outsourcing all our development work. We posted this project on a popular freelancing platform to get a feel for the talent pool it provides and we came across Maksym at InventorSoft (outsourcing agency).

SOLUTION

How did you select InventorSoft and what were the deciding factors?

They were (still are) highly rated on the freelancing website in terms of project completion, reviews and have a large team with knowledge and skills that closely matched the web development technologies that we were familiar with. Maksym (InventorSoft CTO) guided us in the technical direction of these new features and gave some great advice.

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

• Upgrade and stabilisation of existing (legacy) system
• PHP
• Incorporate Video technology into the assessment component of the existing system
• Twilio (Programmable Video)
• Develop new app console for students and simulated patients to access
• Angular
• Extend existing API for remote assessment logistical management
• Node.js
• Integrate with AWS S3 Bucket for video media file storage
• Develop new control panel for exam admin
• Vue.js

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

3 Software Developers:

1. Frontend Developer (Angular, Bootstrap, jQuery, Vue.js)
2. Backend Developer (Node.js, MySql)
3. Backend Developer (PHP) 4) CTO

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We recently piloted these unique features with one of our clients successfully and we now have more interest from prospective clients due to publicity and impressive demos. We are due to role out the new features to all clients in the coming weeks

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

Daily stand-ups and agile software development (2 week sprints).

Communication: Google Meet and Slack - Task management: Jira

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

Proactiveness of the developers and their contribution to design thinking. Not waiting on my every command like we currently experience with other outsourcing agencies. Feels like they are part of the team and company culture even though they are in a different timezone. They also contributed to improving the coding standards and software development practices at our company bringing in that expertise from industry. Good attention to detail.

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

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of a software house skilled in custom project development, with a focus on leading/enabling technologies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

In the frame of a big workflow system development in the form of an extranet with thousands of users dedicated to phone contract activation, phone and accessories selling, for main telecom companies in Italy, we needed to startup and develop the first instance of a mobile WebApp/App frontend to the services of our customer.

SOLUTION

How did you select InventorSoft and what were the deciding factors?

We tested 4 different outsources on Angular frontend development on smaller projects, and finally shortened the list to InventorSoft. Main factor in our choice was: skill and speed in development besides propositive attitude.

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

Scope of the assigned module was the mobile Angular frontend of a big workflow system. The key deliverables was the different functions available in the module. Angular communicating using GraphQL was the key.

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

One Angular developer worked with us on the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We obtained a working frontend implementing all the needed functions, with appreciation of our customer.

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

We have a Technical PM speaking directly with the customer PM. Our Technical PM write and sort the different Trello cards on the team developers. We normally make frequent staging and production deployments merging the different branches committed by the different developers. We make a daily standup meeting and have other video-calls, and chat on request (google chat, google meet).

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

Their developer makes the work independently, with attention to details, and testing. Also has an attitude for proposals.

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

No

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the chief customer officer (CCO) for a data management platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

We were building a new module and needed some help with UI development.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We did high-fidelity mockups. InventorSoft was responsible for developing the UI of the platform. They used Next.js, a JavaScript framework. 

What is the team composition?

There were two or three people working with us.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

They were recommended by another UI company. We met to discuss the scope of the project and moved forward with them.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent about $30,000–$40,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

The project ran from December 2019 until April 2020. It just ended last week.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The success metric was delivering the project on time. InventorSoft did deliver within the timeline. They gave support, delivered some of the missing features, and fixed issues —there are always some in these types of projects. 

Their work was good, and the turnaround on small tasks was very fast. There was an initial phase and a run-off phase, and it all went very well. 

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

Our side handled project management. We gave them dedicated tasks which we then collaboratively worked on. For communication, we had daily stand-up calls and spoke primarily through Microsoft Teams with an occasional email. They were very available.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I was impressed by their dedication and willingness to go the extra mile. There were two deadlines that required working over the weekend. InventorSoft complied with no pushback. They met the expectations we set forth and came up with suggestions for the UX/UI. They asked questions to understand how it would all work together since they weren’t handling the backend development. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

No.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be clear with specifications. Once they understand the processes and what they need to deliver, it helps them do the best delivery of the product.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am one of the founders of a company that provides eGov solutions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire InventorSoft?

We hired InventorSoft for java backend development.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goals were to:

1. Add capacity to the backend team
2. Find a partner to evolve with our staffing needs

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We got in touch with InventorSoft through a job posting on Upwork. After talks with one of the company representatives and multiple interviews with their developers, we decided to collaborate with them.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The InventorSoft developers have helped to add new features to our platform, improve existing features and to raise the overall quality of the code (e.g. through focus on tests).

What was the team composition?

We started off with one developer from InventorSoft side. We grew to three developers as there was more work and as we were happy with the collaboration. Now that things are a bit calmer again, we are back to two developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Thanks to InventorSoft, we have managed to increase backend development capacity and have been able to meet client deadlines.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Collaboration is through slack and jira. The developers are very responsive and communicate well overall.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They seem to be able to attract really good developers.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not for the moment. We're very happy with the collaboration.