Iron Forge Development

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder & President of DocLocker

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Online Personal Family Document Storage

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Iron Forge Development to accomplish?

• Designed the App
• Made it user friendly
• Implemented Top Notch Security

SOLUTION

How did you find Iron Forge Development?

Referral

Why did you select Iron Forge Development over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Iron Forge Development were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Developed a User Friendly mobile App for Apple and Android so that families can store legacy family documents and records for generations to come, and for everyday life use.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The App is ready for launch so we don't know just yet but we expect big things and excellent response. 

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

Yes they responded well, and were always very accessible.

What was your primary form of communication with Iron Forge Development?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The depth of their involvement was most impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Iron Forge Development could have done differently?

Can't really think of any.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CTO of meMR Health.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Iron Forge Development, and what were your goals?

We hired Iron Forge for full mobile & web app development as well as machine learning/OCR.

SOLUTION

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

Very reasonably priced as well as a highly impressive portfolio.

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

They designed and developed a Flutter iOS, Android, and web app with the backend in Node, all hosted on AWS. API built with GraphQL and Database used Postgres.

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

We worked with Iron Forge's VP of engineering as well as a Sr. Data Scientist, along with a few Flutter/Node/AWS/Python devs.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was successfully delivered along with our additional scope creep.

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

Project management started a little shaky, but was much better towards the middle to end of the project.

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

The ability to get the vast variety of tech done under one roof!

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

Tighter scoping and Project management. But they're a very solid team to work with overall.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Founder

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Iron Forge Development, and what were your goals?

Build a WealthTech web app to help users manage their wealth.

SOLUTION

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

We relied heavily on their up front discovery process and the fixed priced development agreement.

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

As of 4/7/22 Iron Forge has not been able help us get past the design phase.

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

6 (CEO, CRO, COO, Project Manager, Designer)

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We were pleased with the quality of work of the designer, unfortunately we have received no finished deliverables to date over 12 months after entering into an agreement with Iron Forge.

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

Waterfall. Rigid structured weekly meetings rather than a more agile approach made it difficult for the project to make progress in a timely way.

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

Their designer is really talented.

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

Many. Bringing in a technical expert earlier in the process could have saved multiple months of design that was wasted.