iSKY.SOLUTIONS

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the owner and director of the leading educational website in Ukraine - Learning.ua

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire iSKY.SOLUTIONS, and what were your goals?

The goal was to create from scratch educational subscription-based learning site for K–12 that provides personalized learning in math and language arts to kids in Ukraine

SOLUTION

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

We found developers based on feedback from other players. Interviewed them and made our decision in their favor based on their experience and portfolio.

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

We a had weekly calls and if necessary on a daily basis discussions, where we directed the team in the direction that we need.

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

A single project manager was our key contact throught the project. Altogether the were IOS, android and web developers from the vedor, but our key contact was our manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We started the project in 2016 and the project is growing on a day by day basis. We are happy with Learning.ua and continue development of our educational solution in Ukraine

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

We had weekly calls, daily calls if necassary, stage reports. I would say that the team was very dedicated to the task that they took.

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

Their team can do whatever you need. I would call them a solution shop.

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

There were bugs, but all of them were resolved. I am not sure that this could have been done differently. in order to do it differently there should have been significant budget for testers, which could eliminate potential bugs, but in our case - it was elimination as we were developing.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of a company providing custom systems for service providers, hosting providers and Telco

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire iSKY.SOLUTIONS, and what were your goals?

We were missing ressources for custom developments on various areas like Frontend, Web UI, Backend and data analytics.

SOLUTION

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

I found iSKY via Linkedin contact. I started working on small developments in order to evaluate the quality of the production and their ability to work according to our development rules and methodology. We are now moving to larger developments.

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

• knowledge sharing on existing system and development,
• specification of features to be added : user stories, epics, ...
• Development using : python Django, VueJS,
• QA : unitary testing.

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

5 people :

• Founder of iSky,
• development Lead,
• 2 UI and Frontend developers,
• backend Developper,

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We delivered a new release of the system to the end customer. It is now in production. We are working on the next coming release.

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

Agile project management, tools like github, Jira, confluence.

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

They are globally skilled people — nice and easy to work with. Even if langage could be problematic sometime, the willingness of make things progressing has always solve any issues.

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

Code quality can always be improved, more comments on complex piece of code would be a plus.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I'm an executive at CareRide Technologies

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

A platform that connects certified medical transportation companies with people who have mobility challenges, empowering the latter with freedom and independence in their daily lives.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire iSKY.SOLUTIONS to accomplish?

• Create MVP

SOLUTION

How did you find iSKY.SOLUTIONS?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select iSKY.SOLUTIONS over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned
• experience in similar projects prior

What was the size of iSKY.SOLUTIONS’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Planning designing concept and build out of MVP while solving specific logistically problems along the way.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Functional logistics and data capturing with customizable payment system

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

Yes the project manager, Nikita, was extremely timely and responsive. Project finished faster than expected. Nikita was able to troubleshoot and come up with solutions along the way.

What was your primary form of communication with iSKY.SOLUTIONS?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

I was impressed with their speed of work and problem-solving versatility.

Are there any areas for improvement or something iSKY.SOLUTIONS could have done differently?

More specific on pricing for each feature ahead of time, however this may be mitigated if founders can be as detailed as possible with features in the beginning prior to MVP production

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Daniliants Ventures

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Growth Marketing Agency with focus on startups and ecommerce companies

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire iSKY.SOLUTIONS to accomplish?

• Launch MVP quickly
• Provide cost effective software development solution

SOLUTION

How did you find iSKY.SOLUTIONS?

Referral

Why did you select iSKY.SOLUTIONS over others?

Good value for cost, Referred to me, Company values aligned

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

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for a big data project targeting the Nordic market. From the very beginning, our primary objectives were to develop the MVP as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. Work included a front-end portal and a backend system (data collection and aggregation).

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• MVP was released on time
• We didn't go over budget

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

Working with the project lead, Eugene, was a particular highlight. He was actively involved in the project and consistently offered valuable suggestions to improve our MVP. His leadership and dedication to the project played a pivotal role in its success.

What was your primary form of communication with iSKY.SOLUTIONS?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their expertise, adaptability, and commitment to excellence, coupled with their ability to honor their promises on budget and deadlines, make them an exceptional software development partner.

Are there any areas for improvement or something iSKY.SOLUTIONS could have done differently?

I don't think so. Honestly, I can't come up with anything they could do better.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company provides assistance to participants of tenders in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Isky/Solutions team has developed a platform that allows our clients to track current tenders throughout Kazakhstan

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire iSKY.SOLUTIONS, and what were your goals?

tenderbot.kz project Throughout the project, the team had different goals. All goals were achieved by the Isky/Solutions team

SOLUTION

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

Decisive factors: Experienced team, stability of the company.

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

The portal was developed from scratch. technologies used: PHP Laravel, Node.js, Vue.js

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

At different times there was a different number of employees from 4 to 10.

• Timlid frontend
• Back-end developer
• Embedded programmer
• QA engineer Tester
• Database Developer
• Systems Analyst

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We are definitely satisfied with the result of the work, we continue to work with this team on other projects.

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

It was a pleasure to work with this team, the guys reacted instantly to my desires, requests, comments, gave me their professional advice.

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

I was impressed by their attitude towards the client. The team behaves tactfully, and professionally. They give the notion that they are on my side.

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

I think no. But we are in different countries - I would like to sit next to each other in the same office.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I own a general trading company based in Tokyo.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire iSKY.SOLUTIONS, and what were your goals?

To create a mobile application and new crypto currency.

SOLUTION

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

Via online research.

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

From start to finish.

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

About 10 people.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They created an excellent product and walked me through it step by step.

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

Absolutely excellent, lots of multi channel communication.

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

Their speed, the quality results provided, and their professionalism were all amazing!

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

No, total fantastic attitude and service.