Pace Wisdom Solutions

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Product Manager at Pangaea X. Pangaea X aims to transform the way you search, find and connect with Data Analysts all over the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Pace Wisdom Solutions, and what were your goals?

Pangaea X was formed around a year back. We did not have an in-house development team, Pace Wisdom has been our development partner right from the beginning of our start. We hired this team to develop WordPress website for us and web portal in Angular and Java with springboot Our goal has been to build the website and portal from the scratch to make it easy for the clients to connect with the freelancers for any kind of data procurement needs.

SOLUTION

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

I was referred Pace Wisdom by a friend who knew the owner of the company. Despite the recommendation, we did look up on the internet for reviews and what clients say about them and the kind of projects they have built over the years. This helped us check their credibility of the company.

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

Initial meeting was to understand if the organisation had the skillsets of what we were looking for. We had a kick off meeting to set the goals, objective, timeline and costing of the project. We received wireframes and designs after multiple brainstorming sessions as it was a huge project. The team delivered the developed screens of the portals and the backend was set up well. We use Angular, Java with Spring boot, MySQL database and AWS to host the package.

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

The project manager was the point of contact. However, we have been working with at least 5-6 people at a time. The resource allocation ahs been done effectively by the managers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All the 100% of the users are using the platform and the website built has a good traffic everyday. The portal and the website is being used literally everyday.

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

We have set weekly meetings to get updates. In the meantime if there are any hiccups that's being addressed immediately. The communication mostly happens over email, WhatsApp and in times of need on calls. We run sprints of two weeks on JIRA to finish a set of decided tasks.

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

They are flexible in terms of resource allocation and timings. We have worked with the company for more than a year now, and the improvements in the company has been visible in terms of project management, quality management and delivery.

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

Quality management has a room for improvement, and I am happy to mention that they have already brought in ISO processes to address them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder CEO of CLT India, a non-profit in the Education Technology sector

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Pace Wisdom Solutions, and what were your goals?

We wanted PACE Wisdom to develop a mobile APP for teachers and students to access our curricula-aligned STEM content. This was a unique proposition for the under-served communities to access content on their regional languages on an affordable platform.

SOLUTION

How did you select Pace Wisdom Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

We did a lot of research to identify a partner that had integrity, expertise, good team and execution. We shortlisted from 5.

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

We had a series of meetings to discuss our goals and objectives. We provided their team with wireframes and designs. They delivered the Beta version of the Android apps on the projected date. They incorporated our feedback, changes in UI, payment gateway modifications and Push Notification features and delivered the revised version.

How many resources from the Pace Wisdom Solutions team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Team size - 6 Designations: Co-Founder & Director Business Head Android Lead Developers Team Lead

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Outcome of the project -Bug free app with reduced loading speeds . -Increased number of downloads & improved search results on Google Playstore. -Improved usage experience for all users.

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

The project was extremely well streamlined from projections of cost for each deliverable to timelines, testing and delivery.

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

This mobile APP was for first generation technology users. We needed to do many trials and start all over again for some components. We were totally impressed with the team's patience and rigor they had set to do things right.

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

PACE Wisdom was very transparent and meticulous in letting us know about the cost for each phase. Because, we are a non-profit, we still found it challenging at times. I appreciated their cooperation in phasing it out to help us manage the expenditure. I find their services extremely professional from the top management to every single team member that has worked with us.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Programs Director at 1M1B Foundation. 1M1B is a UN accredited non-profit with a mission to activate 1 million young leaders who will impact 1 billion people for a sustainable world. 1M1B works closely with youth globally, activating and nurturing them to create real impact solutions for the biggest challenges.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Pace Wisdom Solutions, and what were your goals?

Pace Wisdom was hired to create a new kind of website - Lead Z, that would allow youth from across the world to participate in challenges shared by non profits and organisations and win rewards for their efforts. Lead Z is a new age platform that provides young leaders in high schools - the Generation Z, opportunities to solve challenges, develop innovative solutions towards a better future and in the process develop their leadership capabilities.

The platform connects organizations who are solving big problems with young passionate students who can use their creativity and innovation to bring fresh perspectives to problem solving and come up with innovative solutions. Students can participate in multiple challenges, compete with students from other schools to gather points to race to the top of the Leaderboard and win some big prizes and opportunities!

SOLUTION

How did you select Pace Wisdom Solutions and what were the deciding factors?

Pace Wisdom was recommended by a friend. We evaluated their past work, their capability to build the platform we envision and if they have the competencies required for the job. First a project concept and wireframe was shared by the Pace Wisdom team which helped us evaluate and make the decision to move forward.

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

The scope of work involved building the complete web app from scratch. The team worked on creating the logo and brand identity. Then we worked on the vision of the platform and the key features to be added. We explored the key stakeholders and users. based on that each development feature was planned sprint-wise and developed.

A web app which allowed students to login, participate in challenges, make submissions and a leaderboard was developed.

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

About 5 people worked with us, A Business Analyst, designer, developers, and a client service manager worked with us to develop the platform.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The newly launch web platform has been very well received by students. We have over 3500 students enrolled on the platform and participating in challenges. We have also launched the Lead Z teacher awards which is gaining good traction on the platform. We hope to reach over 10,000 students in the next 4 months.

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

The project was well managed. Since I was coordinating directly with the project team our communication was mainly through phone calls, whatsapp and email. We had weekly Zoom calls for sync up and review the development progress. The timelines were well met. Each month was divided into 2 sprints. After the first month the process was very smooth.

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

This is the first time we were developing a new platform for the students. Saqib who was the business analyst from Pace Wisdom helped a lot.

The discussions on why a particular feature is needed and the various scenarios that can arise helped shape the tool and make it productive from a user perspective. The team has been prompt in fixing defects and ensuring quality.

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

Not much. Initially since we were working together for the first time there were some minor challenges but after that it was a smooth sailing and nothing to complain.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Product Manager at the AgriApp Technologies Pvt Ltd head office is located at Doddaballapur. 

AgriApp is an Android-based mobile application. It provides complete information on Crop Production, Crop Protection, smart farming with agriculture, and allied services. In addition to being an information portal, AgriApp is also an online marketplace for bringing in farmers, Agri input, retailers & fulfillment services on a common digital platform.

AgriApp powered by passionate professionals and dreams about making agriculture more sustainable, in terms of both ecology and economy, with the help of technology in a short time. This is an agriculture app for farmers that will be greatly beneficial to the farming community.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Pace Wisdom Solutions?

We had a plan the developing the application that should have to connect the farmers using IoT and Big data and connect all farmers digitally but we are not having the in house engineer team so we went to the 3rd party service providers there we found the Pacewisdom team and started working with them.

What were your goals for this project?

AgriApp goal is to fill the gap between farmers and accurate strategic Agricultural information. And also farmer needs to get all his information at his fingertips.

SOLUTION

How did you select Pace Wisdom Solutions?

We were looking for someone who understands more than coding and brings perspectives of multiple items that matter to customer engagement. Also, we wanted a young team that is dynamic and willing to work with us on the dynamic project. After a few sitting with Pace Wisdom, we found them as suitable associates. It’s been 2014, we are going strong.

Describe the project in detail.

Once we selected the vendor we had a series of meetings to discuss our goals and plans, that they come with the SRS document after a few interactions and discussion with Our management team we finalized the design and provided our feedback the Pacewidom come with the wireframe for android app and concepts like Package of practice, crop calendar, news & videos, and m-commerce as app features for the front end and backend work and they stared the work on the after 6 months they come with the product and after many changes, we went live and the team continuing maintenance part of the app and web.

What was the team composition?

They assign to our project 5 members of the team 1 project manager, 1 senior developer for the back end development,1 android developer, 1 designer, and one QA person,

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After 6 months they have given the complete product and then we launched in the play store and the app got some crashes and they fixed the issue and now working properly and also we face a few backend issues that they solved after many discussion and meeting them over the call and F2F discussion.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The communication between the team was going through the mail and phone call and discussion, if the initial project manager is average and he will be understanding what we telling him putting that into his team, after changing the project manager not understanding what we telling getting confused with us and team that will be made the lot mistakes and eaten more time. And the project also delay. I would say the team an average workflow.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Pace wisdom is quick and agile. Their founders, especially Azzan, go all the way out to fix the issues like the owner. They are practical and deliver value for the project. We are a bootstrapped company and they understand our needs and budget. They actually come with options to choose in place of constraints with which we typically get overwhelmed. They are hungry, they are committed, they are design thinkers, they are impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

The team need to follow the deadlines and the project managers need to have knowledge of the project and convey the client requirement to the team