SDA

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the owner of the software development company. We worked with SDA to build the product for our client.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We needed a reliable outsourcing team to develop a ready-to-use application for communication between users and experts in various fields.

SOLUTION

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

We've been cooperating with the company for a long time. Their principle of work and experience have always met our expectations. Therefore, in this project, I invited them.

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

I can't describe the project in detail due to privacy. Basically, this's a project, built using React, Node.js, including complex functionality, integration with payment systems, and 3rd party apps.

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

Developers provided high skilled code. All releases were successful. The tester was attentive to detail, which helped save time. We received the expected product on time. It's perfect!

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Developers provided high skilled code. All releases were successful. The tester was attentive to detail, which helped save time. We received the expected product on time. It's perfect!

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

Alex (the CEO) personally led the tech team and was fully involved in some technical decisions. This was very helpful. We communicated in Slack and were fully satisfied with Alex's management style.

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

They always fulfilled their obligations in the right quality and compliance with deadlines.

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

No. I'll be glad to cooperate with them further

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a director and owner of Gem & Mineral Shows circuit and retailer of collection minerals and gemstones

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

to develop indigem.ca e-commerce website, powered by Airtable and integrated with Facebook

SOLUTION

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

We were referred to this vendor by friends

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

The team helped us to make a marketplace for selling minerals. Each seller has its own page where he displays the goods. There is also a real-time auction, a seller set the end date and the item are sold to the last bidder. In addition, there is functionality with accounts, i.e. purchase history, active auctions, autocomplete delivery data

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

We were working with a project manager and occasionally with one developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We've got a lot of positive feedbacks from our customers. The site's functionality works the way it was discussed. We are so grateful to this team, all ideas were implemented with excellent results!

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

Everything was completed on time. At all stages of work, the team was ready for communication and very active.

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

They are very reliable. The team combines professionalism and flexibility and it all worked very well.

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

I enjoyed working with SDA Company. We would like their technologies offering to expand so we can do more projects together.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of LivUnity, a US based technology company. Our flagship product is an online marketplace for fitness services. The LivUnity marketplace makes it easy to find and book time with a personal trainer or other fitness professionals.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

When I hired SDA, I had a serious bug with my old application, Clustr Fitness. The authentication was failing and users could not log in. I also needed some help with standing up a WordPress website for LivUnity but fixing the bug in Clustr was the priority.

SOLUTION

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

I opened a job on Upwork and interviewed a few individuals and companies experienced with my tech stack. I also needed a company with proficient developers and designers, coupled with a strong understanding of the fitness industry. I found Alex and the SDA company and the rest has been history.

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

The first milestone was to fix the authentication bug in Clustr. That completed in November 2020. Thereafter, we decided to turn the brand into something bigger, LivUnity. At this time, we opened a second project to build a WordPress blog for LivUnity, and a third project to rebuild Clustr as the LivUnity web app with better functionality.

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

So far, I have worked closely with Alex, but my understanding is that he's got a team of front end, back end and QA developers making sure that the application is developed to specification. He's also recently employed a PM to manage the timelines of delivery, which adds rigor to the development process.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Solving the Clustr Authentication bug on time and within budget. Designing and development of the LivUnity blog on WordPress. Development and launch of the MVP of the LivUnity web app. Happy to announce that we now have active users!

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

Project management was agile. I had weekly scheduled meetings with Alex and team to review project milestones. This was quite useful in keeping track of updates.

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

Working with the SDA team has been very smooth in spite of the global pandemic. The communication has been great even with the geographical distance. The quality of work has also been awesome. And their ability to collaborate with my designer in India, was quite impressive.

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

None that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO of Avalanche4. We are a software development company, that provides variety of services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire SDA Company?

We had a lack of developers for our project, and this was the reason to hire SDA fot particular project.

SOLUTION

How did you select SDA Company and what were the deciding factors?

I personally know the CEO of the company for a long time, and I was sure of his company compitence.

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

The project was to create a program, that would migrate 4 terabytes of clients' personal data from MS SQL to PostgreSQL with the different data structures. In addition, they have created a small UI on Vue.js with backend on Laravel for creating a new mapping of data structures.

The project required very high accuracy and professionalism because of the strict standards on sensitive data handling and database structure change. Stages were: - Planing - Investigation - Development - QA - Migration - Support

How many resources from the SDA Company team worked with you, and what were their positions?

2 persons: - CEO - Fullstack developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The work was done 100% as we expected - all data was migrated correctly and we didn't lose any onformation. Team member showed their high level of professionalism and great soft skills.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We were always in contact, and they send us updates a few times per day. Main communication was in Slack.

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

Their team's communication and quality of work were impressive.

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

We would like SDA company to improve variety of developers ,we needed C++ developer, which they didn't have.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am an owner and company founder which supports clients in financial sector

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire SDA Company?

Our client's legacy IT infrastructure required an upgrade to the AWS cloud, which meant lots of migration and transition routines have to be executed and to keep the project working at the same time

SOLUTION

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

Our internal devops team was fully booked and SDA came to help. We reviewed their capabilities and timelines and their resource was the best we could find amongst other vendors at that moment.

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

First, they performed discovery of our existing project, existing on-prem infrastructure, including the workloads and servers, and other dependencies. They composed a step by step plan for to migrate into the cloud in a non-interruptive way, including encrypted file storage, database, load balancers, high-performance webservers, single sign-on. The plan was reviewed multiple times by the local team in conjunction with SDA resources and led to successful implementation.

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

We hired 1 DevOps engineer for Cloud Migration and 1 SRE for monitoring and maintaining workloads in AWS.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Cloud migration was a smooth transition and great success. Not only we migrated the infrastructure and workloads, but also developed a further plan to rewrite part of our application to use Lambdas and AWS serverless which became a part of a new project.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

They had a reliable team of experts who were willing to discuss every detail of the project and respond to any questions with good ideas and proposals. They mostly communicated via preferred communication channel: skype, but were willing to use any other as per our preference.

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

Based on their past experience in web-development and deployment of solutions, they had reliable professionals who not only knew what they do, but also provided multiple good options for solving tasks in a better way.

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

Some time was spent on learning the existing infrastructure, but that paid fully later once we started executing the plan as both teams (ours and theirs) knew what they were doing precisely.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a psychologist and psychotherapist working in my own practice and creating innovative projects for psychological well-being through technology.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

I needed my personal webpage as I had just opened my own practice in Switzerland. Through a well-functioning and professional websites, I wanted to get patients looking for a psychotherapist. Furthermore, I needed a second website in order to promote a new project for childrens' wellbeing, that included a blog and a web-shop with items about this topic.

SOLUTION

How did you select SDA Company and what were the deciding factors?

I searched for a web-developer specialized on nuxt.js with a strong profile and good offering in terms of price-performance ratio.

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

We had a first chat with the goals of the projects. Based on designs on Figma, the developer developed the 2 full-functioning websites. We had regular updates during the process. The developer took the initiative to improve the projects by suggesting new functionalities.

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

4 (me, developer, web designer, illustrator)

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After launching the project, I received many clients for my offerings (coaching, psychotherapy) – they liked the design and the functionalities of the websites, as well as the continuous updates by the owner, which are done through a CMS that was created by the developer.

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

We used upwork to communicate (incl. milestones, updates, suggestions).

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

They delivered two professional websites that function perfectly and show excellent results in terms of traffic. I have never had any technical issue after the launch of the websites. The most impressive competences of the company were the open, clear, rapid and valuable communication as well as the initiative to improve the projects, with great professionalism and motivation.

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

I don't see any areas of improvement as I am satisfied with the process and the results.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the owner and web director of a web consulting firm. A quick bio: We are a cutting-edge IT solutions company with many years of collective experience. Our combined expertise is behind the full range of services we provide in the areas of web design, web development, and application development. Our portfolio covers a wide variety of industries including healthcare, billing, gaming, music, and e-commerce.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Our company was hired by a large client. SDA Company was selected to help provide services for that client. Our goals were to hire individuals through this company to handle different parts of the project.

SOLUTION

How did you select SDA Company and what were the deciding factors?

We found our developers via UpWork, a market arena for finding coders, designers, etc. Our first selection was a developer working for SDA Company, and our general relationship has blossomed since.

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

I won't be describing the project in detail due to privacy, however - the project is WordPress-based, advanced PHP programming, testing, design, and many other moving parts.

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

We hired 3 people so far: One developer, one designer, and one tester.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All releases were successful. The coder is highly professional and makes sure the outcome is as expected. The designs were commended by the client's employees. The tester did a great job finding major and small defects that saved valuable time for the client. All in all - great results!

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

Direct contact with employees, using major tools like Slack, email, Atlassian, and Telegram.

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

I find their dedication, honesty, and availability the most impressive. 

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

None for now.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m CEO iT-Outstaffing.com, our company aims the starting relation partnerships with IT teams and individual developers high level for staffing our clients projects.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The idea of ​​our clients application was that any patient could get a quick consultation with any medical specialist and order the necessary medicines in a few clicks without leaving home. We found that SDA Company knew how to do that and provided us with a reasonable price and service.

SOLUTION

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

SDA Team offered comprehensive services, and we saw that they already have experience in developing similar applications, especially since we wanted to support Ukrainian developers

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

SDA Company studied all our application requirements, analyzing future users and competitors. They collected all the necessary information and offered some ways of solutions. We've made prioritization together and written clear documentation. Then were the stages of design, planning, development, and testing. They used agile methodology, and we released in time. The system was ideally deployed and ensured the required functioning of the project. With the help of SDA were installed additional monitoring systems for tracking errors and server status for our client.

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

CEO of SDA Alex consulted us from the very beginning, and it was a valuable and kind bit of advice. There was no goal to sell his services; it was friendly advice. We were captivated and decided to start our cooperation with SDA Company never regretted our choice

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Quite quickly, our client could test the application and get the first users and profit. We are waiting for a new round of investments and expanding the functionality of the application

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

I am not particularly eager to give credit to someone, but with these guys, it’s possible to produce more and more great ideas to life. And ff something were impossible, they would inform us and figure out how to do it another way.

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

There was a feeling that for these guys making money was not the goal itself. The pleasure from work and result - that's what they always strive for.

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

By no means. Good team, good approach, good price. Love it.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of the Ukrainian content studio KVikStudio

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We had a demo version of the product, but the developer who created it could not do anything more for us, and we began to look for new developers for an already full-fledged product.

SOLUTION

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

SDA Company checked and analyzed our platform and came up with the thought to create it on modern technology to have the ability to maintain it and easily change it in the future. They are an experienced team with a deep understanding of how to do software in the best way possible. We were lucky to find SDA.

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

A redesign was needed, and the new team led by Alex started with that. They made an intuitive and user-friendly interface, framing it all in a stylish and modern eye-pleasing design that is perfect for our target audience. We were more than satisfied. SDA Company wrote clear documentation for all parts of the system (description of servers, application, landing pages, databases, and environments) and then started the development process that, I must say, was quite interesting to watch and enjoy how everything works clearly, like a Swiss watch. SDA built for us an MVP which we launched and tested quite quickly, and then were several iterations. Now we are working on new features and maintaining

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

We worked with a team of 4 developers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Thanks to high-quality development and a beautiful application, we received an investment of $1.5 million, and now we can develop the product further.

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

That was a unique and exciting journey! The whole team was as passionate about the product as possible, and it was nice.

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

Alex - CEO of SDA, suggested how best and cost-effectively to do it. We liked the attention to detail and mutual respect, and cohesion within the team

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

In the future, perhaps the company needs to expand and grow, but this will already be a different price level