Softengi

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We hired Softengi for digital transformation consulting and software development. We realized that some of our operations and processes were outdated and didn’t bring the results we wanted. We have decided to develop a Natural Language Processing solution for the analysis of emotions on the basis of TensorFlow to improve the level of communication with clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

The most important goal was to improve the overall quality of our software adding new important features, such as the possibility of NLP for sentiment analysis.

What were your goals for this project?

Softengi offered us to develop a Natural Language Processing solution on the basis of TensorFlow library. We aimed to create the software that could improve the efficiency of our operations and clients' retention as a result. Natural Language Processing allows learning more about our clients and offering them more as a result.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We conducted thorough research using Clutch and GoodFirms platforms. We chose 10 companies and contacted their representatives to choose the most experienced vendor.

Describe the project in detail.

It was a long-term project which started from the careful analysis of our business needs. After that Softengi offered us the roadmap of software development and we launched the project. Each week we had a meeting to discuss our progress with Softengi team and make improvements.

What was the team composition?

Software developers, QA specialists, Business Analysts

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This is an internal project, it's is impossible to demonstrate the results of the cooperation.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow was immaculate.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their deep understanding of the AI technology.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm CIO at International Management Institute “MIM-Kyiv”. Founded in 1989, International Management Institute “MIM-Kyiv” is the top Ukrainian educational institution which offers MBA degree.

In MIM-Kyiv has a unique faculty who help their students master managerial skills and knowledge, master the art and science of running the business and do that in the most efficient and responsible way.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

We commissioned the Softengi with the development of the software for creation of the in-school scheduling system. We expected it to be up-to-date application which could be easily used for everyday activities.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted our scheduling and information system to support everyday day operations of the premier national business school by aligning and bringing together lists of faculty, programs, rooms, courses, classes, etc. Different functions within the organization should be able to fulfill their duties with the help of the system which unified and made accessible lists of teachers, rooms, programs, courses, and classes.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Softengi has developed a responsive and user-friendly web application on the basis of the Unity Base, an open-source solution using JavaScript, PostgresSQL.

Describe the project in detail.

First of all we needed to audit the existing school ineffective scheduling system which Softengi performed. A Softengi business analyst has thoroughly studied our case and helped us create the specification. We agreed upon the project schedule, deliverables, costs, and the deadlines.

We were monitoring the project’s progress in weekly meetings. Throughout the project the Softengi team stayed accessible for communications, discussions and responsive to our suggestions.

What was the team composition?

A software engineer, QA specialist, business analyst, PM.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I can't share any outcomes from project. These documents are internal documents and may not be publicly displayed.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow was good.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Softengi team studied carefully the pain points and peculiarities of our business and offered a custom solution for it.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not the one I see.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am CEO of a company that develops platform for agriculture insurance

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

Using cloud-based software and industrial surveillance solutions that transform drones into concise instruments for deployment we collect valuable information about crops for our clients. To receive more accurate information about the volume of greenery we decided to enhance our drone with AI/ML software. As a result, image categorization became more accurate, and what is more important, AI solution turned out to be more cost-effective for us.

What were your goals for this project?

We accumulated a huge image database which we wanted to analyze properly. We wanted to categorize images and videos using advanced technologies, such as AI/ML because sorting out thousands of images manually would devour all the time of our team. More than that, manual image processing, there would still be repetitive mistakes. We have accumulated a database of images that could tell our clients more about the state of their crops and answer their questions yet we needed to make the image recognition process automatic.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We contacted Softengi because we realized they have relevant experience in AI solutions

Describe the project in detail.

We contacted Softengi because we realized they have relevant experience in AI solutions development, more than that, they created AI-powered drones in the past. First, we discussed the goal of the project with the Softengi team in detail and determined the criteria for images sorting.

Second, we provided their team with a set of images and videos for objects labeling. We were particularly interested in the amount of greenery on the images with crops. Our tech specialist worked closely with the data scientists until we formulated the accurate criteria for the model building.

Softengi team updated us about the progress of the project on a weekly basis so we could witness how the accuracy of the image recognition was rising gradually which the dataset enrichment and was 99% in the end.

What was the team composition?

2 developers, 1 delivery manager, 1 data scientist, DevOps engineer, System Analyst

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We can’t share the images under NDA signed with our client.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Weekly reporting was enough to establish solid trustworthy relationships between our teams.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was impressed with their enthusiasm for the project. Softengi offered multiple improvements over the course of the whole project to make image recognition most accurate. They were not afraid to experiment to reach the set goal, yet they always were transparent about all their activities.

Are there any areas for improvement?

none

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

As VP of Product Management, I'm in charge of establishing strategies for new product development in order to accelerate market penetration and return on investment.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

It is all about finding the required set of competences to ensure meeting the window of opportunity as effectively as possible and secure my company position in the market. Softengi's team is responding to all my requirements and brings maturity in this ever-changing technology landscape.

What were your goals for this project?

The most critical component I found with Softengi enabling my product development strategy is a working partnership enabling an effective delegation of the scope of work (SOW) ensuring deliverables will meet the shared expectations.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Softengi's knowledge base and team technical maturity were essential to our partnership. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a solid partnership with Softengi.

Describe the project in detail.

Our whole product is a full stack architecture solution with a mobile app working on iOS and Android platform. It is collecting data and computing metrics that are enabling athletes to improve their performance.

What was the team composition?

Softengi offered architecture and software implementation engineering resources.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project has been a great success so far.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Softengi is becoming our development arm for the mobile side of the application.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

From early feasibility to product release Softengi is delivering assets meeting our needs.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We have not been in a situation where we had to interfere with the workflow.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as a CTO of Def C, a company creating powerful UAVs for target recognition & tracking, and monitoring.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

We wanted to improve the level of accuracy of target recognition, monitoring, and detection by implementing CV technology in existing drones and minimize the chances of human-made errors in the process of target monitoring.

Upgraded with this system, we wanted to make drones more useful for multiple purposes, such as accurate cargo escorting in logistics or leaks monitoring in the utility sector.

Drones powered with the computer vision can also be applied in agriculture and military sectors, and for that, we needed an advanced system which CV can provide.

What were your goals for this project?

The first goal was to increase the amount of accurate actionable data generated daily. The second goal was to improve the speed of the achieved reaction to the data properly. Using drones powered with computer vision, we got the chance to structure the visual data properly and react to it instantly in the most effective way.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We contacted several companies and conducted interviews with the lead architects. Softengi offered the most relevant and cost-effective solution and their step-by-step plan of CV implementation was the most coherent.

Softengi team agreed to improve the onboard plates of drones making them more accurate and more powerful at the same time using Computer Vision technology.

Describe the project in detail.

A few words about the project. This computer vision software is created for UAV’s onboard plates which are installed on the drones. Softengi created this system for objects recognition, tracking, and monitoring using Python and Open CV library.

This system of object recognition, tracking and monitoring makes video processing possible even without the signal from the base. Another advantage of Def-C powered with CV is the security of data. It’s all accumulated on our own premises so there is no chance of data breach.

What was the team composition?

There were backend, frontend software developers involved along with QC engineers and UI/UX for web app visualization.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Today we are actively using Drones powered with VC for leaks monitoring in the utility sector. We've managed to increased the accuracy of objects recognition, and this number is growing steadily.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We used several programs, such as Jira, Slack to monitor the workflow and ensure non-stop communication. The project is still unfolding but we didn't face any problems so far and the team manages to stick to the deadline.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We hired Softengi because we saw them as professionals. They are truly and deeply interested in programming and work as digital transformation consultant primarily. Using their expertise in AI, we have managed to expand the application of our drones.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the CEO of Deals, a company that develops and maintains a system for electronically signing documents. Overall, our product speeds up the process of signing various kinds of documents.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

We needed to update our mobile app and make it more user-friendly and intuitive. For this, we needed an IT company to provide consulting and UI/UX research, which we wanted to use for redeveloping the mobile app.

What were your goals for this project?

The main goal of our collaboration was to obtain high-quality and accurate UI/UX research as well as create a mobile app based on the gathered data.

SOLUTION

Describe the project in detail.

Softengi’s team conducted UI/UX research, which showed that future users would prefer to use a light version of the app, mostly to perform simple actions such as approving, signing, and removing documents. This information became the basis of the app’s development and was used to create the specifications document.

After this, we had a project manager assigned to handle sprints and a development team to begin producing the app. It was written using React Native for both iOS and Android platforms.

What was the team composition?

Softengi assigned frontend and backend developers, a project manager, and QA specialists.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was delivered in a really short amount of time and Softengi's team successfully handled each stage of the work.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Despite having a short timeframe, we managed to establish a good relationship that influenced the workflow positively.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were most impressed with how quickly Softengi's team got involved in the development process. We saw the first results after only a week of launching.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There's nothing for them to improve.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

A5 Systems provides IT-services of the new generation: development and implementation of accounting systems, full support for solutions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

Softengi was in charge of the conceptualizing and the creation of IoT SalePointHub for outlets’ automation and the integration of IoT SalePointHub controller, cashier’s working place, a fiscal module, and a wi-fi router in one mobile device.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal was to automate time-consuming and ineffective processes and solve the biggest pain points for outlets, such as insufficient customers’ security or inefficient resources management using top-notch technologies, such as IoT and seamless system integration.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

This solution allows dealing with the most popular outlet challenges using a “smart” approach. IoT SalePointHub presupposes the creation of a cashier’s place, the implementation of 4G communication, creation of a sales Hub and a fiscal module. Apart from that, the solution includes a IoT SalePointHub with security system sensors, climate control, energy efficiency, video surveillance, and customers registration.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We had the concept of the IoT SalePointHub we wanted to create and came with this idea to Softengi.They developed the architecture and the logic of the solution and offered the most cost-effective ways of the project implementation. IoT SalePointHub includes: - Portable device with battery power supply. - Set of sensors: movement, temperature, humidity, visitors counter, water meter, electricity meter. - Set of actuators: AC IR control, electricity switch, electric driver water valve. - 3rd party hardware integration: video cameras, scales, barcode scanners, fiscal printers, etc. - Cloud based backend. - API.

What was the team composition?

There were frontend, backend developers, hardware engineers, firmware developers and QA testers involved.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project is still in the development phase.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We used several effective task management systems so the workflow was almost immaculate.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The idea of IoT SalePointHub for Outlets Automation for A5 was coined by the Softengi team and they managed to offer the most adequate solution.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a product manager/owner of Nectain, a global company providing end-to-end spend management solutions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

Based on our experience with sourcing and procurement management, functional transformation, and business perspective, our team concluded that the market urgently needed an end-to-end system responding to all procurement issues.

We hired Softengi to create a digital procurement ecosystem that aligned with the concept we envisioned.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal was to create an innovative and effective procurement system.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We believed that outsourcing the work would be the most effective and reasonable solution for our company. We hired Softengi because they had the required experience and expertise in web development.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We presented Softengi with our idea of the procurement system we wanted to build. We relied on their team for UI/UX development, front- and backend development, and QA testing. They offered cost-effective ways to implement our desired features.

What was the team composition?

In addition to a project manager, we worked with a system architect, backend developers, frontend developers, UI/UX designers, and QA testers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We’ve recently launched our first pilot product six months after the start of development. We requested several customization requirements, and Softengi successfully delivered work that met our expectations.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

In general, they managed the project well. The development would stall at times when we saw personnel changes in their team.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The staff members exhibit an admirable team spirit.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Their development process strictly depends on one system architect, which can create a bottleneck and delay other development tasks.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I was the business development director of Aziot, an IoT software platform. We provide customized solutions based on our platform for home and office automation.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Softengi?

We needed help with cloud software, mobile application, and hardware development, including firmware.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to build an IoT solution that supported main industry protocols and standards, could be scaled to up to 10,000,000 devices in one configuration, and would ensure security.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We performed an MVP project with several companies and decided to go with Softengi.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They developed all the components we needed including cloud-based, server-side software, private cloud deployment, and web, iOS, and Android applications. Hardware design was also part of the scope and consisted of an IoT hub based on an ARM computer, wired and wireless IoT communications, and different sensors and actuators.

What was the team composition?

We worked with 6–12 people, depending on what stage of the project we were in.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They delivered hardware and software that was powerful and flexible enough to use to build custom solutions for our clients.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Their management was well organized and featured good reporting. We used Jira, GitHub, Skype, and in-person meetings to keep the process running smoothly.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their software architects and the extent of the company’s experience were outstanding.

Are there any areas for improvement?

They ought to empower their developers to break the rules sometimes when speed is the main goal.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm a VP of product at a B2B software as a service provider.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Softengi?

We had constrained resources internally, so we were looking for a good option to augment our internal development team.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They work closely with our in-house team on the same sprint schedule, doing a lot of the development work in React. We provide them with the wireframes and, in many cases, a fully functional UI prototype. They're working off of the prototypes and our shared Jira account where they can see all the backlog items.

What is the team composition?

We have one main point of contact and they've assigned a team of 3–4 developers and a QA person to us.

How did you come to work with Softengi?

Someone from our company had worked with them previously and recommended them.

How much have you invested with them?

We've spent over $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in February 2018 and the relationship is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They do quality work, so we plan to continue working with them. They're also great at identifying potential issues with the UI prototypes that we haven't even seen in the backlog.

How did Softengi perform from a project management standpoint?

We use scrum methodology. We started with an overall project-based approach with them, so we had a specific set of deliverables. After the first project, we decided to make them part of the sprint, so now they’re basically part of our team and take on more tasks. In addition to Jira, we use Shared Instance, weekly video conferences, and email to communicate.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We've been very pleased with the quality of their work and their responsiveness.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can't think of anything.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Give them as much information about the project as you can. We shared our backlog, wireframes, and UI prototypes with them, so they could see what we were trying to do before we even started our development efforts.