Spartan

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the COO of Foresight

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We provide intelligent application software.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Spartan to accomplish?

• Develop MVP
• Help roadmap out next 3 years

SOLUTION

How did you find Spartan?

Referral

Why did you select Spartan over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Spartan were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

The scope of work encompassed bulding the MVP of our application software from scratch. This involved building the platform, integrating security measures and processes to help us pass our SOC2 certification, and roadmap out building the next versions of the product including a large launguage model and AI components.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Completed MVP and a successful SOC2 Audit.

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

The Spartan team is amazing to work with—they kept us in the loop the whole time via Slack, were extremely organized in Jira and Confluence, and anytime we had questions or needed changes, they were on it right away. They even added extra people to our project to make sure everything got done on time without sacrificing quality.

What was your primary form of communication with Spartan?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

What really stood out was their dedication to our success. They didn’t just deliver a product; they delivered a solution that met all our needs and totally exceeded our expectations. Their expertise and commitment were obvious in everything they did. We’re extremely happy with the results and highly recommend Spartan for any software development needs.

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

Everything was great!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Director of Product of an information technology company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Builds and maintains networks of IoT connected devices.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Spartan to accomplish?

• Stability
• Growth
• Operational Efficiency

SOLUTION

How did you find Spartan?

Referral

Why did you select Spartan over others?

• Good value for cost
• Quality and Flexibility

How many teammates from Spartan were assigned to this project?

20-30

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

• Rebuild BE for scaleability and stability
• Migrate to new BE
• Create new web, iOS and Android Apps
• Create analytics dashboards in dedicated environment
• Create custom ops tools and dashboards
• Create and implement various processes for QA and release

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• System stability
• Improved build times and release cycles
• Quality and quantity of new features

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

• Strong, proactive communication
• Highly flexable and adaptive to needs
• Highly responsive to emergent work/bugs/issues
• Process focussed so mistakes are not repeated

What was your primary form of communication with Spartan?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Focus on establishing organization, process, and perpetual improvement of the aforementioned. 

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

• We have faced various, project specific issues (as expected when building technology). All issues have been overcome in reasonable time frames
• We have not faced any critical issues with working with Spartan