Stubbs

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Solutions Architect of an it services company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

IT services & development

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Transform React native app to Expo
• Develop new features

SOLUTION

How did you find Stubbs?

• Online Search
• Other

Why did you select Stubbs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Stubbs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Development focused on the following areas:

• Converting React native app to Expo 
• Implementing new API 
• Design updates 
• Extending existing functionality 
• Logging 
• Testing and improvements

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The app was deployed to App Store and Google Play for our existing user base. It has been working well over the past months.

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

The project was managed on a time and materials basis using scrum and a web based planning tool. The total hours slightly exceeded the original estimate but was reasonable considering a few alterations from our side. Project delivery went smoothly with weekly communication and follow-up.

What was your primary form of communication with Stubbs?

Email or Messaging App

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

Quick and responsive with modern tools and workflows. Very easy to work with, good communication and good results.

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

Not that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CFO of ShapeHost

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Decentralized Domain Name Systems and DDNS service

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• To create a web application for the crypto industry
• Make the website on the MERN stack
• Create a custom admin panel

SOLUTION

How did you find Stubbs?

Online Search, Clutch Site

Why did you select Stubbs over others?

High ratings, Great culture fit, Good value for cost

What was the size of Stubbs’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

• To create the web application using MERN stack.
• Create the custom admin panel using MUI for the interface
• Develop custom animations

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Providing a bug free application
• Responsiveness
• High speed

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

Yes, the application was delivered on time. During the work, Stubbs team provided valuable recommendations and areas for improvements. They always were in touch, consistently providing status updates on the progress. Finally, they created the application with a clear code structure, scalable and bugs free.

What was your primary form of communication with Stubbs?

Email or Messaging App

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

Their level of responsibility and involvement

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

Not sure that there is something crucial that should be improved

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Find Recruiter, CTO

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Ivan on Upwork via Volod. Our goal was to find a permanent engineer who would focus on improving the UI/frontend of Find Recruiter. The first stage goal was to finish recruiter redesign.

SOLUTION

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

Upwork, deciding factor, cost vs experience

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

Technology:

• React 
• Redux 
• Saga
• Styled-component 
• Material-ui

Re-write / Re-factor existing already-made pages to use new coding convention and new design from designers.

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

2:

• Volod (Project Manager)
• Ivan (Developer)

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

General feedback: Ivan was autonomous and showed a sense of responsibility to fix things when he knew it was his mistake.

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

Tool: slack, notion

Timeline: 8 weeks.

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

N/A

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

Technically, I believe there are following areas to improve:

1. Avoid making the same mistakes more than once. I had to spend a lot of time (i.e., 3 hours per week) fixing simple mistakes in the code. 
2. Ask more questions - There are a lot of business logic, technical logic embedded in our existing code. They can be difficult to understand or appreciate sometimes.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I`m product manager ta Ukrainian fintech company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Subbs to increase the development speed for our insurance products.

SOLUTION

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

We received a lot of positive feedback and recommendations regarding Stubbs

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

We needed the help of an experienced React frontend developer to support existing insurance projects and lunch new one.

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

Frontend developer and his mentor\reviever.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We received an expected increase in frontend developments speed and launched x2 times faster if we did it on our own

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

Management was mostly on our side

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

They had excellent frontend skills, and they were easy to work with.

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

Everything was great

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO of the aesthetic clinic - Rabizo Clinic. We are a company focused on the premium segment, aiming at high-quality service standards.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The key task was the development of a modern website with design that fits the company’s target audience and brandbook, as well as the creation of a product catalog and its integration with the ERP & CRM.

SOLUTION

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

We were previously familiar with Stubbs team, so we decided to contact them and, as a result of the initial communication process price and conditions, decided to conclude a contract with them.

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

The site was developed in 4 steps:

1. Technical task development

2. Wireframing and design

3. Development of the Front-end and Back-end parts

4. QA The following technologies were used for development: Front-end - ReactJS, ReduxJS Back-end - NodeJS, MongoDb

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

5 people worked on the project:

- Project manager

- 2 Full-stack developers

- Designer

- QA specialist

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The site is relatively new, now we are engaged in SEO optimization, so it is difficult to share the outcomes for now.

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

Every week we received a report on the work performed. Stubbs used messengers for communication and ClickUp for setting tasks.

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

The vendor is responsive to our requirements and promptly implements all the necessary requests from our side.

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

In general, everything was good enough to satisfy our needs.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am CMO at the company TOPIAR. The main direction of the company is the provision of landscape design and gardening services for country houses and corporate clients. In addition, the company provides several other services: the construction of swimming pools, services for the care of green plantations, the creation of green walls from moss and living plants, etc.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Our site was created more than 8 years ago and had become outdated. It was written in CMS Joomla. We had many landing-pages that were created to launch cpc advertising. The website loading speed was very slow, which made it difficult to get promoted in SEO.

The Stubbs team faced a difficult task - it is necessary to create a new website, on a modern, easy-to-use CMS, fast loading pages (in the green zone on Google page speed) and at the same time maintain the huge site structure to retains position in organic search results.

SOLUTION

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

I’ve compiled a list of 15 companies with a good portfolio. Then shortlisted to 5. I choose a vendor based not only by cost estimate, but also by the proposed technical and design solution. Stubbs' offer was not the cheapest, but their portfolio and our website design reference played a key role.

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

We had a meeting where we discussed our goals and objectives of the project. We’ve selected the site references that we like. The Stubbs team created mock-ups and after a few iterations we agreed on the design. Then they developed website on React JS. They helped us with filling the site with content, assembling a team for this task and supervising their every step.

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

The project manager was our main point in communication with us. At different stages of the project, I communicated with the designer and the team lead. The rest of the team worked behind the scenes

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The site is just finished, it's too early to talk about measurable results. For now, we can talk about the emotional component - our clients and team really liked the new site. Thanks to the new website, we have reduced the cost of maintaining landing pages and paid promotion.

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

All deadlines were followed. They completed some of the work earlier than the agreed schedule on the contract. Not a single change or task was forgotten.

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

We got a very modern website with an easy-to-manage admin panel. We had never worked with React JS before, so they took the time to teach our team how to update content ourselves.

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

This is not the first time I've worked with website developers. I appreciate the work of the Stubbs team so highly that I'm not ready to advise them anything for improvement. The best professionals I've ever worked with.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

PR in Queen Country Club

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Create updated website that suits the marketing positioning of the club

SOLUTION

How did you select Stubbs and what were the deciding factors?

We had been previously working with Stubbs so decided to create the new project with this company

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

- Creating wireframes - Design development - Front and back end development - QA and bugfix

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

Project manager, designer, team lead and developer - 4 people

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The average number of leads for booking has increased to 10 per day

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

Team had been working using Agile, all tasks were divided on sprints. For communication we used email, messengers and Google Meet. For task management - Clickup

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

The team's way of communication, loyalty, and punctuality to deadlines were impressive.

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

There were some discussions regarding design solutions, but all my advices were taken and implemented

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Systemator LTD, CEO

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

1. Design of the company's website.
2. Design coding
3. Preparing the site for CMS

SOLUTION

How did you select Stubbs and what were the deciding factors?

Suitable Price and Deadlines

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

We first discussed the look and feel of the project. Then we were offered 3 templates with different colors. We chose one Then there was painstaking work with the chosen color

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

2 designers 1 developer 1 Project Manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We saved our developer time (over $ 1500) We saved on outsourcing designer work (1000 $) There were no problems. Therefore, we saved on the cost of our personal time

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

Problematic moments were resolved via Skype. We have always found solutions to problems that satisfied both parties (client and customer). The work was methodical and consistent

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

1. Trust. We had problems with payment. We explained this to the company and they were understanding.
2. Persecution. Extra work was done through our fault. But the company didn't charge for it.

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

Better testing. At the intermediate stage, there were bugs that can be seen at the development stage. But this is not critical

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Residential and commercial automation (smart home). https://homechain.ai

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Stubbs?

Website code refactoring.

What were your goals for this project?

Optimize the code.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Recommendation.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Refactored the code as agreed. Smooth and prompt job.

What was the team composition?

3 persons.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

No we can upscale the website and add online shop.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Very impressive.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their communication and quality of the job impressed me.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None