Vega IT

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Operations Manager of an IT company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We combine creativity, data, media and technology to revolutionize how brands inspire the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• Develop the backend of a Progressive Web App
• Continuous feature development (Android App)
• Frontend web development

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Referral

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

• Continuous feature development of mobile application (Android).
• Drupal backend development of both Web and Progressive Web App.
• Frontend website development with React.
• Website migration to PWA application. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Client satisfaction: amount of resources was increased over time, showing that the client was happy with the work.
• Positive feedback from team mates, project managers and client.
• Successful delivery of new features and app releases on new markets.

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

Most of the times the tasks were delivered in time with the quality required by the client. There are always points of improvement, but by keeping close communication with Vega IT we can provide feedback that is imediately worked on.

Feedbacks received from project managers:
'The backend developer worked very well on the project, spoke up at meetings & requested more tickets if he finished his work. I enjoyed working with him & would be happy to work with him again!'

'The Android developer has been a good addition to the team. She's proactive, diligent and cares about doing things right. She participates in team rituals, does code reviews well and asks questions when in doubt.'

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

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

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

Vega is always responsive and provides quick solutions to our operational challenges.

They are extremely professional and help us deliver work with quality. We rely on them to scale up our development teams when needed.

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

The level of seniority from the developers makes a huge impact depending on the project. Vega always does their best to find a good fit, but it could take a few interactions and interviews to find the best talent.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the General Manager of an energy & natural resources company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a supplier for the Energy, Oil and Gas Industry.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• To change the current embedded software for the future
• Make/keep it back-wards compatible for the installed base.

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Other

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The main objective of the project is to make the (legacy) software suitable for the current and modern usages and requirements. Important criteria is that it should support current (installed) models but also ready for upcoming regulations. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The succesful finalization of the changed software (release candidate) which will be intensively tested before it will be globally released&deployed.

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

R&D projects are complicated to manage on output so focus and continous progress are crucial to realize a succesful outcome! To make it a succes a smooth co-operation between our R&D team and the of Vega IT is crucial and in our case it fits very well.

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

The enthusiasm, work, dedication and effort that the team is delivering daily!. The product/software is becoming a part of the entire team (ownership).

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

No recommendations - it is the best company we have worked with and hope to continue this for a long time!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Digital Engineering of Teach First

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Teach First trains teachers and school leaders to improve the life chances of children in the poorest areas of the UK

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• Develop a Stable and Robust Integration for synchronising data relating to teachers from the DfE
• Ensure that we are compliant with supported API Versions meeting and meeting contractural obligations with the DfE

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Long term off shore partner

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Refactoring of the API system and the related flows and automations to ensure the smooth electronic onboarding and enrolment of teachers into various teaching programmes, including the integration into their digital learnong platforms.

The key deliverables included but not limited to the refactoring of legacy integration, technical documentation of as is and to be solutions, compliance with contractural obligations, creating efficiencies and improving end users enrolment experience and working colloboratively with the product and programme data teams with a key emphasis on improving the quality of data held.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Met deadline for compliance for Version 3 of the API
• Improved Data quality for programmes up to high 90's
• Delivered new features that improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the onboarding programme enrolment.
• Delivered non-functional improvements that reduced error rates and system limit violations
• Improved the ways of working and DevOps within the Salesforce SDLC

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

Vega were not scoped with project management of this project that was handled by an internal Teach First project team. 

Vega are an integral part of the TF Digital Engineering team and we would not have been able to  successfully deliver this project without them.

They were always willing to provide insight and suggest improvements to the system and the calibre of the work that they have and continue to deliver for Teach First is always of a very high quality

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Vega ability to retain and provide high quality development resources is impressive and what we find unique about them is that every developer we have utilised across time at Teach First quality of output and their active involvement in teams sets them apart from any other offshore resource company that I  have used.

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

Retrospectively there is always part of a project or a deliverable that we could improve upon but it is a Digital Engineering team that delivers solutions. 

Teach First have been in a partnership with Vega for a decade now and historically that has been based on development resource. Going into the next decade we hope to expand that into other areas of key areas of the digital landscape

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Product of Embrace the Human cloud

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Create Solutions for semi-government and corporate organisations around CRM and intranet

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• Join our engineering force
• Bring expertise on several fronts

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Referral

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

25

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

The goal was to create a full suite of software services for intranet, workflow management, CRM, several integrations and a custom CMS. 

In addition to automated migrations from legacy systems. 

The Vega team joined our 12 scrum teams and delivered and are still delivering value toward these goals.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We created the suite of software components required and customers are adopting the new applications and running productions systems using the our new software.

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

Project management was fully our own responsibility. Vega did not play a role here.

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

Virtual Meeting

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

The quality of the Vega IT engineers and the flexible way of working Vega IT  has adopted are impressive. No long term contracts, but a relationship based on trust.

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

Due to our long relationship at times Vega engineers left Vega and had to be replaced. This cause some stress from time to time, but this is to be expected. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the System Architect & Senior Software Developer of a digital signage software firm.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Digital Signage

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• Support in feature development for a backend application
• Operations and system administrations

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Referral

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Vega IT was hired to support the feature development of the backend of an unmanned store solution. Implementation was performed using the Kotlin + Ktor software stack.

In addition, Vega IT supported us in DevOps and system administration tasks.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All hired team members were quickly able to support us after a short onboarding phase and continuously provided customer value.

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

We really appreciate how Vega IT responded to our needs and helped us to make the necessary adjustments to the team composition promptly and effectively.

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

What impressed us Vega IT was their flexibility in providing well-fitting candidates for our project. They're quick to adjust the team composition when we feel it isn't working optimally or the project scope changes. This adaptability ensured that we always have the right talent in place.

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

At this time, I do not see any specific areas for improvement.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Managing Director of Howden

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Global insurance group

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• Help us build an innovative new configuration platform for digital trading of specialty risks
• Extend our internal team to build and support existing digital trading applications

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Online Search

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fits our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

The new platform was required to deliver a significant improvement in time/cost to market when onboarding specialty products to a digital platform. This required a config-only approach, where products are defined in data rather than software code.

The solution was a flexible micro-service based platform architecture which is completely separated from the JSON configuration files that define all aspects of the product. Onboarding can now be achieved 10x faster than previously.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Onboarding speed has improved by 10x
• Client experience has improved significantly
• Customer satisfaction is  much higher
• Infrastructure costs have reduced

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

Vega's project management has been excellent. They generally communicate very well and they try to be realistic, rather than over promise. They have very high-calibre people who work hard and deliver sometimes very challenging requirements. They are flexible and fast to respond to changes to business requirements or requests to adjust the team.

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

Virtual Meeting

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

Vega is a great company to partner with because they listen carefully, challenge where needed, and deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges. Their leadership and management are strong at all levels, and their culture is very well aligned with ours.

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

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Chief Product Officer of an it services company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

End to end digital delivery 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• Provide quality developers to ensure roadmaps are achieved faster

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Online Search

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned
• Specific tech stack requirement

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

15+

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

VegaIT has provided a wide range of highly qualified and personable professionals to augment multiple teams on multiple projects. This has ranged from front end developers, back end developers and data engineers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Happy customers and internal staff. All internal staff enjoy working with VegaIT professionals - they are smart, have great communication and always working hard to reach the desired outcomes. 

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

Mostly we have augmented teams using VegaIT and therefore the project management has not been managed by VegaIT. However, our account manager is fantastic - responsive, clear communications and understands us and our needs well. 

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They consistently provide high quality professionals - from the more junior levels to more experienced levels. Their communication, culture, and professionalism make them stand out and a joy to work with.

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

I have no suggestions for improvement

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Managing Director, The Mesa of I.G. Advisors

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Boutique consultancy focused on social and environment change.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Vega IT to accomplish?

• Create new native app for philanthropists to build community.

SOLUTION

How did you find Vega IT?

Referral

Why did you select Vega IT over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Vega IT were assigned to this project?

25

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

The Vega IT team developed a brand new community platform for us which was focused on engaging and encourage philanthropists to come together to learn, connect and give more, better and faster. They were true partners in this project, putting a large, dedicated team on the project who managed all aspects of the build, from project management to backend/frontend development to AWS / API expertise. 

They were committed to meeting our needs and also spoke clearly about alternative routes when they had suggestions. They also were very mindful of our budget and found solutions to staying within it. 

Key deliverables included: 

• Creation of a new white-labeled platform for gated communities 
• Development of a sophisticated onboarding experience driven by machine learning 
• Features included posting messages and polls, creation of groups, Spanish language capabilities, multi-layer privacy settings, dynamic profiles, and a learning center, amongst other enhancements.
• Recommendation and integration of APIs - Ongoing support and maintenance

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Completion of the development in line with the spec and prototype. Fully working and operating with live clients.

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

Strong project management skills - very communicative, clear and timely.

What was your primary form of communication with Vega IT?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their willingness to work as partners and go above and beyond always stood out as impressive. Also, there willingness to find new and/or alternative solutions to problems was exceptional.

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

Ongoing communication about changes to the team and our primary point-of-contact would be the main thing.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Lead Developer at Verano, one of the biggest sun protection producers in western-europe. We currenly have production facilities spread over 4 countries, and we are active in 15 countries! I manage most of the software projects that we develop within Verano.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Our previous partner portal was outdated, and build poorly years ago. It was time for a new and refreshing website for our partners. First, we did the development in-house, but because of unsufficient developers we had to out-source parts of the project to Vega IT. They were able to provide the manpower we needed to expand our platform swiftly, keeping performance and scalability in mind.

SOLUTION

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

We chose for Vega IT because of their professional look and affordable pricing. We heard about Vega through a colleague who knows the local business.

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

We have several meetings a week to discuss the work done and work ahead of us. We go through their work, and check what has to be changed. Vega IT worked on several features, e.g. User Management, Service Management and Pricelist module. All of this is done in PHP Laravel together with LiveWire.

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

I am working with two developers from Vega IT:

• One back-end dev
• one front-end developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The features they have developed over time are professional and clean. Users like what they have delivered, and are pleased with the proper workings of everything. Users are getting more and more active over time.

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

We communicate mainly over Slack. We do use GitLab for VCS and issue management, and use Clockify to track all time spend on tickets.

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

Their unique way of doing business with customers all over the world is impressive. Also, their office is pretty cool.

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

The first time we had developers from Vega, the projects failed. This was due to project management (from both sides). Now we have better communication with Vega as well as the developers, and are the projects running well.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work for a Digital Agency in the UK as a Digital Project Manager. Our main work is related to helping our clients to have the best website and app experience possible by providing UX, Design and Development services to them.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Vega to help us with the development work for the different sections of our client's website and app. There was a lot of work and we needed the support of additional developers to meet more requirements faster.

SOLUTION

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

We have worked with Vega previously so this helped us decide to reach out to them again. We had a positive experience with them previously which convinced us they were the right choice.

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

N/A

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

We had 2 to 4 developers from Vega working for us at some point in time. They were all developers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

N/A

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

The tools included instant messaging, like Slack and Google chats, internal meetings using Zoom and Google meet

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

Their positive energy, readiness to help and discipline.

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

The main improvement could be having more communications initially with our in-house development team and being transparent on what can be done. This way it reduces the time they spent contemplating the code and teamwork can help them find the answers they have been looking for.