AlvariumSoft

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a Sales Enablement Company and create e-learning applications for travel related companies. for several high profile clients, in the US (New York) and in The Netherlands (Nijmegen). I'm the CTO and manage a team of 8 engineers in Nijmegen and several external teams (Ukraine and Brazil).

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired AlvariumSoft as a partner to help our internal development with bigger projects. They completed several projects for us: - Migrations to latest Laravel version (Laravel 9+) - Removing deprecated libraries (Laravel Spark) - Build of new features - Refactoring and improving code quality - Migrating to a Docker based development environment

SOLUTION

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

We found AlvariumSoft via a work marketplace. They responded to our RFP and submitted a well-thought-out plan and sharp pricing. After a short call to discuss project requirements, I was convinced of their qualities and team. AlvariumSoft started on very short notice, which was a big plus.

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

AlvariumSoft completed the following projects for us, based on our requirements:

• Migrations to latest Laravel version (Laravel 9+).
• Removing deprecated libraries (Laravel Spark).
• Build new features.
• Refactoring and improving code quality.
• Migrating to a Docker based development environment All done in blocks of two-week sprints, with daily stand-ups.

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

We have worked with two software engineers from AlvariumSoft and one project manager who oversaw the process.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Systems that have been upgraded, are now in production and have decreased our tech debt with 40%, errors are down by 15% and improved load times by 20%. Code quality increased across the board and code standards have improved. Management is very happy with results, and we will keep moving forward with AlvariumSoft. The quality delivered was great and exceeded our expectations.

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

Communication was great, we were in direct contact with software engineers. Project manager really helped to keep the project on track and helped with communication between engineers and our team. Code was directly committed to Git. AlvariumSoft always delivers on time and had clear timesheets available.

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

Delivering such high quality in a short time frame, in combination with clear communication.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the co-founder of an IT startup providing development, management and infrastructure services to small and medium sized companies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We needed help building an integration between an inventory management / accounting system and a cloud based CRM. The integration had been started by one of our previous partners and we needed help completing the final steps including some refactoring. The goal was to have a steady sync of data to the CRM.

SOLUTION

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

AlvariumSoft had the right competences for the project including available engineers to get up and running quickly. They had an easy time understanding the requirements and proposing the solution.

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

The integration was built using PHP with intermediate object caching in MySQL. The integration works by checking for import batches each night and finding new data (by comparing to the cache) that is then sent to the CRM. The intermediate cache ensures we limit the number of API calls used to join data and makes it possible to import large batches of old, new and updated content. We tested the integration in separate environments before finally releasing to production.

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

We had the help of 3 PHP developers and one project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was delivered with the initial requirements and within the original price estimate.

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

We had a set amount of hours per week allotted to the work and progressed accordingly. Multiple weekly follow-ups were done via online meetings and chat.

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

They are eager to provide good services and follow up on results. They were willing to provide extra service to build a good relationship.

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

It's important to make sure that the right person is involved in each step of the project, and this is a key takeaway from the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the owner a a digital media company based in South East Asia.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We had some fixes on a particularly challenging legacy project, and other developers were not up to the task. We hired AlvariumSoft to complete the remaining items so we could deploy them to the live site for our client.

SOLUTION

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

We previously tried two other developers before reaching out to AlvariumSoft after seeing their experience and company overview.

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

The site is Laravel based and is fairly outdated. We had a number of bug descriptions prepared for AlvariumSoft to look at, and after an initial kick-off meeting they jumped straight into fixing them.

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

There were three team members we dealt with primarily - an Account Manager, a Project Manager and the Developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

AlvariumSoft completed all tasks faster than our expected timeframes. The client was very please with the end result as it was something they had been waiting on for a while.

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

We primarily communicated via Slack, with both the Developer and Project Manager providing us timely updates as each task was completed and ready to test.

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

The overall professionalism, as well as the speed and efficiency in completing the tasks.

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

We genuinely can't think of any areas where they could have improved, it was a pleasure working with them and we look forward to partnering with them again in the future.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder and CEO of SwissMetrics. We have a SaaS platform providing data, tools and analytics on companies form around the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AlvariumSoft?

We have launched a couple of new products and are required to develop new landing pages.

SOLUTION

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

I receive many offers for IT development work. However I found AlvariumSoft to be focused on what I need, they were able to work quickly with an immediate start and very importantly, they were able to compliment my existing IT developer.

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

We went through a number of steps starting from assessing and drafting the needs, ensuring there is an understanding of the requirements, there was initial feedback to ensure the work was being carried out according to expectations, another round of checks before final version. Very efficient and able to capture early if something was not quit right.

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

There were 3, the designer, the overall account manager who interpreted my requirements into design and an organiser.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I am very pleased with the result. I received what I was after in a quick and cost effective manner.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Communication was excellent and they were available at any time.

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

That they were ready to work right away and do it in an efficient manner.

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

After 2 projects, none so far. I will be using AlvariumSoft in the near future again.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work at Comote and responsible for tech questions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We needed to create a part of the platform to increase a speed of performance

SOLUTION

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

We searched for a team who could help us in development of the platform’s functionality, we knew our requirements and searched for a trusted company we can rely on.

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

The platform works with much data, process them and display. It is a big space of operations that work as a single entity

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

We worked with their developers. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The main outcome was a code that guys delivered to us. It’s a core of the platform that runs all the functionality. Alvariumsoft provided us with reliable developers that helped us to perform all the necessary work we had needed

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

Guys are wonderful to cooperate. They are completely independent and they areable to listen and hear simultaneously. For many persons it’s difficult. But AlvariumSoft’s devs are confident with it.  Alvariumsoft demonstrated a high engagement level and expertise, also they answered for all our questions about the project implementation

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

They provided us with solutions that were more than relevant. Thus we made our way to a release shorter and platform’s functionality inside more logical

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

I would advice AlvariumSoft to add new technologies in their stack, because I think it’s not the last cooperation

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as a consultant for a bank, responsible for technical projects setup, business processes, data analysis projects, and also project support during its lifecycle

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

I have hired AlvariumSoft for several web-development projects including nice websites to deliver content to a dedicated audience and a complicated assessment project where data from multiple countries were collected and processed

This time I needed a website for the initiative to support SME after shocking influence by the crisis caused by the pandemic. The challenge was to deliver in one box a tool for delivering generic guidelines and also to enable consultants from each country to deliver dedicated localised content to the audience.

SOLUTION

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

The main deciding factor was the previous experience. Even in small one-time projects Alvariumsoft team always showed dedication and never left the project even after it is fully delivered, supporting me with guidance and technical advice.

For this project, the design phase was also delivered by AlvariumSoft, which added one more big point to the future selection of the guys.

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

1. The functional design of the website according to a designer lookbook using Figma
2. Development of MVP from scratch using Laravel Backpack
3. Continuous communication enabling agile development of the project
4. Launching the generic guidance website with the advanced content management system.
5. The work is still ongoing

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

4 people, including CEO, PM, Designer and Tech lead adding developers on an ad-hoc basis. The main communication is carried out with the project PM, which I found logical from the point of view of efficiency.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project will be delivered for quite a long time ahead, however, even at this stage we have perfect feedback from users and content owners which is the main KPI for such kind of projects

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

Communication is carried out mostly by emails, which is caused by complicated and non-technical stakeholders' huge engagement.

Weekly communication is carried out via different tools depending on stakeholders in the call requirements. Documents are exchanged via Huddle which is a common document exchange system for our projects.

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

They have an impressive communication style and professional dedication. You can rarely find a perfect example of these two features together.

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

In a modern IT world, there is always a place for improvement, but I see how guys are going, and they have a bright future ahead.

UPDATED REVIEW

This review was published on Sept. 4, 2020.

Oleksii Yurchenko

Senior Consultant, Bank

Financial Services

1,001-5,000 Employees

London, United Kingdom

$10,000 to $49,999

May - Sept. 2020

Project summary: 

In order for a bank to deliver a multi-language survey, it needed a custom design website with all new content. They hired AlvariumSoft to provide the skills to complete the project.

Feedback summary: 

The company appreciated that the team was able to provide all the necessary deliverables on time and of good quality. The company didn't experience any issues with the team in terms of communication and even rate their performance as nearly perfect.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as an eProcurement/Business processes Consultant for a Bank. My role is leading various projects regarding the digital transformation of government entities or SME support.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The goal was to deliver a multi-language survey regarding business restructuring via a custom design website with a substantial amount of different content. The solution should collect and process survey data transforming it into KPIs.

The next part of the project is dedicated to the online delivery of reports produced based on collected data.

SOLUTION

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

We selected a set of relevant companies by web search. Then we contacted companies who provided decent reports for our emails regarding several projects. Out of these companies we selected AlvariumSoft due to fast demonstration of skills and communication capacities.

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

The scope of work shortly consisted of:

• online survey implementation
• multilanguage, complex logic, customization of content
• website to deliver survey and collect user responses
• content pages of different types
• blog and news functionality
• user-friendly cms
• support with technical questions (hosting, emails, etc)

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

Usually, 4 persons- CEO to discuss high-level details, two project managers to support the development of different stages, tech-lead to discuss technical questions and possible issues

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The deliverables produced were of very high quality, timely delivered and now they are collecting a lot of positive feedback from users (respondents and project team)

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

Since I am a certified PM (PRINCE 2) I can rate the PM style as near to perfect. The team was always available for a discussion and we had no issues with switching to tools used in EBRD projects (Huddle, WhatsApp, Breeze, etc)

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

From vast experience, I can say that timely delivery of proper quality even in an extremely aggressive environment which we have is a very rare and valuable thing.

Excellent communication, following all commitments.

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

Since we selected AlvariumSoft as a long-time partner for future projects we have already discussed with their team, which skills they need to improve or develop to embrace more complicated projects.

However, this project had issues on our side rather than on developers, and developers managed to save the project allowing it to be launched in time when from my point of view it looked almost unfeasible due to a huge last-minute change in requirements on our side.

Star Ratings

Overall rating:  5

Quality:  5

Schedule:  5

Cost:  5

Willing to refer:  5
 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as a Data Analyst for a Bank. My role is taking care of the data standardization and analytical tools in projects regarding the digital transformation of government entities or SME support.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

The goal was to build a website containing a multi-language survey module. The survey results are collected and aggregated for later use in analytics dashboards.

SOLUTION

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

We searched for web dev companies in Google and invited a few of them to demonstrate their capacity to work on our project. With AlvaruimSoft we had the best communication experience and they were the fastest too

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

The scope of work included a website with a survey module. The survey had to be multilingual and follow complex logic, i.e. conditional questions. The website also had to have a CMS, blog/news functionality and technical support.

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

CEO, 2 PMs and a Techlead (4 people in total)

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The respondents and the users of the website found the survey module very user-friendly

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

The team was always available for meetings, had no problems with switching to some pretty exotic PM tools like Huddle and Breeze.pm

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

All the deliverables were produced without violating deadlines

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

As a Data Analyst, I would recommend learning more about how to build more data-heavy websites for OLAP workloads, as opposed to classic OLTP web development

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the founder & CEO of crossculture2go educational platform. We developed a marketplace for videos, eLearning courses and live coaching sessions on business cultures around the world.

Our mission is to make cross-cultural support accessible, affordable, and convenient – so that anyone who is dealing with a challenging international business situation can get instant support – anytime, anywhere.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire AlvariumSoft?

Crossculture2go needed services for content creation and support for the website. There was a need to redevelop education videos, work with recording/editing materials, texts and education processes that were developed and integrated into videos to bring the results for people who would be going to use it to visit foreign countries with intentions to work there, build a business, etc.

For the website where all the content was to be published, we needed support from the web development side. After a thorough research process I chose Alvariumsoft to execute the required work. These guys demonstrated a high-level of experience and interest from the beginning.

What were your goals for this project?

My goals were to update and refresh the project and all the existing content. That meant that there was a general need to reproduce existing videos and material.

On the other hand, there was the need to support and rebuild the backend of the website – e.g. fixing bugs, adding new functionalities and improving the website speed. The basic challenge was to rebuild the project as quickly as possible while continuing to work with my customers.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

After reviewing a lot of companies, I chose two candidates to move on to make the final decision. Among them was AlvariumSoft. Having made technical calls with them I figured out that AlvariumSoft had more expertise than the other vendor.

Besides, they sent me a short video that they had produced during a trial period and the quality as well as the look and feel met our expectations to 100%. That’s why I made the decision to continue working with AlvariumSoft.

Describe the project in detail.

crossculture2go is a one-stop marketplace where people can get 24/7 support in living abroad and doing business with other cultures. It helps people in a direct and easily accessible way to deal with international situations, e.g. sales, negotiations, living abroad as an expatriate, travelling as a business traveller etc. Users can purchase, videos, courses or talk to coaches live on the platform.

What was the team composition?

We worked with a content creator, project manager, and backend engineer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We’ve successfully launched our updated website https://crossculture2go.com/. We are currently negotiating to get investments in order to realize the next step of development and marketing.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

AlvariumSoft suggested working by their internal plan to make the work process going as smoothly and effectively as possible. One of our employees was in constant contact with Alvariumsoft and took care of content review & approval.

This person set the tasks via Trello and AlvariumSoft then worked on them. As to the development side, I showed our challenges and bugs that needed to be fixed to the respective project manager of Alvariumsoft. After discussing the best fitting strategy he managed the developer directly. Generally, I loved their uncomplicated and competent way of communication.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The team was very passionate about the whole project and they weren't afraid to recommend new approaches to get a maximum result for me as their client.

I especially liked the fact that they always kept in mind what was best for me even though that sometimes meant additional work from their side (without exceeding the negotiated budget). They definitely realize the business value of their clients and do their best to optimize it.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Since I would like to work with them even closer it would be great if they opened up an operational office in Germany. I’m convinced that there are many companies in Germany that could profit from the great expertise and work Alvariumsoft delivers.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm managing few domain related project, that provides services to customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We wanted to create one stop shop for our customers, to search and configure their needs through a website.

SOLUTION

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

We reviewed few companies of the same caliber, and we believe we found a great one.

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

Since we didn't have a website or a design ready, we first started with finding a design that would be best for us, building all the frontend parts on it.

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

We worked with few team members, including a project manager, frontend developer, backend developer and a DevOps engineer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

For the first time, we had a system that our customers could login and add their own requirements

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

We mostly communicated through video conference, and instant messaging applications.

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

They're all very nice, easy-going, and professional in AlvariumSoft.

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

For the most part, they did amazing job from the start.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of a Consultancy services firm. We have offices in 3 countries in the Middle East.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Looking for high-level business consultant to support our clients needs

SOLUTION

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

I am impressed with their professionalism and background.

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

Registration of consultant and companies Filter consultant according to their skills link consultants to companies according to their requests Secured payment platform (STRIPE) Billing system

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

5 minimum Project manager Front end developer Back end developer SEO specialist SSR specialist

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Great value for money. the plarform is online for 3 weeks and consultant are registering to get contracts.

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

weekly meeting via google meet SIGMA UI/UX

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

the permanent follow up of the project manager and the knowledge of developers

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

not sure