Appcent

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the mobile team lead at Demirören Teknoloji. Demirören Technology is a part of Demirören Group. It is responsible for developing platforms and software for other group companies.

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

Our aim was to update Turkey’s leading sports application to a point that users can predict match scores and play bulletin accordingly. It needed live score integration, so we went to Appcent.

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

In my previous companies, I’ve worked with Appcent on various projects. I trust their fast-problem-solving skills and good work ethic for every project.

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

Fanatik app is designed as an analysis and news app for sports. RxSwift technology and reactive programming is used for every structure of the project. Appcent team helped us integrate user subscription and premium features to app. Live scores, Match analysis’, Match simulation data and soccer bulletin features were also made by Appcent’s developer.

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

The team had 10 members in total.

• 1 Backend Developer
• 2 iOS Developers
• 2 Android Developers 
• 1 Team Leader
• 1 PO
• 1 Business Analyst
• 1 UI/UX Designer
• 1 Test Engineer

1 iOS developer was hired from Appcent.

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

With the release of the new version, we received very positive comments from users. Our user base and revenues continue to increase with the changing design.

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

We completed the project within the date determined by the work of Vural Çelik, who took part in the project. We appreciated the dedication of the Appcent's team during the entire process.

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

Their knowledge on various sectors such as FinTech, e-commerce and Loyalty apps and their client relationship skills.

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

We thank appcent for their devotion in this process. Hoping to work on other projects again

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO at HurriyetEmlak which is a leading classified company headquartered in Istanbul/Turkey. Our company has nearly 200 employees and we are delivering software which has 15k + customers and 5M + consumers. 

For what projects/services did your company hire Appcent?

Mobile applications were created 8 years ago. It was quite legacy to handle updates and upgrades which were also required by Google and Apple. We hired Appcent both developing roadmap items and re-designing our application.

What were your goals for this project?

Our first goal is removing all old versioned APIs to new developed infrastructure. Second goal was removing unnecessary dependencies and upgrading outdated dependencies. Third and ongoing process is face lift and fixing usability issues while our customers create and manage their listings.

How did you select Appcent?

In my previous 4 companies I worked with Appcent and really happy with their work. They have flexible options for working and adapting to clients development environments. Another important part is the price advantage and their transparency about pricing.

Describe the project in detail.

Their main responsibility is delivering features, closing technical debts. Some epics which are developed together

• Facelift Listing creation page
• Facelift Portfolio pages
• Removing Objective-C codes
• Switching to new APIs
• Analytics dashboard 

What was the team composition?

Our dedicated App team has 1 PO, 4 Full Stack Developers(API+Client), 1 QA, 1 Designer. In addition to this team composition we hired two client developers from Appcent.

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

We are continuously collecting data from both consumers and customers. NPS is the most important KPI assigned to our teams. Last year NPS results got improved and Appcent has a great contribution on that.

Also we keep monitoring crash free sessions. Great improvement happened in crash free sessions. As we are continuously releasing our application each month, delivering high quality software is the key KPI for all developers. Appcent has a great contribution in delivering high quality software.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We are working in the same team. We have one scrum agile board and everyone in the team is working and serving for the same purpose which is delivering sprints without hangovers.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

1. Client development know how.
2. Experience on different industries.
3. Adaptation speed.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Adapting new mobile client technologies like React Native and Flutter.