Appotype

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Marketing manager of Angelini Pharma Polska Sp. z o.o

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a Polish department of an Italian company with 100 years of experience in the manufacture and distribution of medicinal products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Appotype to accomplish?
We wanted to develop a mobile and web application as an educational platform for doctors.

SOLUTION

How did you find Appotype?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select Appotype over others?

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

How many teammates from Appotype were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Appotype designed and implemented from scratch an educational platform consisting of a mobile app, a web app and a website. The project included a full range of work, from requirements gathering, design, implementation and post-implementation support.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was successfully launched on schedule. The official launch has taken place and the platform is now being used by users across the country.

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

The project was managed according to the SCRUM methodology. We were in constant contact with Appotype, attended daily meetings and were kept up to date with the progress of the work. Everything was delivered on time and in accordance with our needs.

What was your primary form of communication with Appotype?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Appotype showed great commitment and flexibility. They responded quickly to changes in requirements made on our part. They were proactively involved in determining the best solutions for our objectives. Our cooperation went very smoothly.

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

Not at this point.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of Braster S.A., a medical devices company. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Appotype?

We needed help with mobile app development. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?
They were responsible for developing our Android and iOS apps in the past. For this project, they upgraded our iOS app used by individuals at home and in medical facilities like hospitals and clinics. They also conducted about a week of testing.  

What is the team composition?

I was in contact with 2–3 people.

How did you come to work with Appotype?

Appotype built our mobile apps a few years ago, and they were initially a recommendation.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent under €5,000 (approximately $5,400 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together in March–May 2023.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

It was very successful, and the new version of our iOS app was finished very quickly. 

How did Appotype perform from a project management standpoint?

They delivered on time, within budget, and were responsive. We had really good contact during the work, and if we had any problems, they fixed it within a day. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Appotype works quickly. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I didn’t find any mistakes or anything that needed to be improved. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be really precise at the beginning of the cooperation with Appotype regarding what you need and the timeline that you're working with. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m an executive medtech startup. We have built a wearable patch system that is a medical device - clinical standard ecg that can be used remotely in patient homes

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Appotype built our software from begging. It consists both of Mobile App, Backend and Webservice. Mobile App is connecting with our BLE ECG device. Challenge was to deliver robust software that will meet medical device standards.

SOLUTION

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

The vendor made for us an audit of previous software and started to work with us first with debugging the previous one. Then we have decided to built new system from scratch.

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

The aim was to deliver a robust software that will receive ECG data from our recorder on the mobile device. We are using BLE and iOS devices. The mobile device sends through internet data to the AWS Cloud.

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

1 Web developer, 1 Backend developer, and 1 UX designer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Work was done good, system is working well and fulfilling all regulatory requirements. Audit of notified body successful.

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

Everything done well along to the schedule. We have performed daily meetings communicating through ZOOM. We worked in 2 week sprints

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

The company is very flexible and has perfect communication. They are well organized and they are not afraid of new topics and learning new technologies.

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

I do not have anything specific in my mind.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Wireless Value is a electronics development company, I am the a developer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Create an mobile app for measurement devices

SOLUTION

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

As an advise from another company.

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

The app receives data from the measurment devices and does some calculation to check the results locally. And synchronizes the data with an cloud appication

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

1 X ux designer. 2 X software development 1 X tester 1 X overall

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We do not have the full outcome yet. But the test results looks promosing.

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

Scrum, with communication tools: Google meet, GIT, Jira.

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

Very transparant, good understanding about what to measure. They were very self-sufficient.  Also fast and adequate communication.

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

The origninal time estimation was at the low side, so it took a bit longer then expected.