Artecha

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder and Managing Director of the company. Our online platform aims to help landlords and home owners to find the freelance real estate agents in the UK.

For what projects/services did your company hire Artecha? 

The idea was to develop a fully integrated Prop Tech app that could handle data processing, payments and also documents scanning solutions. Artecha has designed and developed our end-to end web portal which allows landlords and home owners to find the freelance real estate agent. We didn't have any existing platform in place, so this was a brand-new venture.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal was to design and develop a marketable solution in line with the UK quality standards but also with the specific market requirements. We didn’t need just experienced programmers capable of coding, but also tech specialist who could understand the marketability of our value proposition and the targeted operating model of the business for the short and medium-term.

We trusted Artecha opinion regarding what they think was best for the platform, and we agreed to use the technologies they recommended. They also provided the UX and UI input, covering a huge scope of work for us.

How did you select this vendor?

We were working with another organization, which sponsored our initial build with some of the interfacing, social media, etc. They recommended working with Artecha based on the things we were looking to accomplish.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We needed support since the discovery phase stage, we had the business idea with a draft of the concept but we required some validation. Artecha came along and performed complete due diligence of the concept, identifying the available entry points in the industry and defining the suitable personas.

After that, we passed onto the Branding phase where together with the Artecha designers we identified the Brand Identify. This was followed by the wireframing exercise which included the UI and UX effort and resulted in the preparation of the prototypes.  

Once the team (including the management and the scrum muster) was happy with that, Artecha launched the back end and front end activities with its engineers. The development was  carried out through weekly SPRINTS and daily communication on the available channels (Slack and Jira).

Before going to production the build went through an extensive phase of QA and Testing (including Beta testing). We have not encountered bugs so far.

What was the team composition?

Artecha allocated a full-time team to our project, the team was made by 1 Project Manager, 1 Designer, 2 Back End developers, 2 Front End developers, 1 QA and 1 Tester. 

In addition to that sometimes Artecha Business Analysts will join to advice on features and or validate milestones.

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

Our platform works good and looks really great. We have positive feedback from the users we’ve tested with. Also, we often hear that people like the interfaces and visual components. 

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The Artecha project manager was very experienced,  the team was delegating tasks efficiently while producing high-quality deliverables and the communication was effective and quick (through Slack Asana and Jira).  

The PM team always set reasonable deadlines and they were also able to bring up things we hadn’t thought about, which saved us a lot of time and effort.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The first version of the platform is now completed and will continue to evolve as it receives feedback from users. Artecha team is made of experienced consultants and brilliant entrepreneurs who understood how to help a small business in bringing the idea into market as quickly and efficiently as possible. They deliver professional results.

Are there any areas for improvement? 

This was our first time working with a third party provider and it’s been a very positive experience.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a head of marketing at a software development company.

For what projects/services did your company hire Artecha?

We wanted a website that would represent our brand accurately. Our website was slow, unreliable, or hard to use. We found Artecha, met the team and realized these were the guys that could help us to move our business to the new level. They started from the assessment of the current environment and technology stack, spoke to our board members and formed the recommendations. After that, we launched the project that resulted in a totally new look of our website.

What were your goals for this project?

To breathe life into an old-school website.

How did you select this vendor?

Recommendations

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

UI/UX consulting, web development, WA, project management services: everything to create a new website.

What was the team composition?

5 people: QA, software developer, Ui/ux designers and a PM

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

Everything went great.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The entire process went smoothly.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We could track the progress of development throughout the whole time. The team reported on a weekly basis and we could make corrections on spot.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not that I see