Atolye15

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m Can Öz, the owner of Can Publishing House and the General Manager of Socrates Magazine. Our publishing house is one of the most respected publishing houses in Turkey and the quintessential home of world literature in Turkey.

Socrates is our very first venture in publishing monthly magazines and has been a great success since its first launch back in 2015. It is a sports magazine that has a world of content that does not focus on a single sport but produces diverse, interdisciplinary content and prefers to elaborate on sports culture in depth

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15, and what were your goals?

We hired Atolye15 for frontend and backend development services for the full renewal of our content-heavy website.

SOLUTION

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

Socrates is a content-heavy and design-oriented sports magazine with a strong editorial team and a young target audience. We wanted these aspects of our business to reflect in our web presence as well; so we needed frictionless and flawless content delivery on the web as well as a place to contain and serve all of our different content types such as podcasts, long and short-form videos, articles, etc with a great experience. So we hired the best software company we knew to make this a reality

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

As I mentioned before, we are obsessed with the design and experience we present to our readers. We are also one of the most frequent content creators of our country: Podcasts, YouTube videos, articles, a shop, media-specific content, etc... You name it, we have it. We had all of this valuable content scattered across the world wide web and we wanted to do something about it; that “something” is to bring all of the content in one place and to present it with a frictionless content experience as well as a CMS that can be easily used by our editorial team. The twist here is to also present this content in a personalized manner with a membership background. Atolye15 provided for these requests excellently.

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

The team composition changed throughout the project with the requirements of that specific sprint bu generally was something like this: a UI/UX designer, a project manager, 2 backend developers, 2 frontend developers, and a QA engineer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After more than a year of working with them, I can easily say that we are now lifelong partners with Atolye15. We were very happy with the services we are provided.

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

They made the way they work very clear from the day we met and it was just like they promised: We get to meet the team every other Friday to go over the last sprint and plan the next one. We also had grooming and prioritization sessions about the tasks, stories, and workforce they dedicate to us. Overall, this clear and precise project management style succeeded greatly in keeping us informed and in the loop.

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

They are confident problem solvers and self-reliant partners. We were very impressed with their proactive approach regarding the potential problems and the way they communicate solutions. The communication channels they provide and the responsiveness of the team are also above anything else we have ever seen in a solution partner.

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

If I must say one thing, we sometimes wished they had a branch or an office in İstanbul for purely social reasons.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Arda, the Community Manager of a mobile game publisher and producer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15, and what were your goals?

We wanted to renew our website so that we can create it the way we desired; a website that is constantly up-to-date, more versatile, and has a very rich blog along with colorful static content.

SOLUTION

How did you select Atolye15 and what were the deciding factors?

We decided to work with them after we’ve evaluated references from other clients in the industry.

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

The project was to renew the website using a comprehensive CMS. The team has used Contentful CMS and following 12 weeks total sprints, they’ve completed it working hand in hand with the design team for illustrations as well. For the HR, they integrated the CRM module infrastructure we currently use, for Rollic.

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

Developers, designers, project managers, an illustrator, and a QA was responsible for the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The development process went smooth and easy and we were glad that we’ve accomplished everything in terms of having a better platform. Long-run success will be the determining factor, adding value to what we already have.

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

We were always in contact with project managers. They also use JIRA which is a big plus for us. And being able to discuss and decide on together, having them direct us into discovering what outcomes would be beneficial for us is an advantage when working with this team.

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

They have a solid team, the way they work is built on enjoying the work they do. That brings success to the product. We were very pleased with their orientation and project management methods. Another point would go to their design team which took their time to showcase our titles best way possible.

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

No, not really. They are a busy team and they give their everything to your product, so as a client, you can be always in touch with them and freely discuss what you have in mind to see the bigger picture with their help.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the co-founder and CEO of Lidio, Emre Güzer. Lidio is the new brand of “Mobilexpress” known by a mass of customer base, and it is Turkey’s largest online payment platform; we are serving our customers the ease to not deal with any complex integrations or contracts thanks to our dozens of artificial intelligence-based solutions.

Lidio has been designed to act as a living organism to help customers make their lives easier and focus on their main jobs, rather than burdens.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15, and what were your goals?

Atolye15 provided us with UI/UX design, frontend development services for Lidio website and payment systems. Our goal was to have a website that stands out by its ease and simplicity, at the same time, we needed to reflect the solid structure of online payment systems we have by presenting the end user with efficient UI/UX design.

SOLUTION

How did you select Atolye15 and what were the deciding factors?

We have decided to work with them because of a client reference based on their previous work

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

Now the Lidio team works on the backend and not all of the pages are live yet.

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

Atölye15 team is on the sprint of design and frontend development for "Hosted Payment Page" and "Company Payment Portal". These projects enable companies to make online payments by the help of Lidio or the companies without their own platforms to run the online payment processes through Lidio.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The outcomes of the project can better be assessed once all the pages are live, yet we can say that the project sprints went smooth and so far, we are happy with what we have achieved already. We started a second phase of the project following the completion of the first phase successfully.

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

The project management was effective, and the project managers are working closely with us, always on the search for how we can make progress to obtain the best outcomes for Lidio. They use JIRA and PMs are hard working individuals we can always reach out whenever we need to.

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

They are good communicators, they work very much aligned within the team and with their clients. They have helped us a lot with their experience in UI, and they are a self-driven team looking for ways to clarify your project needs better with you.

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

From a general point of view, we were happy with the services we were provided by Atolye15. In terms of catching deadlines, improvements can be made; but it is very dependent on our feedback to the team and our additional requests.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of o2v2 which is a global scale hosting company based in Amsterdam.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15, and what were your goals?

We were looking for a solution to be able to reach more of our global scale clients. At this point, we have reached out to Atölye15 to help us out with the design and development of our website and dashboard. We wanted to have a custom developed responsively designed website for our business. This project was extremely important for us as it was the key for our business to open its doors globally.

SOLUTION

How did you select Atolye15 and what were the deciding factors?

We did some comprehensive research to find out which external agency we wanted to work with for such a high valued business project. We have done detailed online search including checking previous works of different support providers and decided to move forward with Atolye15.

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

We wanted to have a sales platform that will be efficiently used and be sustainable. Atolye15 did a full WHMCS integration and built the system upon it. The whole support system was automized. The site was integrated with Kayako API’s.

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

The team was composed of a project manager, 1 Backend Developer, 1 Frontend Developer, 1 QA, 1 UI/UX Designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

It was a successful project for us, and we still work with them, we can say that we became partners. Atolye15 uses modern technologies and built a system that is sustainable.

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

Atolye15 uses JIRA for project management that could help us to see as well where our project was standing day by day. As in every project, of course there were some delays time to time because of change during the project which is quite normal.

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

Atolye15 team knows each other's strengths and weaknesses really well and this creates a complete project structure that drives a huge success.

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

We were satisfied with their work.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Co-founder of the company. It is a realtime monitoring and reporting product for enterprises, banks, datacenters, financial companies, and MSPs.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15?

Atolye15 made our initial frontend development. We still have same design at core.

What were your goals for this project?

We want to have easy, user friendly dashboard for our customers and Atolye15 well executed it.

SOLUTION

How did you select Atolye15?

I met with them through my partner. They had good references and their job was awesome.

Describe the project in detail.

We had some meetings and we told them our idea about this dashboard. We did some mockups to show the idea. After that they made a initial design really fast. Then they created a gitlab account for us and we started working with them directly via that platform. We also had an project manager who helps us to communicate with development team.

What was the team composition?

We had a designer and frontend developer. We were able to communicate with them directly to forward our needs. But our project manager was also really helpful to coordinate the job.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This was the first edition of the product, so it was our only dashboard. We were happy with the result. But of course we updated through the times.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We managed everything through Gitlab. We were able to open bug requests and feature requests. We were also using email communication through our project manager.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are young and really energetic. They are fast to adopt new technologies and they are open for any kind of discussion. Also frontend developer made a perfect job!

Are there any areas for improvement?

I think they can improve themself at the UX design. Quality of work is really good but UX design can be way better.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of Mobilexpress, which offers the most efficient solutions with a team that has Fintech experience for many years. In Mobilexpress, all payment services are gathered around one roof platform that is tailored to your business’ needs.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15?

We worked with Atolye15 for the services of UI/UX Design and Development.

What were your goals for this project?

To have a new landing page designed and developed for our new brand, making all landing and corporate websites turn into digital payment platforms.

SOLUTION

How did you select Atolye15?

We have been searching for a development company that is well-known for their product quality in Turkey and after seeing their work, we decided on Atolye15.

Describe the project in detail.

We renewed our landing page with them and collaborated with them on design and development. We partner with globally well-known brands such as Unicef, Mapfre, Gant, Lacoste and many more to count. Surrounded by a vast network and offering services on a wide-scale, we needed a solid platform to successfully operate on these service areas without fail.

What was the team composition?

The team consisted of 3 Frontend Developers, 2 UI/UX Designers, 1 Project manager and 1 QA

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

It is now early to make certain comments but in general, we are happy with the results we have in hand.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Thanks to project managers’ efforts and frequent communication, we have easily managed the process together.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are closers, and they always let you know what might be done and what cannot be done, you can scale your expectations accordingly. That is a big plus in terms of knowing what you’ll get as an outcome.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We are content with their way of work and the outcome.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Ali YILMAZ, and I am the CEO of KERZZ. We work in restaurant, cafe & bar P.O.S. systems where we provide product and stock management, bill management and supply chain order management; trusted by many well-known brands.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15?

We partnered with Atolye15 on product development and new product landing pages.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to for was to have better and higher standards of performance for our website and have an efficient landing page our clientele and target audience loves using.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We have selected Atölye15 while searching for a successful company providing web services, and the references we had lead us to choose Atolye15.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The project was to strengthen our game on product development and have a brand new product landing page. The project was to have a website that we can divide many modules according to different industries and provide details about them. Moreover, we could include demo requests and manage these requests from the website as well. They have also designed illustrations for various modules.

What was the team composition?

They have assigned a dedicated team for our project consisted of project manager, backend developers, frontend developers, and a UI/UX designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I think that the most important achievement through this project was to see the benefits of an improved website in our work. Because when you work on something new, it is crucial to have positive outcomes reflected in the business as numbers, not only looks.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We were always in contact with the project managers, making it possible for us to understand each and every step of the project clearly, and could contribute to it by working closely with the team.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The most impressive thing to mention about Atölye15 to me is that they are practical and they focus on the solution. Their communication skills and being good team players make everything easier for both clients and the development process.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Atölye15 built up a successful team that handled everything well in our project and their ability to provide solutions and options for problems helped us a lot along the way.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are one of the strongest sales and distribution organisation in FMCG market in Turkey, mainly distributing one of the Turkish leading food brand. I'm the product and service development manager in foodservice channel.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15?

We developed a web site and mobile application, which includes all of our receipe archive, culinary technique videos and a guide for customers to find chefs' choices about where to eat in all cities of Turkey.

What were your goals for this project?

The aim of the project is to create brand awareness of professional chefs and students who has attended a culinary arts programme and customers interested in gastronomy.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Actually we had started the project with a different company and had congested for further developments. They were recommended to us by one of our agency.

The project was a high priority for our company and we were in a very bad situation. Their result-driven approach and schedule for our situation were key to deciding to go with them.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They designed, developed and configured a new web site and mobile application. The project began with a discovery workshop and we defined and approved the workflows and deadlines.

After the approval the project began and ended in the period that we have agreed accoring to our deadlines. Developments and improvement are still going on as planned.

What was the team composition?

The project team had about 5 people, but certain individuals would come and go depended on the skills needed.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The new web site and mobile application were lauched on time. The web site and mobile application are working properly. Both professional chefs and consumers are happy and the number of accesses to our web site and application has been increasing. This also leads us to cmake new improvements with Atolye15.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management was quite impressive especially compared to our previous experience. The team complied with deadlines and even after the launch they were ready to help us 7/24 in different occasions.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The team have become part of our company department as they were ready to help us 24/7 in different occasions.

For instance we attended a fair and lauched the new application there as well. However the display that we had there was not compatible with our mobile application.

They spent 2 hours after their work hours to help us to be ready for the fair without any problem. And they came up with a solution.

Are there any areas for improvement?

All they need is to maintain their current processes and team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

HediyeSepeti is a platform of which the main focus is to provide e-commerce service for special occasions and buying gifts for beloved ones. The product versatility grows each day, making it possible for users to make their beloved ones happy by custom gifts and presents.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15?

We hired Atolye15 for the services we needed in terms of UI/UX Design and Frontend Development.

What were your goals for this project?

Providing our customers with a brand new and good quality user interface on our website to make the most out of our service. And on the frontend side we aimed to make technical improvements on SEO since we are an e-commerce company.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We have been searching for a development company that is well-known for their product quality in Turkey and ended up finding Atolye15 by one of their frontend developers’ podcast, listening to their projects actually.

Describe the project in detail.

We have shared our ideas and plans with them. And they were able to help us throughout the design process of the wireframes. Then came the process of UI/UX design and frontend development.

What was the team composition?

The team assigned to us was composed of project managers, UI/UX designers and frontend developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We cannot yet define the project as successful as a live project, but the new interface and technical improvements made makes us feel secure about the upcoming success of our business.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Thanks to project managers’ efforts and frequent communication, we have easily managed the process together. The project was completed fast and step by step in a fluent way

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They're an easy-going team with a hands-on working strategy, and they're not hesitant to share their ideas with us.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We were content with their way of work and the outcome.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the head of product innovation at Kabaq. Kabaq creates ultra-realistic 3D content, optimized for Augmented Reality. The company then manages and distributes this content for clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Atolye15?

Atolye15 created UX/UI design for kabaq.io and implemented the website. For the second part of the project, they delivered Kabaq App UX/UI.

What were your goals for this project?

AR is a new concept and we were looking forward to telling our story on our website. For the app, user journey was important since not a lot of users were familiar with using the camera for AR

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

They were recommended by a colleague. We choose Atolye15 after reviewing their past successful projects.

Describe the project in detail.

After signing the project, Atolye15 assigned a project lead to manage all conversation on their end. This made our communication pretty easy along the course of project life-cycle. We agreed on a timeline with deadlines and they delivered all deadlines on time.

What was the team composition?

One Project Lead, One designer and two developers involved in the process

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Atolye15 delivered the project on time. Kabaq.io now scores over 90% on SEO and listed in top 3 on most of the search terms we targeted. To date, we created over 700 leads through our website.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Frequent updates kept the conversation live and on the deadline we there were no surprises.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

knowledge on the UI design elements

Are there any areas for improvement?

We got a beautiful project. thank you!