Auxility

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

ECOntainer is an agritech startup with ambitions to take over the vertical farming market. My name is Nikita Romankin, I'm the company CEO and co-founder.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Auxility?

ECOntainer team needed to build it’s initial digital presence, as well as understand the potential of digital space for business development. We wanted to not only build a website, but also create a mobile app experience MVP/prototype. Furthermore, we are expecting to work with large amounts of data and we wanted to learn how we can efficiently use the data and establish an initial framework for future data lake solution

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to have digital tools helping us to present the project to potential investors and clients. Based on the experience and the outcome we get working with Auxility we wanted to understand whether they're capable of managing the data the project generates in order to prolong their engagement.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Auxility was recommended to me by a former colleague who also used their services and was happy with the results.

Describe the project in detail.

During several months Auxility team provided resources and consulting for us to build out our mobile application prototype for investor presentations, as well as assessment of Big Data solutions for our business. The engagement included Discovery/Assessment Phase, which helped building out a roadmap for current and future digital solutions in mobile application and big data spaces. Auxility team had several meetings with us to establish process framework and manage engagement expectations, as well as agree on deliverables, such as powerpoint presentations of roadmap, mobile application prototype and website. Having defined the collaboration framework, Auxility began performing the analysis and delivery in an agile fashion, providing regular updates and engaging us in calibration sessions.

What was the team composition?

The team consisted of a project manager, 2 mobile app developers and a data scientist. Project manager was always in touch hoping streaming communication and giving regular updates on project progress, while developers and data scientist were focusing on their scope of work previously defined.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Auxility delivered all the agreed artifacts and mobile application prototype that we used to successfully perform partner, investor and client presentations and go into the second phase of product and business development. In future, we’re planning to incorporate built solutions for our full commercial launch.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Timely communication and fast delivery were key for us and Auxility did not disappoint. Convenient communication tools, fast responses and agile ability to adjust to changing requirements. We were surprised that Auxility was so proactive and managed our expectations well, which allowed us to remove some of the management overhead usually typical of such projects.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

High level of expertise packaged in a small agency. Auxility offered a very dedicated and personal approach. We really felt supported throughout the project. Even afterwards, we received top-notch digital consulting and development services. The overall quality was great: from initial communication to project management to code.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not really, we were very happy with the results and will work more with them in future.