Bild Studio

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Office for IT of Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bild Studio to accomplish?

• Create website and mobile application for promotion rural households in Montenegro

SOLUTION

How did you find Bild Studio?

Tender applicant

Why did you select Bild Studio over others?

Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Bild Studio were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

The aim of this project is to develop a mobile application for rural households in Montenegro, which will help users to more easily find accommodation and activities available in rural areas. The application will support multilingualism (6 foreign languages), and CMS will be available for entering new households. 

The application will contain information about 239 registered rural households, as well as new households that are registered during the year. It is necessary to create a website for the promotion of mobile applications that will serve to promote rural households in Montenegro. 

The website will contain basic information about the project, terms of use of the application, privacy policy, contact page, as well as links to download the app from the App Store and Play Store. Come up with an attractive and recognizable name of a mobile application that will promote rural households in Montenegro, as well as design a logo that will showcase traditional elements of rural life. 

The name of the mobile application should be simple, memorable and related to the concept of rural households and tourism. The logo should represent nature, country products and traditional elements of rural life.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Launched two applications for Android and iOS, with CMS and website. The application contain information about 233 rural households in Montenegro with potential of growing

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

• Product owner 
• Scrum master 
• System architect 
• UX Dizajnera 
• UI Dizajnera 
• Backend developer 
• Frontend developer 
• Tester 

They delivered items on time and they responded quickly to all our requests.

What was your primary form of communication with Bild Studio?

In-Person Meeting

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

We were impressed with their professionalism and teamwork.

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

No, they did everything they were asked to do.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the co-founder of a non-profit supporting organisations with collecting donations through online-shopping.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Our website was first built by us a few years ago using a construction kit and lacked a solid basis with a database.

SOLUTION

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

We searched for a team that combined different disciplines from Design to Backend in order not to have to put the team together independently and lose ourselves in the organisation process.

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

We had a kick-off meeting and regular meetings thorugh out the process to discuss each scope.

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

A project manager was our main point of contact throughout process and designers and programmers behind the scene.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After launching our website we had working backend and we are able to manage the administration of the registered organisations more easily.

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

We had weekly meetings with the project manager and constant exchange about the state of the project via Slack and other communication channels.

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

From the very beginning, the cooperation with Bildstudio was excellent. Together with us, they have thought deeply about the implementation of the charity shopping platform, from setting up the infrastructure to the design of the site. We were very grateful for the great, swift, and helpful support even after the launch in case of technical problems. Bildstudio is definitely to be recommended! Thank you!

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

We were really happy about the development with Bildstudio.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of Funzi. We provide digital learning services to the developing world via lightweight mobile web apps.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Bild Studio?

When I came in, our company had an existing web app that we needed to completely change in order to support our new business model. We were changing from B2B to B2C, and at the time, we had no in-house development team. We needed a company that could relaunch our product along with our new business model.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The initial project involved making major changes to and relaunching our web app product to accommodate our new business model. The major tools that we used were Node.js, MongoDB, and Contentful.

We have successfully relaunched the product last year, but we are still continuing to work with Bild Studio on a day-to-day basis on the same product.

What is the team composition?

On average, we work with three full-time resources and two part-time resources from Bild Studio.

How did you come to work with Bild Studio?

I came across Bild Studio through a freelancing platform. I had been talking to a number of companies that do a similar type of work, but the thing that really convinced me to work with Bild Studio was that they asked the right questions — they asked everything that they needed to ask in order to give us a good estimate of the work, and that made me comfortable that they were a good fit for us.

How much have you invested with them?

Our average spend is around €14,000 (Approximately $15,000 USD) per month. Over the course of 18 months, I’d say we’ve spent a little over €200,000 (Approximately $219,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in September 2020, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We now have hundreds of thousands of users per month, and the web app boasts fifteen millisecond response times.

How did Bild Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

Bild Studio has performed excellently in terms of project management.

We primarily communicate through Slack.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Bild Studio did their due diligence in terms of trying to understand what we wanted to build before they agreed to do the project and gave us an estimate.

I’ve encountered a lot of companies, especially in the outsourcing space, that were not very transparent about their ability to perfectly execute the project. This has never been the case with Bild Studio — they asked questions that made me feel like they truly understood what the task and challenges were going to be.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I think it's important to understand whether you want Bild Studio to handle project management for you or you want to do that internally.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Nilex as an independently owned software company has provided products for easier managing IT services and infrastructures across enterprises. While developing, implementing and supporting ITSM solutions, Nilex enables ca thousand organizations to manage their operational business processes by simplifying it and making their own work more efficient.

I am developer manager in Nilex and my responsablity is related with NSP product development.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Bild Studio?

We are using Bild studio developers for outsourcing development in our projects.

What were your goals for this project?

We have one dedicated team in Bild Studio which working 100% for us and developement of our products. Is not one project, they working on couple of projects for us parallely. 

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We find this vendor using recommendations of some their customers.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They are engaged in development of Nilex product. We are using different technologies and they providing for us good service.

What was the team composition?

We have backend and front-end developers at Bild Studio.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

They are engaged in development of Nilex product.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We have dedicated developers at Bild Studio and one project manager, all tasks according with roadmap is distributed to Bild studio project manger and the coordinate local team.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They have a lot of talented developers, and I really recommend working with them. Who can answer on many questions on professional way and solve many tasks in same time.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, not at this time.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Crnogorski Telekom (CT) is the largest telecommunications company in Montenegro that offers a complete range of fixed and mobile telecommunication services (voice, messaging, internet, TV, leased lines, network data and ICT solutions). I am responsible for the cloud services provided by the company to B2B customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Bild Studio?

Implementation of a new web site thats also includes webshop.

What were your goals for this project?

Completely redesigned web follow the UX DTs standards for over 800 existing pages.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We had a tender procedure where we selected Bild studio from 8 offered companies.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Completely redesigned web follow the UX DTs standards for over 800 existing pages. A new e-Sales catalog has been developed. The catalog relies on data in existing backend systems, with the ability to define automated rules necessary for the sale and presentation of products via digital channels. Inventory and price management is fully automated. An interface with the ordering system has been built in order to automate the process of E2E as much as possible. For the first time, we are introducing a single user account for all digital channels of Crnogorski Telekom

What was the team composition?

More than 30 employees of CT worked on this project. We were devide by groups and each gorup was responsible for each part of project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our KPIs for e-sales and e-services are much better after this project.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management was very impressive, especially compared to other vendors. Their team regularly complied with deadlines and always communicated delays well ahead of time.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Bild Studio delivers on what they promise, accomplishing complex challenges. The team is much more reliable and competent than previous developers, and their work has resulted in a much better website.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CTO at VizLore Labs Foundation, primarly focued on providing innovative solutions in the domain of Blcokchain, IoT and Data engineering.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Bild Studio?

Redesign of mobile app for our SmartAccess control solution which turns your smartphone into a virtual key for any SAC enabled building.

What were your goals for this project?

Improve the overall design, look and feel of website and mobile application for SmartAccess Control solution

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We have long standing partnership with Bild Studio and have entrusted them the task for redesign. They are also our valuable customer and actively using Smart Access control solution for their office space.

Describe the project in detail.

Redesign of Smart Access Control mobile app. Design and implementation of Smart Access Control website.

What was the team composition?

Project manager, UX designer and UI designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our customers have reported great feedback after the product redesign.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Fluent and agile development with on the fly meetings. They have incorporate all user feedback into their design process and provide innovative ideas in terms of UX to help improve our product.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They have a 100% delivery rate and are always on time. Impressive ideas when it comes to UX design which help bring our product closer to end users, make it more easy to use and user friendly.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We are very satisfied with their work every step of the way.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro Implementation manager, Contact person for project "Communication, Publicity and Visibility of the Sectoral Operational Programme for Employment, Education and Social Policies 2015-2017"

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Bild Studio?

For communication and visibility of entire Programme.

What were your goals for this project?

To raise the overall awareness among the public on the EU assistance provided to Montenegro from IPA funds, particularly from the actions and activities of the Sectoral Operational Programme for Employment, Education and Social Policies and to increase transparency of the assistance

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Open Call for proposals

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

BILD Studio will take all necessary measures, including by studying relevant documentation in order to in order to accomplish the purposes of this contract, i.e.:

• To inform potential and contracted beneficiaries, end recipients and other stakeholders on national and local level about the funding opportunities within the SOPEES 2015-2017
• To raise public awareness and ensure visibility of the implementation and results of the projects and activities implemented under the SOPEES
• To support and increase the efficiency of communication among relevant national authorities and bodies, other stakeholders, social and economic partners, NGOs.

What was the team composition?

Designers, Programmers, PR, office managers, Social media marketing specialists...

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Development of Awareness Raising Plan Development of visual identity of SOPEES 2015-2017 Design of logo and slogans Design and layout for all promotional material Development and hosting the website for SOPEES 2015-2017 Preparation of website content for regular updates

Regular updating of website Organization and implementation of different press events Design and production of promotional and informational material Design and production of informational material Producing billboards and posters Display panels for infrastructure projects Developing comprehensive social media info graphics Design and production of promotional material

Organization and implementation of high-profile public events Organization and implementation of one National Conference Organization and implementation of three (3) Project Fairs Production of promotional videos Create promotional movie Broadcast it on TV stations Field visits for journalist

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Team leader and all team members are very creative and effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their creativity, fast solving problems, effectiveness impressed us.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We build SaaS platforms in various industries, from financial services to sports recruiting.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Bild Studio?

A platform to connect college athletes to coaches directly, allowing them to skip the middle man and weigh their options more efficiently.

What were your goals for this project?

Full platform development (front- and back-end), as well as documentation and testing.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I went straight to them with this project - I was acquainted with some of their work from before and knew beforehand that they had the right personnel for the job.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They built the software from the ground up and documented every step. They did an excellent job of keeping the software both scalable and maintainable. They provided a contact person with whom all communication was done, and who had daily meetings with the team.

What was the team composition?

There was one project manager, two back-end devs and one front-end dev.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was completed successfully and within the deadline, which allowed us to move forward as planned.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The communication was always prompt and clear and, as far as I can tell, their internal organisation is excellent as well, since they addressed all questions and concerns very quickly.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

How easy it was, to take the project to completion once we got started! it required very little management on my part.

Are there any areas for improvement?

None I can think of.