Binariks

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a market research company focused on the creation and development of innovative measurement systems for Out-of-Home advertising.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Binariks team has been hired to set up the project, take ownership of the developed functionality, and push the project to the release phase in cooperation with third-party providers specializing in machine learning and satellite images.

SOLUTION

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

Comprehensive research of companies was done. We began to work from the outstaff project. Later Binariks was selected as the outsource partner to complete the product based on their technical expertise, reviews, and communication skills after a few months of mutual work.

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

METRICOOH is a set of tools that compare the physical attributes of outdoor advertising media (Billboards, urban furniture,...). The use of satellite photography allows for analyzing traffic flows without violating regulations on protecting personal data and limiting the limitations of mobile analytics. The toolkit allows you to calculate the inventory that best meets the needs of advertisers in a particular location. Key technologies are Machine learning for vehicle identification, Big data management, traffic modeling, it also implies a intense use of Geographical System, mapping, visibility analysis.

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

There is a team of 8 people: 4 Back-end developers, 1 Front end developer, 1 Tech lead, 1 Business analyst, 1 Project manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Set up the infrastructure and production environment.
• The team completed the first phase of development and ownership.
• Prepared new features with requirements for the following milestones.
• Comprehensive documentation.

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

It is intense. They really take care, daily and from all points of view. I feel protected. They care of the project and also about the people.

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

The attitude towards work is something Binariks takes pride in. It’s a combination of a high-skilled team and quite mature management that makes this company stand out. They have a high level of responsibility and technical skills.

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

Nothing comes to mind. I am happy and confident with the way they work

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m an executive at a real estate evaluation platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We needed help with custom software development.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Binariks provided all of my development and deployment needs. They also tweaked the existing code and the solutions I had already developed — their team helps us streamline and refactor the code for proper deployment.

Regarding technologies, they used .NET, Java, and SQL with many other libraries.

What is the team composition?

We worked with a project manager, one senior developer, and one junior developer from their team.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

I went through a research process and identified several companies that I thought would have the right skill set. Binariks was the strongest in terms of their understanding and the solutions they could provide, so we decided to go with them.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent $40,000–$70,000 with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from March–July 2022.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The tool and the algorithm were pretty complex in terms of technologies, and they could document and advance it — I was happy with them altogether.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

They were easy to communicate with and delivered assignments ahead of time. They were also good at adapting to the change in tasks and scope throughout the project.

In addition, their team worked within our fixed budget and was very accommodating in adding resources when they felt the project needed it at no cost to me.

Regarding tools, we used online chat and phone calls — they were available within a minute's notice.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They were excellent, and I enjoyed working with them. They were also extremely diligent and very comfortable with complex tasks.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don't think there's anything they can improve on.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Getting the right specifications for your tool is key.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the founder of Egghead Logic, Inc. and the President of the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Binariks?

We wanted Binarix to help us develop the project from scratch. Also help with design, gathering of requirements and build project architecture.

SOLUTION

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

Comprehensive research of companies was done and Binariks was selected based on their technical expertise, reviews, and communication skills after a set of interviews with members of the team.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Business goals Sign up several early partners to use the platform and provide the feedback. Speed up the work with documents for 10x times. Provide the ability to use these tools to 3-4 users in MVP time. Check the Accuracy of the AI, and collect reviews of work with this system. Product The System provides the possibility to place a bookmark on the document. It will help the user to quickly navigate and find the information looking for.

Facilitate and speed up the workflow documents and preparing of reports in various fields of activity. Provides the ability to track and save the progress of work. The AI system will make suggestions with accuracy scores for bookmarks to speed up the process. Comfortable workspace, where user can process PDF documents for future reports. Providing information to the user that can make the work more convenient. Such as displaying the status of the page, the possibility to move to the page without a bookmark, and many other useful tools.

Frontend part

• Angular Back-end part
• .Net Artificial Intelligence part
• Python

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

From Binariks we had 1 backend developer(.Net), 2 frontend developers (Angular), 1 Data Engineer, 1 Project Coordinator, 1 Product Designer, and 1 Bussiness Analyst.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Basically, Binariks helps us in writing a project, creating a design, collecting requirements, and creating a project architecture, at each stage of the project.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

At the beginning of the cooperation, we had a phase of collecting requirements and a design phase in which we had stand-up meets and workshops to gather all the necessary information. At the developing phase, we has daily standup meetings between our СTO and Binariks, sprint planning meetings, and other meetings to provide feedback. We use the JIRA board to manage tickets. Binaries also provide us with weekly status reports detailing the work performed. Also, we had monthly calls with Binariks’s management to share the feedback about cooperation.

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

We are really impressed with the high-skilled developers, they always try to improve the product and provide us with great solutions. Binariks really cared about our product and always tries to give valuable advice. for example, if necessary, we can involve highly qualified specialists to provide advice.

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

Can't think of a whole lot. They did a great job.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder and CEO of a cloud solution company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We needed help with custom software development.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The solution is a cloud-based web app. Binariks developed this custom software using PHP for the backend and React for the frontend. I had developed something before in Vue.js, but they rebuilt it from scratch.

There were some points we asked them to provide some guidance on how to set up, and they proceeded with the development and some parts of the design. 

How did you come to work with Binariks?

I looked at several options in different countries. Based on the reviews and the people we interviewed, Binariks seemed to be the most appropriate option.

How much have you invested with them?

We've spent around $100,000–$150,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We've been working together since July 2021. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I don’t have any metrics to share yet, but Binariks' team was able to find a solution for us. If I tell them my budget is going to change, then they offer a solution that’s appropriate. They’ve been doing very well from a technical point of view as well.

Everything is good for the moment. We haven’t experienced any more bugs than you would expect from a normal software development. 

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

I’m very happy with the communication. We have daily meetings with them for about 30 minutes, as well as monthly calls for a debriefing and review of what has been done. There are weekly comments as well.

Binarik's team delivers when they say they will, and there haven't been financial surprises. We use Jira, Slack, and Google Meet.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They want to build something that’s a long-term solution, which we appreciate.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I felt the design side has been a little bit slow.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you’re not technical, then get someone technical who can speak that language with them. You need someone on your side who knows your industry well.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a media group, as well as a co-founder.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

It’s their job to do our app development. We weren’t satisfied with our previous app. They were to make another app with the same functions and some extra functions with the base of the old app; it should be newer and programmed with a newer assignment.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

It was an iOS app. We gave them the old app, so they had quite a good picture of what to deliver. We wanted them to build the same app with the same functionality and some extra features. They created a new, updated interface and functionality and are now doing maintenance.

What is the team composition?

We’re working with two full-time developers, one project leader, one QA resource, and then a director above the project leader.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

A friend of mine had used them and recommended them as good to work with.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around $200,000 with them so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working together since January 2021. Currently, we’re working on an hourly basis when we give with them jobs, mostly fixing bugs or making small adjustments and add-ons.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We got an estimate of time and money, but it went longer than we expected. It was also more expensive than we expected. The code we got was good and the work was good, but the time and money got a bit carried away.

The work seems to be good quality. We had an in-house senior programmer check the code and, they said it’s good.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

The project manager did very well. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re good to work with. We don’t produce this kind of app often so it’s difficult to evaluate but we’ve tried some other companies, and no one has been better than Binariks. There’s a reason we changed vendors.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Estimates should be a little more exact when you have such a clear picture of what the result should be.

They could maybe have been faster in the work. I’m not sure exactly why it took longer than expected. There are always changes with a scope like this, but none of those changes were big enough to shift the timeframe from June to December.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Keep track of the time and the money.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We focus on creating solutions for non-powered mobile vehicles and their related systems.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We were looking to add capability and function to our web portals that our customers’ end-users use.  

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We provided documentation at the start and gave the access to our source code repository. They also viewed our mockups and screenshots, and we asked for any recommendations they had based on our work. They delivered new user stories and built out different business categories based on this information.

Moving forward, they did custom Angular, JavaScript, and back-end development work to build onto our architecture. They’re extending our capabilities to deliver different types of reports and views for end users.

What is the team composition?

We are engaged with a delivery lead, business analyst, 1–2 front-end developers, two back-end developers, one QA resource, and one architect.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

Through Clutch. They weren’t too big or too small, and their cost was better than that of firms in the US or Canada. Also spoke to referrals before we signed the contract.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working together since May 2021.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The custom report creation tool has launched, and users are very happy with it. They say it’s highly intuitive. Discovery took longer than we hoped for this project but, in the end, the product came out better than we could have expected thanks to this extra time invested in this stage. It allowed us to hit the ground running with a better plan.

We’re currently fixing a few bugs and working on additional features that we thought of during creation.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

I interact with their team once a week, but my developers have daily status calls with them. We started with a twice weekly meeting but then switched it to daily scrum meetings to ensure we don’t miss anything over email and Slack.

Both teams are very quick to respond over Slack, with answers coming within minutes of questions posed. Azure DevOps helps with task tracking, and we use Google Meet for phone calls.

They’ve adjusted well to our east coast hours as well.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their team members are very knowledgeable, and are quick to pick up on our use-cases about how something should work. They ask the right probing questions, whereas other groups have been afraid to say that they don’t understand something. Communication has been very open and honest.

Are there any areas they could improve?

After several weeks, we had to make a change in the process for the aspects of communication and project management, and I feel like we lost some time in them there.  It would have been better to talk through this earlier, with their suggestions initially. The process moved more smoothly once we put our system in place. We all ended up in the right spot in the end.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm leading product development for new project areas.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We were interested in developing a prototype of a software application for a new focus area for our company. However, since we needed to get from concept stage to MVP fairly quickly, we decided to use an outside firm instead of having to reallocate internal resources.

SOLUTION

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

We interviewed several potential companies for technical ability, cost, and availability of developers, and decided to go with Binariks as the optimal solution.

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

We provided some initial draft wireframes. Binariks took that concept, refined the UI and flow, and created user stories and software specs. From there, a team of developers created a functional prototype.

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

There were ~5 people on the core team, including a project manager, front end and back end coder, and UI specialist.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Binariks had extremely open communication about all aspects of the project. We had regular check-in meetings, demos, and frequent communication over Slack. They delivered on-time and were able to accommodate additional changes above what was originally scoped out.

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

We communicated through Slack, Jira, and Google Hangouts. They were extremely responsive and organized throughout the process.

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

We had an exceptional business analyst who really dove into getting up to speed in a highly technical area so he could appropriately direct the engineers during their work.

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

Everything has been great, we would definitely work with them again.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a cryptocurrency gambling app. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

A third-party and one-person vendor developed our MVP, and it was not designed for collaboration — multiple people couldn’t work on it simultaneously. 

We needed help in software development so we could scale our platform.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Binariks provided us with front- and backend development, and they also conducted product analysis. They gave suggestions for new features, which they implemented once approved. 

At the start of each project, we provide a document detailing the functionalities and features we need. Bikariks then writes a technical guide so their developers can bring our specifications to life. 

Binariks is recreating our app’s frontend, and they’re developing it such that multiple teams can work simultaneously on the app. They are also adding new features to our platform. 

What is the team composition?

I work with a backend developer, a frontend developer, a project manager, a business analyst, a designer, and a QA specialist. 

How did you come to work with Binariks?

We looked at several companies and did due diligence by looking at their websites. We shortlisted and interviewed a few vendors. 

We picked Binariks based on their technical expertise, overall structure, and the solution they offered. Additionally, they had good reviews online, and we were impressed with their follow-up call.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent about $100,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in July 2021, and it’s ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We’re an early-stage startup, and we’re currently experiencing rapid growth. It’s hard to pinpoint any qualitative result from Binariks’ work. 

That said, Binariks is mindful of their client’s satisfaction. They ensure that we are happy both with their work and our relationship with their team. 

Additionally, Binariks has made our app scalable and up to par with industry standards.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Binariks is good at meeting timelines — they have the most reliable estimates I’ve encountered in my professional life. They’re accountable with their promises; they update us even with the smallest changes to the timeline. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Binariks’ ability to meet timelines distinguishes them from other providers. They also email us a bullet-point summary of our calls, and they’re very communicative. In addition, we can feel that they are invested in the project’s success — they want our product to succeed. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything. We’re satisfied with Binariks’ work, and that’s why we continue our partnership with them.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Speak to them. They give feedback all the time, and they will say if something’s wrong.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the acting CTO of a digital health company. We have our own FDA-approved COVID-19 over-the-counter tests. As part of our digital services, our platform lets users take COVID-19 tests via their mobile phones. Our app has a proprietary AI, too. On top of that, we have an organizational platform that lets companies manage their infectious disease and regular testing activities.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

When we first contracted Binariks, we were looking for additional development resources for our mobile app.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We had in-house developers, but not many of them had experience with React Native. As a result, we brought in some offshore development resources from the Binariks team, including the scrum master and the head of engineering that managed their workload. From there, we gave them specific tasks, like building screens, programming, testing, and deployment. 

At present, the app is available for purchase and download on both iOS and Android devices, but we continue working on it. Binariks’ backend development team manages the app’s interface. They’re responsible for translating designs made by our internal designers into code. Simply put, we give them app’s screens, and the team builds them. 

In terms of app functionality, the platform provides a wizard-type tutorial to end users that receive our COVID-19 test package. The app allows them to take a picture of their test, and we use that photo for internal AI. After that, we give them the result. Moreover, we’ve added a vaccine card upload feature. Our teams also ensure that we comply with existing regulations since our product is a health-related app. 

What is the team composition?

I work directly with five people from their team. I’ve also had engagements with their business development representative and CEO. 

How did you come to work with Binariks?

I found Binariks on the internet and wanted to try them out to see how good they were.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested well over $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

I started working with Binariks in March 2021, and the engagement is ongoing. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

For success metrics, we measure the velocity of the development process. We check how much the developers are getting done at a time. On top of that, we check the quality of their work. Our team also counts the number of pull requests that are ready to go; they submit these pull requests to the head engineer, who then reviews them and decides whether they’re ready to go with the product or not. 

In simple words, we measure the amount of quality code we can finish quickly — their work quality is great. 

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Binariks’ project management is good. Our team also does our own project management, so it’s truly important to me. We use Asana as a project management tool, and Binariks follows our workflows. I've been pleased with the way that they adapt to our process. They submit their updates and use the software and tools we provide. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

The quality of their developers is impressive. In addition to that, Binariks truly cares about the project. They reach out to us to find out how things are going. If we think that something isn’t going well, they immediately take steps to fix it. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

Since Binariks is in Ukraine, the time zones are particularly difficult for us, especially for my resources on the West Coast. This isn’t necessarily Binariks’ fault, but other companies work during US business hours to make up for the time zone difference. Apart from that, language has also been a challenge. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be specific in what you need from Binariks. They’re good at what they do, but if you’re not specific in what you need, you may not get exactly what you want. Adequate specifications are crucial. They have internal resources that can help you translate your specifications for their developers, and if they offer those resources to you, take the offer. In our case, we’ve been working with them long enough that we understand each other’s needs.