codeblue

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the IT project manager for a software company.

What challenge were you trying to address with codeblue?

We needed extra UI/UX designers to help us with the mobile application of one of our clients.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We provided codeblue with design guidelines and wireframes, and they collaborated with us and worked as part of our internal design team to design the mobile app’s UI/UX. Additionally, they participated in the feedback sessions with our client.

What is the team composition?

We worked with various designers and interacted with codeblue’s CEO frequently. However, I’m not sure how many designers worked with us.

How did you come to work with codeblue?

codeblue was available to work immediately with us so we could achieve our goals within the deadline, and we liked their approach.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent around $15,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from March–May 2021.

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

Our client gave us excellent feedback about the deadlines being met, the work’s quality, and the overall communication of the project. Our entire collaboration was of high quality, as were codeblue’s designs. They were a solid partner for us, and they worked efficiently within our team.

How did codeblue perform from a project management standpoint?

codeblue’s project management was great. They were proactive, met the deadlines, and communicated well. We used Slack, Figma, Google Meets, and Microsoft Teams for communication and project management.

What did you find most impressive about them?

codeblue understood us, and they seemed to genuinely care about our project.

Are there any areas they could improve?

It would have been good if codeblue’s designers could have spoken English more fluently, but this was not a deal-breaker issue.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you need quick and efficient designers, work with codeblue.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a custom software development company.

What challenge were you trying to address with codeblue?

We have a lot of project management skills in our company but we wanted to find someone who could help us with that part of the project.

What was the scope of their involvement?

codeblue manages and delivers software projects for us. They’ve been working on a mobile project for one of our clients who has a native software development kit (SDK). We prepare a Flutter and React Native wrapper for it. 

What is the team composition?

My main point of contact is the CEO, but we also work with the project manager. External to that, at the peak of the project, there are 5–6 developers.

How did you come to work with codeblue?

In Poland, there’s a big group on Facebook for software companies, so I posted on it asking for help. codeblue found me through that post and we started a conversation. I had 5–6 meetings with potential project managers, but the one from codeblue was the most skilled and showed a lot of expertise.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested €10,000 (approximately $12,000 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in March 2021 and the partnership is ongoing. 

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

codeblue is very skilled and have a high level of competence — they’ve achieved all our goals. Our clients have been reviewing the team’s work and giving positive feedback. The project is divided into parts and our customers evaluate how it is managed and how well the stages and dates are achieved. They also provide feedback about the development team. 

How did codeblue perform from a project management standpoint?

We have phone calls, and we also have virtual meetings in Google Meet with the whole team, including the project manager. In addition, codeblue communicates directly with our clients and maintains a smooth process.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Communication with codeblue’s CEO is the most impressive aspect about them. During the project, the client has made a couple of scope changes. However, it hasn’t been an issue for the team. The whole process has gone smoothly and everything has been delivered on time. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I wouldn’t change anything about codeblue.

Any advice for potential customers?

If you want to cooperate with their team, talk with their CEO. You can expect a lot of good communication.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

For the last five years, I’ve been the senior project manager at BNP Paribas Polska, one of Poland's top banks. I’m responsible for mobile banking and providing historical data for digital systems like mobile banking or internet banking.

What challenge were you trying to address with codeblue?

We needed additional help with data migration.

What was the scope of their involvement?

There were two parts of our cooperation.

We started our cooperation in 2019, a specific time for BNP Paribas, because it was the year we had an IT merger with Raiffeisen Bank Polska. BNP Paribas purchased Raiffeisen, and we were focusing on the operational merger. I was given the responsibility for migrating all the historical data from Raiffeisen bank to PNP Paribas.

Our digital banking, both mobile and internet, served this historical transaction data to Raiffeisen customers.

We felt that we needed some additional support in this area since we had an external vendor already. Once I was given this responsibility, I felt that the vendor didn’t have enough knowledge and the speed that we needed because there was a strict deadline to migrate all the data and have the operational merger by the end of November 2019.

We focused on analyzing and creating the ETL tools that helped us migrate all the data from Raiffeisen to BNP.

In BNP Paribas, we have MSSQL databases, and Raiffeisen was operating on Oracle databases, so we needed a company that had the skills, knowledge, and experience in those two technologies.

The team at codeblue started with detailed analysis and creating all the data and created a tool that would automatically, in an efficient way, extract data from the Oracle database and transform it into the format and apply some additional business rules that we could migrate this data to MSSQL. We started with the analysis, and then we moved onto creating this ETL tool that was part of this migration.

When the ETL was ready, we went through the test cycle, and we are tweaking the solution. We are sure that once the migration day comes, we will be fully ready from the business logic point of view and the performance point of view because the data flood was quite huge; it was one and a half billion records.

What is the team composition?

We started with around six people. It was a code team that included an architect, a system analyst, a business analyst, two developers, and two testers.

At the moment, we have our own testers. We’re only using about three or four of their analysts and developers, depending on maintenance.

How did you come to work with codeblue?

It was through a reference. Since we weren’t happy with our current vendor, we were looking for skilled database experts. We found that codeblue had key knowledge in Oracle and MSSQL.

After we started talking to them, we quickly realized that they had great skills and a great attitude. They were a perfect fit for us to give them a try and for them to support us in our migration efforts.

How much have you invested with them?

It was roughly $500,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We onboarded codeblue at the beginning of July 2019. They came on permanently in January 2020, becoming fully responsible for developing and maintaining the transaction history solution for the digital channels.

We’re still cooperating with them today.

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

With the ETL and migration engine, we are looking at the efficiency and how many records they were able to migrate as well as how many errors. We were impressed because, in one day, they were able to migrate one and a half million of the records without a single error. That was the main success metric in the first half-year when we were working on the migration.

We had to ensure that when the bank opened after the weekend, all the data was there and is of proper quality, and users could start logging into the system, and the data would be available there.

The bank, as well as myself, as the person responsible for this migration stream, were very pleased with the performance of codeblue so we proposed a permanent contract to them within the bank to become one of our vendors responsible for further development, our historical database, and solution, and basically further development and maintenance of that solution. We are cooperating with codeblue in this database solution that supports all the bank's electronic and digital channels.

Later on, when they became our vendor, we simply measured performance based on their sprints and the percentage of user stories delivered since we switched to an agile approach. They’re able to deliver a majority of the time. There are times that there may be a little bit more and times where there might be a little bit less, but almost every sprint delivery is 100%. Those are the main metrics I am using at the moment when we are in the space of development and maintenance.

How did codeblue perform from a project management standpoint?

I am mainly in contact with the analysts since the person responsible for the analysts is also the manager of the developers. Of course, before COVID-19, we were working together in the office, and I had daily contact with the whole team. Sometimes developers are specific, but the developers from codeblue are excellent communicators; even when I didn’t understand some specific terms or approach, they were always helpful, explaining them to me.

On a daily basis, I have a proxy manager on the codeblue side, and I don’t have any issues with communicating on a daily basis and planning work and getting some feedback. They’re great compared to others I’ve worked with. The codeblue team are great communicators and helpful people.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We had a huge success with the migration, which triggered us to bring them on permanently. We knew how challenging migrations were in the past. We had a lot of errors and delays, but here, we were very impressed with the ETL solution. There were no errors in extracting, transforming, and loading the data into the BNP system. It was a very hard task, and they fulfilled it perfectly.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I would like to have one or two more developers to speed up the process. We’re talking about it with them, but they’re currently running other projects for other customers, as far as I know. I’m hoping that when they’re finished, we can have more resources because the transaction migration database is not the only one.

We are taking care of our digital banking and other databases, so we need the extra support. Hopefully, in 2021, that will happen.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Banking is a little bit specific, but I think it might apply to other companies to give them some independence in choosing the best solution.

Give them some trust because they’re the experts. Some customers might already have a vision in mind, but let them review it and let them challenge it. They might come back to you with even better solutions.

Have some trust in their skills as I think it would be a good start at the beginning for other companies to get the most out of them.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a Project Manager in a software software development company from Poland.

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

Codeblue helped us perform migration of big volume of data along with full reconciliation for the Client from financial sector. 

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

Their experience in banking sector was the key deciding factor .

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

Codeblue built customized migration tool which met Client requirements and ensured successful project delivery. They were supporting us from A&D phase until project closure.

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

Mateusz along with two ETL Expert from his team.

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

All provided deliverables met acceptance criteria and the project was delivered with no major issues.

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

Codeblue team was supportive through all stages of the project; they were collaborative, flexible, and able to adjust to all changes we faced in this project.

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

Mateusz is highly responsive person what was a great asset. Their communication as a team was proactive and professional what also stood out and contributed to the engagement.

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

There is nothing specific that comes to my mind.

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO at a software development company

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

We needed support with the frontend development for one of our customers.

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

They provided support for front-end development. We worked together on a web app along with the APIs.

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

They provided development for the web app - Angular. They are involved in developing a variety of features, such as payments, membership, maps.

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

We worked with 1 Developer, who specialized in Angular.

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

We were able to deliver new features and bug fixes faster. Our internal team felt very comfortable cooperating with codeblue's developers.

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

No project management in this project from Codeblue

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

They were able to provide highly skilled resources fast

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

Nothing at the moment

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a Project Manager and Head of Business Development in a Software Development Company.

For what projects/services did your company hire codeblue?

We hired Codeblue for a architecture consultancy for our Project.

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

The deciding factor for us to selec Codeblue was a knowledge and professionalism of their staff within .NET, databases, Banking and software architecture models.

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

Codeblue dived into the topic and help us to secure all the information needed from the client to provide an software architecture proposal.

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

We were working with CEO of Codeblue.

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

We managed to secure the project architecture and kick-off the project.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Everything was completed on time and with full professionalism.

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

The most impressive was the Codeblue's staff knowledge and experience within banking industry.

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

Everything was great, and we were fully satisfied with Codeblue's services.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a CEO in IT service company

For what projects/services did your company hire codeblue?

We were starting a new e-commerce project for the sports club and we needed support with project analysis from the company with domain knowledge in the e-commerce field

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

We found Codeblue in our network and we choose to work with them because the contact and domain knowledge was great

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

We worked with Coudblue in the analysis stage and they helped us to conduct the workshops and prepare documentation for further development

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

There was one person dedicated to working with us

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

The consultant that works with us had a deep knowledge of e-commerce processes. He was highly engaged and gave us many great insights

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

perfect cooperation

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

The level of engagement and number of insights, as well as benchmarks, has over exceeded.

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

none