Codepixel

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Co-Founder of an information technology company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We provide targeted coaching to improve performance and build resilience - in the step-change moments of your career.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Codepixel to accomplish?

• Architecture and tech strategy for the development of our coaching platform
• UI Design for the platform (responsive web)
• End-to-end Application development

SOLUTION

How did you find Codepixel?

Referral

Why did you select Codepixel over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Good team with a strong work ethic

How many teammates from Codepixel were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Codepixels provided initial product and architectural services to scope out the application requirements for our coaching platform. They then carried out UX/UI design to determine the screens, interactive elements, and designs required - and developed them. Following this initial phase, they then build the application end-to-end. The coaching platform includes: 

• Multiple levels of user roles and permissions 
• Different onboarding flows for user types -
• Action tracking, notes and inisghts for all participants on the platform 
• Email and SMS notifications triggered by various events in the user journey

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The application was built within our target timelines and at the expected price. Customer feedback has been very positive and the website itself performs well - both from a functionality and utility perspective. The team at Codepixels were excellent throughout - turnaround time on questions, feedback and bugs was great, and they've continued to support post-launch.

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

Project management was very good - most of the time we as clients were the limiting factor, rather than speed of the team! There was consistent and effective work breakdown from them and we were kept constantly informed.

What was your primary form of communication with Codepixel?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The culture and client-focus of the whole team was great - they always tried to find ways to make things work and really worked to understand what we were trying to achieve, rather than just building to a specification. They were agile and proactive in all elements of the design and build. Really great people.

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

Not really - I think they are a very good example of an out-sourced digital build company that want to be as customer-centric as possible when building products.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-founder of Simple Pharma

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Provide end to end distribution and compliance services to pharmaceutical product owners.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Codepixel to accomplish?

• Development of a custom web-based app which will help the company streamline its inbound operations

SOLUTION

How did you find Codepixel?

Referral

Why did you select Codepixel over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Codepixel were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Project Management Plan : follow-up of deliverables, budget, planning / leadtime, risks and issues, meetings 
• Business requirements 
• User interface requirements
• Technical Requirement Specifications (technology, robustness,scalability) 
• Tests book : conformity to technical requirements / stress tests / performance tests scenarios 
• DevOps and cloud infrastructure 
• Release and deployment 
• Ongoing support and bug fixing

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Conformance to project timelines (release happened within 1 month of the initial estimate); 
• budget conformance (we were 10-20% over budget); 
• user functionality (we deployed ~80% of the features that we set out to deploy); 
• in-practice use (our team are using the software for their daily work, signifying that it has been a success to some degree)

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

The Codepixel team kept a good handle on project management, keeping an up-to-date Clickup project management interface which aligned the project team on progress. We had frequent progress meetings and sprint reviews which aligned everyone on progress. Our team was often the bottleneck for progress, and we could not keep up with the pace of development of Codepixel. 

The team has remained attentive after deployment and have been helpful in fixing bugs and allowing us to make the app useful in practice.

What was your primary form of communication with Codepixel?

Virtual Meeting

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

I liked their team culture, positivity, and responsiveness. The team was very professional and listened to feedback and always tried to improve.

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

We would have liked to have more hands-on problem solving and suggestions about how to build the solution, rather than simply following our instructions and being constrained by the user interface that we designed. 

As a company without developer resources in house, we were looking for more support in designing HOW it should be built and would have appreciated Codepixel's viewpoint on this, and also some coaching on what is possible / what is not possible. I think we arrived at this way of working in the end, but it took a few iterations and frustrations on both sides until we reached this way of working.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the founder of ooblee

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Ooblee is a social marketplace, created by local shops and their customers

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Codepixel to accomplish?

• We hired Codepixel to help us with the development of our web and mobile apps

SOLUTION

How did you find Codepixel?

• Clutch Site
• Other

Why did you select Codepixel over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit

How many teammates from Codepixel were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

The project with Codepixel started with the goal of redesign and creation of new version of ooblee corporate website (Wordpress), and later expanded on two new projects - development of web application for shop administration and design and development of web version of ooblee platform (Figma, Angular). In the meantime, our cooperation has been expanded in project management and the HR part of both Codepixel dedicated and internal ooblee development teams.

Using advanced technology and tools on the side of development and management (Java, Java Spring, .NET, Kotlin, Swift, Angular, VueJS, AWS, ClickUp, Slack...) and through expanding the team and quality cooperation with Codepixel, the ooblee product is constantly being improved and continues to develop in accordance with the needs of existing and new markets.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Through the previous cooperation with Codepixel, ooblee got a new redesigned corporate website and web application that enables business users to comfortably manage the shop from a web application. The project of redesign and final development of the ooblee platform web application is on the final phase.

This project will enable customers to use the ooblee platform on the web and shop owners to expand their online business to ecommerce websites generated by ooblee platform. By merging the management of dedicated frontend and ooblee internal backend development team, ooblee got a more efficient and compact development team.

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

Codepixel's management style brought a new quality to the ooblee development project. Milestones, sprints and resources are planned carefully and concisely, with an effort to build a development team that is motivated and efficient. The communication is clear and focused and the planned work is delivered within the expected deadlines.

What was your primary form of communication with Codepixel?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Their desire to further learn, develop and grow, strictly following a clearly established company culture and values.

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

It's hard to say at this stage. ooblee is a technically advanced social commerce software solution that tries to follow the trends of the complex ecommerce global market. Doing business in startup mode implies a continuous process of adapting to the existing markets, introducing innovations and expanding to new markets, which is often accompanied by various challenges in management and development.

In our cooperation so far, we recognized the openness and ability of the Codepixel team to grow together with the project, to adapt to the expectations of our startup and to develop further together with us. We admire their commitment to both their own growth and evolution, as well as ours.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of Empresa Mimoza.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We needed a company with expertise in design and development of custom websites, who could deliver on our project requirements.

SOLUTION

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

They have a good reputation and we previously worked with them on another project.

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

Our investment company is into multiple projects across Montenegro, building high-end resorts in towns which are popular for tourists. These resorts are mostly five-star hotels or condominiums with luxury apartments or villas. Our focus is on selling these units mostly to the people who are foreign citizens and would like to invest and live in our country.

Working with Codepixel our plan was to overhaul the web presence for each of our upcoming projects and resorts that are fully operational. Before having the websites our sales team relied on brochures and no buyer could find information about us via search engines. Moreover we didn’t streamline the communication as someone could only reach us if it was through a referral.

We then decided to work on a multi-website project, showcasing 4 of our latest projects/resorts, where each of those websites will be unique, fast and modern. Our marketing team worked on the copy and brand guidelines, providing information and feedback to Codepixel’s UX/UI designer who then created awesome mobile and desktop mockups which we reviewed and approved. From then on it was only magic from their development team, integrating those designs into WP and applying the front end expertise, along with best practices.

When we launched we got nice user feedback and plenty of potential buyers reaching us through the forms via the website.

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

They had a project manager who always communicated with us and translated our requirements to the team of a designer and two WordPress developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

By launching multiple modern and user-friendly websites our sales team was able to showcase our investment projects and had huge success in selling the apartment and other accommodation units to our target customers across the world.

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

We just gave them our inputs, brand guidelines and that was all they needed to produce great designs which they later developed into custom theme and integrated into WordPress.

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

Their professionalism and expertise were impressive — we didn't have to worry about deadlines and quality of work.

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

We are very satisfied with our cooperation, we would not change anything.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Indek.hr is the Croatian digital media company. My current position is Project Manager.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Codepixel to develop a project Index Odgovori. Our goal was to provide users a platform that has quality content and a strictly administered database.

SOLUTION

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

We were looking for reliable partners who have the necessary knowledge and experience to complete the project in the short time.

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

They helped us with the development and management of the project. The technologies used in the project were .net, sql and angular.

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

There were 6 team members, including a project manager, devOps consultant, backend and frontend developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We were able to launch a project in a very short time - 3 months within the defined scope. The deadline was important thing for us, that our partners could deliver the project in such a short period of time.

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

Codepixel provides effective one-on-one communication and responds promptly to address any issues. Nenad (PM) is a really great person.

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

We rely entirely on Codepixel for development, and they meet all our expectations and went above and beyond. The team's dedication enables a lasting partnership. The finished site met expectations and has generated positive feedback on its visual appearance and functionality.

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

I can’t think of anything they need to improve, they are a great team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a Project Lead at a Design Studio, we focus on brand & identity, design and digital deliveries for a range of businesses.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We were developing a rebrand for an animation studio who wanted to realise the brand refresh on the site as part of the brand relaunch. Codepixel were our digital development partners in this endeavour.

SOLUTION

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

We were put in contact with Codepixel through a mutual connection. Our first chemistry meeting was really positive and we were made to feel very comfortable and at ease with the prospect of working together. Professional approach, strong communication and proven track record.

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

Kick off meeting to review UX and UI. Follow up meeting to review and confirm all scope detail and requirements. Heavy video content portfolio website in WP, quick initial delivery and flexible close of project work to accommodate clients and changes.

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

A project manager and lead developer were main points of contact and support.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Clients loved the flexibility in the solution. The speed of delivery and accommodating nature of the working partnership as the project was taken over the line. The development work has complimented our design work and the new site is already capturing a lot more attention than the clients old one.

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

We used Slack to coordinate. Weekly meetings for progress reviews and questions. Their management style was tweaked to fit the timeline, client's needs, and nature of the project. Made for smooth delivery.

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

They produced a professional, easy to use site with superior and logical edit-ability to anything the client had experienced previously. Working relationship was one of the strongest and easiest of any development partner or team we've had.

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

We wouldn't ask for anything different for the next project.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the managing director of Airevo, a startup looking to use AI and machine learning (ML) to improve the commercial processes of airlines. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Codepixel?

We don’t have the resources or skills within our team to design and develop an app. We’re using Codepixel to supplement our resources and UI/UX design skills. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Codepixel is developing the frontend of our first product. It contains our second, third, and fourth products, demonstrating our vision. Meanwhile, we’re doing the backend, APIs, and other tasks in-house. 

We’ve worked collaboratively, starting with a low-resolution mock-up. They’ve created designs that we can review on Figma. Moreover, our team has conducted joint discussions over what works well and what doesn’t work. Their members have presented us with options, and we’ve selected what we like. 

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with 5–6 people from their team. Our members have worked with their CTO to ensure the frameworks we’re using for the backend and APIs are correct. Meanwhile, their project manager ensures we’re on track in terms of time, budget, and deliverables. Their lead designer helps us visualize what works for customers on the frontend. Moreover, multiple developers have taken our designs and used them in UI development. 

How did you come to work with Codepixel?

First, we looked at the price points in countries where resources had good English language skills. Our team knew we couldn’t afford the project using UK companies, so we benchmarked the salaries of UI/UX designers and developers relative to UK-based companies. We looked in countries like Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Latvia, Moldova, and Montenegro, where the price point was much lower. 

For step two, we used Clutch and a couple of other things to search for companies in those countries. Our members needed UI/UX companies with good reviews that weren’t too big or small. This step helped us narrow our choices down to two companies in Montenegro. 

Finally, we talked with the teams and asked for proposals while discussing their approach, methodologies, and plans for the specifications we’d given them. In this step, Codepixel impressed us the most. They were technically savvy, responded to our questions quickly, and brought a small team together to talk to us. We believed their responses more and trusted that they could deliver. 

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve invested around $27,000. We’ll have spent around $45,000 by the time we finish. 

What is the status of this engagement?

Our collaboration started in February 2022, and it’s ongoing. We completed the first phase of the development in May 2022 and started the second phase in July 2022. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Codepixel has good design skills and can turn concepts into something nice that end users will enjoy. We have two-week sprints and balance the number of tasks within each sprint based on the man-day budget — we’re mixing the agile and waterfall approaches. 

We use these as our success metric; we estimate 10 tasks with two developers in a two-week sprint and judge the time it takes to complete those tasks. Moreover, our team records which tasks require any rework. 

Overall, Codepixel’s work has been truly good. By and large, the level of contingency we have to set aside is below 20%. They produce high-quality work on our budget, so everything is great. In other words, we judge them in terms of cost, time, and quality, and they’re great across all three. 

How did Codepixel perform from a project management standpoint?

Codepixel’s project management is quite good. We use GitLab to manage tasks within sprints. Apart from that, we’re also using a product that lets us provide high-level specifications. Meanwhile, their resources use Figma to convert high-level designs into prototype designs for developers. We mainly communicate through GitLab, but we use Slack if necessary.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They care about the project and deliver impressive results. While they’re hard to negotiate with as they stick to their pricing, they’ve shown flexibility regarding start dates. On top of that, they keep a lead designer and a lead developer consistently throughout the project. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

We’ve had to make changes between the first and second phases. Our teams hit a couple of bumps in the first phase. We were slightly more removed from the design and development team. This was good when they understood everything well, but it took quite a while to resolve problems when they didn’t understand some things. It wasn’t because they lacked skills but because the project manager was in the middle, and we didn’t have direct conversations with the designers and developers. 

We've requested to do things slightly differently when we started the second phase. As a result, we’ve been given direct access to their chief designer and lead developer. We aren’t losing anything in translation; this method works well for us, and the results come quicker and better. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Have good and well-written concepts. Codepixel will take those ideas and make them better. If you simply start a conversation or with a black sheet of paper, you won’t get the best out of Codepixel. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the owner and the chief editor of Kriptofakt, the first regional (Balkan) online news magazine.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

Before reaching out to Codepixel, Kriptofakt’s only channel of communication with its readers was through social media. To take it to the next level we needed a custom website that is sorting out major news in the crypto world by categories, as well as provide information to the users about the current values of cryptocurrencies, in real time. We sought in a company that had experience in building such websites, that anticipate high visit numbers, for similar media outlets.

SOLUTION

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

Codepixel was recommended to me by an organization with which they have collaborated previously. They gave them high praise.

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

In the beginning Codepixel created an implementation plan with key milestones, using the waterfall model. We started on the project by jointly working with them on the research and strategy phase. We provided them with our goals for the project and in which direction should they lead the design, and later the development.

In the strategy phase we outlined the full sitemap and the key pages that are intended to keep the user engaged. Our first feedback (design review) session was one week after the design phase kicked off. After that, we had a series of short feedback rounds where we basically polished the design and minor details. Both teams were very engaged in the process and communication was on point.

With our approval of the full design, for mobile and desktop, Codepixel started developing the interface, as well as WordPress administration. We weren’t involved in this phase much, as we had confidence in their expertise to deliver. And deliver they did. The administration was developed to enable us content management across all pages and to onboard new editors without difficulty.

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

One project manager, one designer, and a web developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Right from the get-go, the news magazine had many early visitors and its launch was advertised on the Kriptofakt’s well-known social media channel. It received big props from its first users, while we promised to roll out some new and interesting pages in the post-launch period. Our goal in the future is to increase the number of visitors, as well as bring more marketing incentives by advertising businesses and people who work in the crypto world.

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

Very effective. We had regular feedback sessions and quickly resolved any obstacles.

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

We were impressed by the quality of their work and their ability to analyze what is needed from a stakeholder by turning it into a clean interface, with the expertise on the technical side.

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

No, as far as I’m concerned.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Director of Operations in a boutique hotels group.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We needed a company with experienced and innovative developers who could efficiently deliver on our project requirements and create a solution that will bring new gains to our company and make the business processes more fluid. Codepixel delivered complex HR software that enables us to manage our employees in the most efficient way with an effective time-saving solution.

SOLUTION

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

The company has built a credible image in the hospitality sector in Montenegro participating in several successful projects . The services they provided met all our expectations. The comprehensive and agile team delivered every request.

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

For years our company used Excel sheets to keep track of the current employees and to have a base of job candidates. The tricky part was that, as a coastal line hotel group, we often fluctuate in the number of employees and our needs for extra workforce during summer time compared to the winter.

The sheets provided us with an overall overview, but it is very difficult to browse and not have the ability to use advanced search tools when you need them most, as adequate candidates are very difficult to fetch and interview during busy periods.

That's how we came up with an idea to build our own digital solution that will serve as a base and be a key tool in the HR sector of the company, but also to scale it up in the future and possibly apply the solution to other hotel chains.

We wanted to fully streamline the register of employees and job candidates, enable easy onboarding and build a part of the software that will stop us from heavy manual work of inserting data, but transfer those activities to the job candidates themselves as they will fill out the info and upload CVs.

The project started with a full analysis of our sector and how we conduct certain processes, which gave Codepixel's team a chance to disseminate those into software requirements. Following that, they engaged their solution architect and user experience designer to complete the system design and the logic behind key functionalities, which was later handed to their developers to build the whole thing with a clean code.

We were very satisfied with how the entire design and development process was documented, and when we arrived at the pre launch phase, their team showed great expertise in terms of conducting proper user acceptance testing. With the launch, I can safely say that our HR processes have been significantly streamlined, which saves us a lot of time and provides efficiency to the company as a whole.

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

Their team was led by a project manager, software architect, one designer and 2 developers (front end and back end).

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After the MVP was rolled out we immediately started using it in our daily work. We are able to generate more CV applications from outside of the company but also to manage our in-house employees (employee register, contracts, salaries, register of job candidates, advanced filters, etc.)

It gave us a push in the time-saving sense, but also we are now able to better organize the whole company’s HR responsibilities and at the end of the day generate more revenue from us being efficient on all levels in the company. We are definitely looking forward to expanding the features and scaling up the solution, so many ideas come to mind in the growth phase that we plan on building further.

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

We were in constant communication via emails, Google Meet and phone calls. Moreover, we held regular pre-scheduled feedback to discuss every major component of the software.

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

The most impressive is their ability to understand some tricky requirements that we wanted to be part of the system and to successfully develop them into the features of the software. They led us through all product development phases such as discovery workshops, UX/UI design, development and user acceptance testing, to later growth phases.

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

Not that I noticed, the team was very good.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a communications specialist. I work for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a development cooperation agency.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Codepixel?

Our website was outdated when it comes to design and functionality. We hired Codepixel to support the relaunch of the website.

SOLUTION

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

We researched suitable Website agencies online and found the Codepixel website. Their portfolio and stack convinced us so we picked them as a candidate for our tender process.

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

We started with discovery meetings to make sure that we are all on the same page. We shared our requirements regarding the new website's design and desired functionalities. Then, Codepixel started developing designs for each page of the website. After some feedback rounds, we agreed on the final design of the website. Once this was done, Codepixel developed the actual website.

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

In total, we worked with 3 persons. A project manager, a designer, and a developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The overall look of the new website is very modern. It is a clean and impressive design that meets all our needs

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Very effective. Everyone knew what he/she had to do to reach out common goal. There were no hiccups.

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

They are flexible when it comes to designs and functionalities. Whenever we needed a solution, Codepixel provided it.

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

No, everything from the initial sparring to the development of the website went very smooth.