Coderland

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I work in the technology department at a legal solutions company. We have a presence in different European countries.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenges were you trying to address with Coderland by Dominion?

We needed help with staff augmentation services.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Coderland by Dominion has provided us with skilled personnel. Some of them work in Spain, and others remotely. They’ve helped us find front- and backend office engineers.

How did you come to work with Coderland by Dominion?

I used to work with someone from their team in a previous position, so I knew how they worked and managed projects. I felt confident about working with them again in this new company.

How much have you invested in them?

We spend around €300,000 (approximately $318,000 USD) every year.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in January 2020, and it’s an ongoing collaboration.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We’re happy with Coderland by Dominion because we’ve been able to gather a team with multiple skills. Moreover, the resources abroad are affordable, and their skill level is high. 

How did Coderland by Dominion perform from a project management standpoint?

They’ve delivered everything on time and within budget. Also, they provide quick solutions whenever we have issues. Our communication is fluid, so we’re happy with their project management.

We mainly communicate via emails, WhatsApp, and Microsoft Teams.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Coderland by Dominion is quick to learn and incorporate new skills. Also, they easily find new resources for us.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there isn’t anything to improve; they’re doing well.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I’d recommend anyone to work with them. They’re flexible and skilled.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CIO for Tropigas, a Panama-based natural gas company. Our department provides technology solutions to all of our company divisions.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Coderland by Dominion?

We required development services to create different solutions across our company, so we hired Coderland.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

In addition to our gas company, we also have a company selling water and another one selling energy. Coderland works with us across all those divisions to help us develop applications for the market and for back-office purposes. Additionally, our partners pay for the rights to sell our products and use our brand, and we provide them with apps for their use.

We’ve worked with Coderland on many projects; they’ve mostly built Android apps using .NET. In addition to that, we use Power BI and Microsoft (MS) tools for business analytics. We required an Android app for one project, and Coderland helped us with backend development using .NET, MS Azure, and other cloud technologies.

Currently, we have three projects for Coderland in the pipeline. On top of their development services, they also help us with our business analytics for all our divisions.

For one of our most important projects, Coderland developed an app to control our eight gas partners nationwide. With this app, our partners can trace every step of the delivery on one screen. We also have a special backend for our commercial division to track all eight partners in the country at the same time. Through this app, teammates in that division can obtain details of each delivery and see how much gas is available in each point of the country to know when they need a gas refill.

What is the team composition?

We usually work with 6–8 teammates from Coderland, depending on the project. 

How did you come to work with Coderland by Dominion?

One of the freelancers that we used also worked with Coderland, so this person recommended them. When we were looking for a partner to help us to develop our apps, we spent three months vetting different companies. Ultimately, we chose Coderland after talking to them and seeing their work.

The way Coderland understood our needs was key in choosing them. Additionally, they provided competitive prices. Initially, we gave them a small project, which was very successful. Thereafter, we kept giving them more and more projects across our different divisions.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our partnership began at the end of 2019 and is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The partner tracking app Coderland developed has had a huge impact on our business. Before having this app, our partners had to pay around $50 to track each delivery route, and we have 117 routes in total. Now, our partners no longer have to pay for tracking services separately because their partnership payment includes the app for tracking and logistics.

Additionally, Coderland’s work has had a huge impact on our analytics. The way we were doing things before didn’t support how we wanted to visualize our data. Since working with them, they’ve shown us a new and better way to analyze data, so our team is very happy with that.

Other companies don’t teach clients how to improve processes. However, Coderland does, and their guidance has been so impactful because it also reduced our training costs to zero. Now, we don’t have to spend money on training our staff on our technology because Coderland teaches them how to do things in a better and different way. Their services have been priceless. Overall, Coderland has met and exceeded our expectations.

How did Coderland by Dominion perform from a project management standpoint?

Coderland works quickly and stays on schedule almost always. We’ve had some issues on our side where we haven’t been able to have things ready on time, so we’ve delayed some tasks. However, those issues are normal for projects like ours, and Coderland is almost always able to recover from those delays.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Coderland is very professional and willing to share their knowledge with our team. Thanks to that, our development team has gained a lot of knowledge.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Listen to Coderland — they have good ideas. You might have an idea of what you want to achieve and how to achieve it, but Coderland might have a different perspective or a better approach, so it’s best to assess their point of view. I’ve learned that I have to listen to them, which has saved me money on the project.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm a software development manager for a payment methods company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenges were you trying to address with Coderland by Dominion?

We needed to grow our team by adding a developer with experience in Android applications.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Coderland by Dominion provided us with staff augmentation services based on hourly contracts. They offered development resources with Java, Kotlin, and Android Studio expertise.

Regarding finding the developers, we started by providing them with a list of our needs and requirements, and they sent us resumes of their developers who met those requirements. Besides the technical requirements, we wanted resources that could adjust to our time zone. After a series of personal interviews, we chose the developers we wanted to add to our team and assigned them to our project afterward.

What was the team composition? 

We worked with two developers from Coderland by Dominion's team.

How did you come to work with Coderland by Dominion?

Coderland by Dominion was already working with us when I took my current position.

How much have you invested in them?

We spent around €25,000 (approximately $26,600 USD) with them

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from January–June 2022.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Coderland by Dominion was able to integrate the external developers into our project successfully, and they performed as if they were a part of our own team without any issues.

How did Coderland by Dominion perform from a project management standpoint?

Coderland by Dominion was good with project management. The developers they provided were present in our meetings with our team, and they assigned a team leader who handled any issues. Regarding communication, we used Skype. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Coderland by Dominion's team stayed very close during the process and was flexible by putting our needs first.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I didn't think there was anything they could improve on.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Treat their developers as your own by making the same demands and having the same expectations.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there. 

I’m the general manager at a secure document issuing company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenges were you trying to address with Coderland by Dominion?

We contacted Coderland by Dominion for several development projects because we needed to expand our services platform. We hadn't been able to offer all our services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we decided to build a system that could allow users to request documents such as driverdriver'sses online.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Coderland by Dominion has developed our entire transactions platform using Angular technologies and AWS Database Services. The platform is a responsive web application with a biometric engine to validate citizens’ information. Coderland by Dominion has built the entire interface. 

Our engagement has had continuous growth. Most recently, Coderland by Dominion has worked on the software platform we use in our offices. This system enables users to log in and validates their identity. From there, users need to send electronic documents for the platform to validate along with their biometric information. 

What was the team composition? 

We have direct contact with 2–3 teammates from Coderland by Dominion. One of our main contact points is a commercial director, and we also have a project manager and a development team. 

How did you come to work with Coderland by Dominion?

We found Coderland by Dominion through a referral by a colleague who had worked with them in the past. I had an initial meeting with them, and they made a proposal we really liked. However, we decided to hold off on development for a while. 

Then, when we decided to work on our first project in 2020, we went with Coderland by Dominion because they were trustworthy. 

How much have you invested in them?

The first web development project cost about $25,000. As for the internal office system, we’ve spent about $150,000 with Coderland by Dominion so far. 

What is the status of this engagement? 

Although we signed our first contract in 2019, our project started in May 2020, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Thanks to Coderland by Dominion’s work, we can handle half of the requests we used to attend to in person with the web application. This has enabled us to close one of our offices and reduce costs. We’re currently remodeling our offices based on the new system Coderland by Dominion has helped us implement, representing a further cost reduction of about 30%. 

How did Coderland by Dominion perform from a project management standpoint?

Coderland by Dominion has met all deliverables. As in every project, we’ve had setbacks, but the team has always handled them well. 

We have had direct contact with 2–3 teammates, which makes things easier to coordinate. Still, Coderland by Dominion has been able to scale the team depending on the requirements. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

What I like most about Coderland by Dominion is that they’ve made the right suggestions regarding the best technologies to use. For example, they’ve chosen AWS Database Services and solved any doubts we’ve had in terms of infrastructure. Overall, Coderland by Dominion understands our needs and really cares about our project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Moneytrans is an international financial services company focused primarily on cross-border payments.

I joined Moneytrans almost 7 years ago as Chief Technology Officer, and since then I lead the different departments (Support, Development, Infrastructure & Networking, Security) in the technical area and contribute to the vision of the company's technology strategy.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Coderland by Dominion, and what were your goals?

Among many others, the three most important projects we have developed together with Coderland are:

• Redesign of Moneytrans Digital: implementing a complete redesign of the Moneytrans web app.
• Re-writing of the mobile apps on Android and iOS in a hybrid format: native + progressive web app.

SOLUTION

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

When I met Coderland, we were already working with another software development company. We were not satisfied with their delivery, and we were searching for other candidates.

A colleague met them at a conference, and we started talking. Communication was adequate and fluent, and we understood each other well; we did a test for some weeks. It went very well, so we started giving them more small pieces of work, progressively becoming our most crucial development workforce. We stop working with the other provider.

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

The redesign of the Moneytrans Digital application (which is our most important platform for end customers) required firstly the modernisation of the technological platform from AngularJS to Angular 8 and secondly the implementation of a complete redesign of the user interface.

We first built a base architecture in the new technology, and from there we migrated, module by module, while at the same time re-implementing the design and all the platform's functionality in AnguarJS.

One of the difficulties of the project was being a combination of two different projects: technology update + user interface modernisation.

For this project, we effectively applied the scrum methodology thanks to the help of Coderland. With each sprint, we delivered modules and screens that had been tested by the QA team.

The project management was carried out in JIRA with 3-week sprints, and all the ceremonies of the methodology were carried out.

The project was taken into production at the end of 2021.

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That was a key project, however work with Coderland in many other projects, primarily based on .NET technology.

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

We work with:

• 2 general managers (Director and the Head of Operations).
• 2 Senior Project Managers.
• 2 QA; 1 Lead + 1 QA
• 10 Developers: 2 web Developers, 8 .NET Developers.
• 2 Sys-admins: 1 DevOps, 1 DBA.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The main deliverables are the releases of our software that we do in a timely manner, each 5 to 6 weeks, containing all the features, stories and bug fixes developed by the different teams.

Not for all projects but for the main ones, they do sprint reports that are shared with Leads and managers to measure the performance and delivery. Also, they write down recommendations to improve.

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

We use Slack for communication with all the teams and we work in JIRA, where releases and sprints are planned and executed. They are divided into different teams: general, smile account, compliance, front-end, and mobile. They are led by our IT leads and Product team.

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

Communication is excellent. They are good at understanding our needs: they treat us as their "customer" and they care about us. We have been able always to work in a respectful environment even when we suffered problems or difficulties on the projects.

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

For us, sometimes it's difficult to manage schedules in different time zones. They're already making an effort on their side to share our schedule as much as possible, but since they're based in Latin America, that's not always possible. This is something that we accept since we're working with an offshoring partner. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

In our engagement, we make technology decisions and employ Coderland by Dominion as a workforce. Therefore, my advice is to do a daily follow-up with them and have constant communication with them at all times. We constantly communicate through Slack and have dailies with Coderland by Dominion. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of a software company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Golf Course Management Software

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Staff augmentation

SOLUTION

How did you find Coderland?

Referral

Why did you select Coderland over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Coderland were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Integrations with Accounting Systems

Integrations with PMS

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We succesfully integrated with third party softwares

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

Yes, they delivered on time.

They perfectly responded to our needs whenever we requested.

What was your primary form of communication with Coderland?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Really good value for money.

Quality of deliverables.

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

Not for the time being

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of strategic innovation and digital business of GB Plus

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Financial

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coderland by Dominion to accomplish?

• Migration of modules from treasury to finance
• Long term relationship contruction for project development

SOLUTION

How did you find Coderland by Dominion?

Online Search

Why did you select Coderland by Dominion over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Coderland by Dominion were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Complete migration to a new technology the treasury and finance module 
• Use cases 
• General documentation

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Deliverables with real-time tests 
• Proposal of a new architecture

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?
At all times the Coderland team gave follow-up in time and form to the project, performing all deliveries on time.
What was your primary form of communication with Coderland by Dominion?
Virtual Meeting
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• They have an innovative way of working 
• The problem solving

Are there any areas for improvement or something Coderland by Dominion could have done differently?
According we are going to have a closer relationship the workflow will be faster

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at Laguinda

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We sell lottery online

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coderland by Dominion to accomplish?

• Support in front-end development

SOLUTION

How did you find Coderland by Dominion?

Referral

Why did you select Coderland by Dominion over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Good value for cost
• We had previously worked with them in another proyect

How many teammates from Coderland by Dominion were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Coderland offer as an option to have extra development power in our team with. Coderland developer is part of our development team

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

In this case is the work performed by the person. The tasks finished

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

In this case the developer is part of the team. Usually we get in touch if there is a performance problem, but there have not been many in this case

What was your primary form of communication with Coderland by Dominion?

Virtual Meeting

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

The main thing is the flexibility to provide good developers in different areas of expertise in a very difficult market

Are there any areas for improvement or something Coderland by Dominion could have done differently?

No. They were great.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of Tuklo

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Logistic software

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coderland by Dominion to accomplish?

• Specialized team in various software development technologies

SOLUTION

How did you find Coderland by Dominion?

Referral

Why did you select Coderland by Dominion over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from Coderland by Dominion were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• Software development
• incident support
• resolution system

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Number of task resolutions.

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

Yes, the projects were delivered on time, and they always respond with absolute professionalism

What was your primary form of communication with Coderland by Dominion?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Their immediate availability for any project.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Coderland by Dominion could have done differently?

We are very satisfied with how they are doing things.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of an education company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

elearning software

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Coderland by Dominion to accomplish?

• Increase technical team

SOLUTION

How did you find Coderland by Dominion?

Referral

Why did you select Coderland by Dominion over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from Coderland by Dominion were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Develop elearning features

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Features developed

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

Their project management style is fine. When the hired resource was not working fine, there was no problem to change and improve the resource.

What was your primary form of communication with Coderland by Dominion?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Nothing

Are there any areas for improvement or something Coderland by Dominion could have done differently?

I don't know now