District 11 Solutions

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a fashion designer, creative director, and founder of my own fashion design house. We focus on fashion design, production, and retail.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with District 11 Solutions?

We had an outdated website that had been created since launching the company. It hadn’t been updated or paid much attention to, so it was time to revamp it.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

District 11 Solutions helped us revamp and update our WordPress website to make it more user-friendly. Additionally, they redeveloped its backend and connected it to Shopify so that we had our store integrated into the site.

What is the team composition?

I worked directly with one person from District 11 Solutions, who was in charge of managing the team working behind the scenes.

How did you come to work with District 11 Solutions?

I found out about District 11 Solutions through word of mouth. When I needed a revamp, I contacted them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started the project around September 2018, and it took District 11 Solutions about a month to complete everything. Still, we’ve kept an ongoing relationship with them over the years, so we reach out to them whenever we need an update.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The website that District 11 Solutions helped us revamp is still up and running seamlessly up to this date, and it is very user-friendly. At the time, this update was instrumental for us because we were growing, so we needed a better site, and District 11 Solutions was able to help us out.

How did District 11 Solutions perform from a project management standpoint?

District 11 Solutions kept us updated throughout the project. We had almost daily progress reports, and we frequently communicated via email and text messages.

What did you find most impressive about them?

District 11 Solutions was very efficient in getting the job done.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I was a very happy customer.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Tell them exactly what you expect. If you’re very specific about what you want, they’ll deliver accordingly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the CEO of Youth Challenge Company abs located in Riyadh KSA.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire District 11 Solutions, and what were your goals?

We wanted to develop a fitness mobile application that allows you to workout where you are, as you are, and do your best. Also provide meal plan guideline to follow to weight loss.

SOLUTION

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

Via mutual friends. We have done couple of pre meetings and the deciding factors were the professionalism in asking the right questions, capturing the tiny details which later made the difference, illustrating the risks behind every step and managed to deliver in timely matter.

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

We had several meetings to describe our objectives and we provided all documentations and algorithms related to our scope of work. The district team came back to us with a clear timeline on deliverables and use test flight to start testing IOS app.

Changes and requests were captured reflected immediately based on our needs. Also district team were flexible and professional on changing certain requests throughout the journey of developing the application.

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

A project manager was assigned with 3 app developers between backend and frontend

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Within 1 month of launch the application we had over 100 users and had less than 8 % deletion. Great feedback from clients on smoothness of the app when they exercising. The application is changing lives

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

• Easy to reach out to
• Accessible through phone at anytime
• Emails were sent after any progress or request

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

Our clients also said that their app development skills were excellent, and we had never seen something like it.

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

Maybe using advance communication tools such as intercom to unifying communications in multiple channels.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder of dailynursery app. The digital transmission book

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire District 11 Solutions, and what were your goals?

I wanted to develop an application for nurseries and a website. To then rent this application to nurseries.

SOLUTION

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

I had heard about District 11 from a friend. She told me that this company was perfect for my project. The first phone appointment went very well. They understood my request very well.

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

I explained my project to District11. They understood my requirements very well. We made a plan with all the elements I needed. I sent my project in pictures. They prepared all the plans and developed the pages according to my requests. We validated everything.

Wireframe design, mobile application design based on Wireframe, IOS React native development, web administration panel development, API development.

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

I was in contact with only one person who managed my project from start to finish.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I haven't released my app yet.

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

Communication was very clear. The deadlines were respected. It was a great collaboration.

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

I arrived with my project idea on PowerPoint. District11 knew how to interpret my project as I imagined it.

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

District11 Solutions organized stage points every 2 weeks. Which was perfect because I saw the progress of the project on time. They would suggest things I hadn't thought of, which improved my app tremendously.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am CEO of IT services company

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire District 11 Solutions, and what were your goals?

We developed a banking app solution with District 11.

SOLUTION

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

We were looking for mobile app devlopers and found district 11 by chance within some advertisement. After few calls we decided to work with them as they have very competitive Price.

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

We worked within an agile style. We had to deliver an IOS app communicating with web API.

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

We worked in partnership with 1 developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We juste launched the app so it's difficult to have measurable at this step but the end customer is happy. Their competence and skills on was a true asset to guide us through the project. Our end customer is now perfectly satisfied.

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

We worked threw redmine ticketing system and we had 1 meeting per week.

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

District 11 Solutions' mobile app development skills were incredible, they solved all the bugs very quickly within a difficult framework (banking)

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

Everything was perfect