DYNEVO

Please describe your company and your position there.

Head of Digital at an integrated advertising agency.

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

We used the DYNEVO team to support our internal development team on website development, email development and technical consulting. They provided us with a flexible resource solution that supported the agency as and when required.

How did you select DYNEVO and what were the deciding factors?

We selected DYNEVO through a recommendation. The responsiveness of the team and communication were the deciding factors.

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

We used the DYNEVO team for a wide range of projects the spanned web development, email build, consulting with our UX/UI team on technical solutions and as an overall extension to our existing development team.

They have a varied team who are familiar with a wide range of web technologies.

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

Our two primary contacts sat within the operations and project management function. Beyond that we dealt first hand with two senior engineers. This team managed our requirements into the wider DYNEVO set up.

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

The measurable outcome was a cost efficient and flexible solution to support our existing team. This was reflected in our ability to react to briefs and the ability to scale resource and overhead to match the work in the agency.

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

We selected DYNEVO due to their communication. We interacted via Slack, Teams and Trello and they worked within our existing GitLab set up. The team were happy to join scheduled daily calls if the project required and adapted to the time difference when needed.

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

The communication is the main benefit of this team.

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

On occasion we were assigned developers who did not have the attention to detail or quality of the team we had become accustomed to. This was raised and addressed.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the managing director of Focus Meetings. We have an app that helps people quickly schedule meetings.

For what projects/services did your company hire DYNEVO?

We needed to develop a minimum viable product (MVP) for our business which we could use and show to stakeholders.

What were your goals for this project?

The solution had to reliably schedule events and appointments in the gaps that worked for all team members. It had to work with Google Calendar and Outlook as well.

How did you select this vendor?

We found DYNEVO on Upwork. We created a spreadsheet with all the candidates and rated their skills, portfolio, experiences, and price. We then spoke with the shortlisted candidates to see who matched with our company culture and then selected the one that best fit our budget and requirements.

Can you go into detail about the services they provided and the scope of the project?

They developed the frontend for us to begin with, and then we agreed to develop the backend for the app due to unexpected events with our in-house developer. We provided responsive HTML and had a few phone calls to explain exactly what we wanted. Everyone picked up the requirements very quickly.

What was the team composition?

I was always in touch with a developer, who communicated everything to me, and a manager who dealt with all the finances and other tasks which weren’t related to development.

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

After a short, unexpected demo at a networking event, our team was offered investment after only 10 minutes.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

They were very impressive in this regard despite a few delays, which I totally understand because it was a hard project. Everything was communicated to me and I knew exactly when things were supposed to be completed.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their communication skills are outstanding. Everyone was always available and ready to answer questions.

Are there any areas where they can improve?

Not really. Everything was very good and I enjoyed the experience of working together.